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Hi guys, I'm ordering a new rubber kit for my Tommy and I was suprised to see that the game actually uses 17x 1/2" post sleeves (marked by H in the picture), apparently below the rubber ring in the same position. I currently do not have these installed.

Am I correct that these 1/2 sleeves should go below the rubber ring and around the plastic post (which have the dent which holds the rubber ring)?

Thanks!

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I have an odd (and old) problem with my Tommy, I think it is somehow related to the power supply.

Up to 4 years ago I ran my Tommy with a LED OCD, but I would see issues with jackpots randomly being score during multiball. I removed the LED OCD (and moved the machine to my work) and it ran perfectly again.

I have now again moved the game a few months ago and it has run good, apart from the occasional slow start from the DMD (garbage till apr. 20 seconds after booting) and sometimes the CPU appeared to run at half speed: Lamps would flash slow, sounds would play delayed.

Now, tonight I have also reinstalled the LED OCD and the DMD now fails to start often, I have seen the CPU issue multiple times and the random jackpots during multiball have returned.

Is there any chance that the LED OCD draws extra current from the lamp matrix circuit and messes up a lot of other other things? I played a game with the multimeter hooked up to the 5V CPU test point, and it was rock steady between 4,88V - 4,90V which is a good value I think.

Any advice welcome, thanks!

I'm not talking about a LED color DMD, but about a LED OCD board used to fade the insert leds

Long overdue update, but this issue has been solved. It turned out it was not related to the LED OCD board or the power supply board (which I also replaced but did not solve the problem). The solution was a new Rottendog MPU. I suspect the old MPU had an intermittent switch matrix issue.

Sorry for digging up some old posts, but I have a Stern Gizmo installed to smoothen the GI (eliminates the strobing and gives a nice fade in/out) in my Tommy and this works great:

https://www.cometpinball.com/products/led-ocd-boards-general-illumination?variant=39990957539430

http://ledocd.com/cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=8&products_id=19

I see they are sold out now at Comet but when back in stock this at least offers an alternative.

I'm not sure if it's really deep, but in terms of the variety with the modes I think it's really good for a 90's pin. I also have an Addams Family which on first view has a lot of different modes but many of them are nearly the same (so effectively you only have 5 modes + the main multiball). On Tommy every Union Jack mode is really different so you'll have 10-12 different challenges.

I also have a question: I need to replace the autokicker on my Tommy. There are examples on the internet which show the previous generation Stern autolauncher/autokicker being installed succesfully. But has anyone ever succeeded in transplanting the current Stern autokicker to a Data East machine?

I mean this one: https://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/A-21022

Thanks for your feedback! I will take the route with the plunger as linked on the Pinball Life website.