Hi Zoners,

I bought my TZ about 5 years ago. The playfield is very nice…I thought it was exceptional until I saw y’all’s pics and realized yours are very nice, too. Mine is a Sun Process and is autographed by Lawlor, Youssi, and Estes under the apron. The guy I bought it from said he was told the playfield was autographed and then re-clearcoated by a well known pinball clearcoater, but I can’t remember his name.

I know nothing about electronics and only recently began doing repairs. I’ve now completely rebuilt the flippers on my Addams Family and have successfully soldered switches, reflowed lamp boards, and a few other minor things.

I’ve read the entire Owner’s Club thread and I’m thinking of mods. In other words, I’m about to Jason the hell out of this forum. Only joking Jason, you know much more about electronics than I do. In fact, your PF mini switch hack saw hack gave me the confidence to soon try the mini switch mod. I don’t like Mickey Mouse, either…and I have a dremel.

I’ll probably end up having to fly LTG, Coyote, and even Manny from Australia to West Texas to repair my rookie mistakes.

I’ve added Cliffy’s to the trough kicker, slot scoop, and the ramp inlane (noticed a small playfield ding there). Last week I removed the backboard and added gumballs to the gumball machine and now I will attempt the following mods:

1. Davi’s 4 flasher door lamp board. Adds to the game.
2. Twister’s mini switch kit. Unclutters the PF.
3. Compy’s Pinvision. It’s so cool and should brighten the game up and I may keep it all incandescent.

Pre-Thanks to all…I know you’ll help me out,
Ditch Digger

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My clock is LOUD…sounds like a freight train.
Mission: Lube the clock.

I got the smallest Super Lube oil and grease containers. I won’t use much and the applicators are handy. Total approx $7.50 delivered from Amazon. I put oil on the pins with a Q-Tip and grease on all gears (a center-of-tooth stripe around all teeth).

I found one gear difficult to remove. The gear shaft had been marred at some point when someone removed the E-ring…this has roughed up the inside of the plastic gear when it was removed. I didn’t have emory cloth and used steel wool to try to smooth the pin.

The center shaft is a little worn. It’s hard to believe nylon can wear steel, but I guess it can.

I may add another gear and new center shaft to my next parts order if they are available. The gear pins are in pretty tight and I’ll probably get some emory cloth to smooth it instead of replacing. I feel like this clock can get quieter.

*I tried to post before and after videos to show the noticeable difference, but couldn’t figure out how. ☹️

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A complete rookie, I’m only now truly learning about the menu and settings and such.

By reading this forum, I realize that Google is my friend, but I still have a couple of questions:

1. A. 2.50. 3rd Magnet.
Mine was set to “yes” and I changed it to “no” since I only have two magnets. I’m about to play and assume there will be no change. My guess is this setting is irrelevant if the machine has two magnets. This is correct…correct?

2. A. 2. 51. MB Powerball Detect.
Mine was set to “No”. I just now changed it to “Yes” cuz I figured why heck not! I haven’t played yet and don’t know if I’ll notice the difference. I read the Pinball settings and they set this to “No”. Why would players not want this setting…what’s the deal?

Thanks.

Much quieter. I’m gonna order the gear and a new shaft to see if it can get even quieter.