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VID's Guide to Upgrading/Rebuilding Flippers

By vid1900

11 years ago


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Post #6 Get the right EOS switch Posted by vid1900 (11 years ago)

Post #8 Make System 11 Flippers Feel Tight Like Fliptronic Posted by vid1900 (11 years ago)

Post #88 Replace Old Series Coils With New Parallel Coils Posted by vid1900 (11 years ago)

Post #140 Udate Old Solid State Flippers Into Fliptronic Style Posted by vid1900 (10 years ago)

Post #292 List of games with longer/shorter flipper travel Posted by vid1900 (10 years ago)

Post #294 Rebuilding 1967-1979 Flippers Posted by vid1900 (10 years ago)

Post #390 Coil stop differences between system 11 and Fliptronic Posted by vid1900 (10 years ago)

Post #520 Rebuilding Bally Linear Flippers Posted by vid1900 (9 years ago)


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#560 9 years ago

Vulture, I am in the process of rebuilding my pinbot per Vid's guide here. if you wait a couple days I will post the result and parts list. Pinbot is special and needs full frames, since the switch bracket doesn't have a place to drill.

Edit: Getting the last of my parts in the next couple days is the reason for the wait, sorry.

#570 9 years ago
Quoted from Curbfeeler:

I am in the process of rebuilding my pinbot per Vid's guide here. if you wait a couple days I will post the result and parts list. Pinbot is special and needs full frames, since the switch bracket doesn't have a place to drill.

As promised, here is my parts list from Pinball Life. This is for Pinbot and should be everything you need. I replaced everything but the non-impact side of the coil bracket and one low voltage switch (both marked in red).

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Everything else goes. The reason I had to get new WPC bases is Pinbot didn't have the capacitor so there's nothing above the switch to attach the spring to. I could have fabricated something, but for $20 shipped I'd rather have something I know will work.

Keep in mind I didn't know about the bases until I'd bought everything else, so likely I could have saved by buying a complete kit. Live and learn.

Of course you could replace your low voltage switches, but I can't imagine you need to. Those just tell the CPU that the flippers were pressed via the switch matrix so the lane lights can alternate. they are prob used for high scores also, but not sure.

Hope this helps fellow pinbotters.

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#572 9 years ago
Quoted from vulture:

Any problems attaching the low-voltage + high-voltage switch "stacks" to the new bases?

Re: Pinbot:

Nope, everything is just like here in Vid's guide. The WPC bases are the same dimension as the stock pinbot, and everything fits perfectly. Only thing I'd caution you about is make sure when your LV switches are tightened down that they are mounted square so they clear the springs and don't short out.

I did have to dremel notches in my coil brackets on the non-impact side, so be aware of that. That's the part I circled above. Wasn't hard to do and there are pics elsewhere in the guide.

Good luck
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