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The Who's Tommy Pinball Wizard
Data East, 1994
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Quoted from HIPPY:On mine, the only plastic guard in that area is behind the right spinner,mounted on a spacer type post,next to ramp. Hope this helps, love my Tommy.
If its not too much trouble, could you post a pic please?
Thanks!!!
Quoted from Number41:I made this post a while back with pictures showing the original factory positioning of all clear plastic guards on my Tommy. Hope this helps!
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/the-whos-tommy-club-can-you-hear-me-members-only/page/6#post-3052416
Thank you!
4 weeks later
Got a bit of a problem with my Tommy and I cant figure it out. Whenever the ball is in the trough for skill shot, I can hit the right flipper and the game thinks I went through one of the spinners. I can let the ball sit there and keep hitting the right flipper scoring spinners over and over. But when the ball is in play, I hit the right flipper, nothing. It doesnt register as a spinner.
What the heck?
Quoted from zacaj:More importantly though, can someone take a picture of the back side of their start button and explain how the switch/lamp is supposed to stay attached to the button? Mine just falls out when you push the button, so I have to reach in and press the microswitch directly. Usually with this type of button there's a little twist thing you can do to lock it in (and it looks like that's how the replacements work) but this one isn't made like that.
Not sure if the pic helps you but, on my Tommy, the lamp "socket/switch housing" pushes in (snaps) to the black start/eb housing.
Quoted from lhammer610:I have a 3b DE and the sound is great - except for the lamp buzz. I minimized that by isolating the board / ground screws to remove the ground loop. I also found that the lamp buzz does not increase with the volume control - meaning it is after the volume control. So I put a resistor pad on the backbox speakers and upped the main volume.
The sound on my project Tommy sounds terrible. There is intermittent hiss in addition to the lamp buzz. But the voices and music sound muted, too. Sound board is a slightly different design than my DE 3b.
I am upgrading the speakers. Is there anything else I should do?
I am amazed how many 10 uF Caps are used to couple the sound between the TDA8199 and U31 / 33. Each channel has TWO! Should I replace those? I am not certain what the other electrolytic caps to ground do (C53, 54, 61, 62, 68, 69). Will replacing those help?
The deafening of the game play audio may be bad wiring or blown speakers in the back box. My Tommy had really bad buzzing from the lights cycling and the dmd. I was able to greatly reduce the noise by installing a dedicated power supply for the sound board. I still get a little interference from the dmd.
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/data-east-speaker-noise-ideas-for-a-cure
IMO, if you do replace the speakers, dont waste your money on the high dollar stuff, unless you go with that pinsound board. Just pick up a pair of decent 4" 4ohm speakers and a 8" 4ohm sub.
Quoted from ChadH:All the switches you mention are in the same row. Check all the switches in this row.
I finally made my way through checking the switches and diodes. Everything tests ok. Before I go ahead and replace the switches and diodes for s*g, got any other ideas what could cause my problem? TIA!
5 years later
Thank you TimeBandit for your great idea for the silver ball! I took a ss measuring spoon, cut the handle off and notched it out. I was going to fill the spoon with epoxy, but I didnt have enough. I decided to try filling it with hot glue. So far it works great!
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