The lower playfield plastics are available as a pair, separately from the other plastics.

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Your ball count unit is out of adjustment. Or in my case, the last wire on the unit has broken off.

I understand that MDF is easier to router into. But for a back panel, it does not seem a good idea. The rear panel made from MDF could not have saved a ton of money on production. The part I get is that if you are making 15,000 machines a year and saving say $3.00 each, by not using plywood on each one, that adds up. In the '70's $45,000 was a good amount of money. Also I am sure that when these pins were new, there were only designed to last 4 to 5 years of hard use. IMHO.

pinball 2013 010-896.JPG First time that I set up the ACD. Played it for awhile and thought 'gee what an easy game'. I was getting scores 180,000 to 220,000 points. The game was kicking out 6 balls a game. The sixth ball was dead. Looked more into the game and found a wire off on the ball count unit. There were a few others wires that had come off as well. The game had the scoring set to 3 balls and playing 5 balls a game. It is working fine now, cleaned up, and all waxed up.

That's kind of what we all thought.

Played ACD tonight, earned 1 'Special when Lit" replay, and 82,000. points.

Ken, it is Eh! although it does sound like A

Just Bob and Doug used that.

I am having Pinball envy right now!

The general consensus, is that if there are no problems with the backglass. Just leave it alone. Change the bulbs to the lower output ones, and call it a day. On a side note. I have sprayed Triple Thick right over the score windows. I was going to remove the excess, but it is not noticeable. (To me.).

On ACD with that 9 game counter, I will play either a 9 or 18 games in a session.

One tip I have when playing ACD is if the ball is slowly crossing any were in the outer most reaches of the flipper, hit the ball any way. Keeping the ball in play. If you let it hit the little guides above the flippers, the ball can drain. The pop bumpers can be your friend on this game. Good shots for me, are up to the top through the 1 or 4 rollover, then the ball will hopefully return through the 2 or 3 roll over.

^^^^^ Seen that side ways 3 photo before. The insert is most likely loose. It may be a photo off of the internet or Pinside.

Replace all of the inserts together as the new ones will be different. New inserts will not be yellowed by age and will stand out.

The upper green playfield plastics are only available with double sides. If you think it is needed, the one side can be trimmed off. The double sided fits with no problem. Purchase a full set, as these new ball guides will not match your original ball guides. The new ones will be a slightly different shade of green and the top surface may not have the identical shapes.

If Abra Ca Dabra had 2 inch flippers and a small post between the flippers would it be a much more brutal game?

My first New Years Prediction. DirtFlipper will making a trip to a Hardware/Lumber Store some time early in 2016.

Recently installed the proper playfield plastic that is under the Top Center Plastic. Needed the 2 piece posts. Now the rebound shots off of the Drop Targets seem to be rolling up the #2 or #3 upper roll overs a lot more easily. Before, some one had installed an extra post and just put a large rubber around the area.

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For Shame Ron. For Shame!

However, variety is the spice of life.

Just do it! On 5 ball it is fairly challenging. Getting the 'Special Lit' for me happens on 1 game in 10 (an average). On 5 ball all of the Drop Targets have to be reset to advance the Bonus level, or make the A,B,C,D.

Lower playfield plastic held with those 2, two part posts.
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Gottlieb number A-14487 Split Post Base, and A-14488 Split Post Cap. Abra Ca Dabra needs four of them, two are under the upper left playfield plastic.

I believe I also had to adjust the post openings. The upper post should hide the enlargement.

Think you need the ball to make 10 hits on the Pop Bumpers or any other ten 10 point scores.

Ramblings of a ACD owner.... Read at your own risk.

Have been playing my Abra Ca Dabra, (5 Balls) a lot lately. Seem to get high scores in the 90,000s, rarely roll the game. An average score will be 57,000 or so. I use to panic regarding the Pop Bumpers being close to the flippers, but now the Pop Bumpers seem to be just blocking the inlanes. On 5 balls one should average 10,000 points per ball, but not always. Can only imagine if the game was altered for Extra Ball. Then ACD would need a 100,000 point light. Ringing up Credits after the Bonus reaches 5000 would be more satisfying if this game was on location, but the Knock is still good to hear.

Team One has the extra targets behind both of the top drop targets.

Will it improve the ball wear in the shooter lane? Will need to be reapplied as it wears?

Pinside has 4 ACD registered in the Lower Mainland, there could be a few more.

Pinball Rescue. For Gottlieb playfield plastics and other playfield parts and decals. They are in Australia.

That line is missing on my Abra Ca Dabra serial number 05532.

E-mailed them regarding the clear plastic under the upper right playfield plastic (a few years ago). They wrote, that the ball rarely even touches that guide. Mine was yellowed, so I just polished it heavily. It looked better, a new one would of made everything look the same. It is a clear piece with only the part number on it.

Or the game they used as a prototype guide did not have one on it.

That lower plastic on the top centre guide makes a bit of difference in game play. When it is installed instead of rubber rings the ball can be ricocheted off the drop target area, then the ball will travel up through the lane 2 or 3 fairly easily.

There is a hobby product called 'Plastruct'. They have various size plastic tubing for the hobby builder. Check out a large Hobby shop or Model train store.