Sorry for the entry level questions to follow. I have an incredibly unmolested near mint tz. The only issue is after an hour or so of being on the clock will start to run and won’t stop. (I am assuming this is the incandescent heat inside the clock housing that i’m trying to educate myself on).

Is this the kit you are referencing? Seems like it’s what i need to take care of my issue. It’s says 20 min install, what’s involved? Anywhere i can ready up on the process before i get in over my head? Any other parts i need to completely fix? I’m not looking for mods, just reliability. Thanks in advance!

Anybody have an tips for cleaning the bottom side? Subways/scoop etc.

How much disassembly required? Anything to watch out for?

My clock will start to spin continuously after the machine has been on for about an hour.

It has been suggested to me the that "Likely, the large motor-transistor on the motor driver board is overheating, and going bad." - Coyote

Would anyone care to help me locate and diagnose this issue. Where is the board itself, how to (or can i) check the transistor. Is the repair something I can do without burning up the board... etc. Aftermarket board a better option?

Thanks!

Awesome, thank you!

Hello, i was wondering if anybody has used pop bumper LED rings on their TZ?
I think they would look great but amplify the need for LED_OCD GI, which im already thinking i will need anyways?

https://www.cometpinball.com/products/pop-bumper-rings

Im planning out a full led swap (minus the flashers and blinkers in the backbox).
Comet sunlight frosted 2smd
LED-OCD GI and Inserts
pop bumper led rings

Am i missing anything here? We've got a first timer here

pop rings or ledocd?

Interesting, what was it you didn’t like about them out of curiousity? just the overall look?

I have a trio in my funhouse that i really like.

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Oh man thanks for pointing that out... i was thinking they were all white and the color came from the pop caps.

gotcha! sent ya a pm

Thats awesome thank you so much for the detailed pics! Im gonna give Coyote's pinball life colored ones a shot. For TZ they up right up in your face, so i think it'll be better to go colored for sure after seeing your pics.

YES!!! thank you for affirming i made the right decision!

Man that clear ramp looks so good too!

Who's side art blades are those, really nice!

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Anybody else using pinstadiums in the TZ? Thoughts?

I am in the planning phase and have been dragging my feet on led swap for gi and inserts due to the needing 2 LEDOCD boards to pull it off well. Ran across this post showing incandescent bulbs with the use of pinstadiums and it looks pretty nice.

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Hah, that’s not dirty. This is dirty!

Novus 2 followed by 1 followed by Carnuba wax.

Advice i learned the hard way... start by removing a deep cleaning the subways or it will all come right back.

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My TZ is coming back together after a thorough cleaning and some lighting updates.

Have any of you left the plastic lid off the back ramp? I’m thinking it looks way nicer without all that extra plastic.

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I recently finished up (for the most part) shopping my wife's childhood Twilight zone. She was adamant about keeping it "feeling" like the Twilight zone she grew up playing. I removed and deep cleaned all the ramps, plastics, subways, swapped it to comet sunlight leds, added some supplemental lighting, reinforced stand-ups etc. I was able to sneak a few minor mods in, like the door panel board mod, some lighted pop bumper caps and titan rubber and posts.

She is extremely happy with how it turned out. So much so that she has opened to the idea of a color dmd. (The orange display really looks like a wart now that the rest of game is bright and lively.)

My question is this: As i understand it, i would need to update the game ROM to the home ROM version to support the Color DMD. Will she be able to notice differences in gameplay? I'm really not wanting to make our classic twilight zone feel like a different game.

Thanks in advance.

That’s good to hear! Reversing the pins is all it took? I have GIOCD too and that’s been the holdup with the casper board. I’ve been holding out for my ingo order but maybe not now.

Check your sub way switches, when i had all sorts of intermittent weird stuff happening it ended up being a subway switch need a little tweak because the arm wasnt pushing the switch all the way closed.

Goodluck

You're wasting your time cleaning unless you tear it down. I know from experience

The subways hold a ton of black dust and unless you remove them the dirt will immediately come back.

I ended up doing a topside teardown, not everything, but upper playfield, ramps, etc. I also removed all the subways and cleaned them throughly. Clean trough too!
Its a great time to replace all your rotten rubbers and update the lighting. Don't be scared it was my first go round with a teardown, just stay super organized. I'lll add a picture of what worked for me in a bit!

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I purchased one last sept/ nov...

Its not looking encouraging... It has went from problems with parts and shipping to sorry we ship slowly. Last update I received was in May (should receive in 2 weeks). Nothing since, no reply to inquiry.

Ive been very patient only contacting them every couple months, because i really want the board. But Im not sure i will ever receive it.

Does the casper clock board work with ledocd? Thought i remembered it not, but my research from a year ago when i ordered ingo board is foggy…

These are comet sunlight with a mirrored backglass. Huge improvement.

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Better yea, but honestly i was underwhelmed. My stock trans light had better resolution and the mirroring cpr incorporated is pretty minimal. That being said, i think it does improve the look some. The funhouse from cpr next to it is way nicer. I would buy it again but it’s not gonna knock your socks off.

I waited for about a year just recently canceling. Slow responses and repeated bad excuses of it ships in 2 more weeks for the last nine months. I was willing to wait and did very patiently, only asking for update every couple months. In the end i felt, i didn’t want to support the lack of honesty.

It comes with a harness and instructions. It’s really a neat upgrade!

Yeah i bought one about a year ago.

Can’t help ya on the pin stadiums I considered them and ended up adding 5 spot lights and lit star posts that i am very happy with. But, if my memory serves the board harness ties in to the flashers with inline connectors on the new harness. Caution though i’m a little fuzzy.

I picked these up used… i’ll have to dig to see what brand they were. Really like them… leds are color matched to pop color.

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