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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 (11 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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#117 11 years ago

Thanks again Vid! I just did this on my WW using the new style springs and there's a huge difference in flipper feel and play.

3 weeks later
#129 11 years ago

Yes, the metal still has a "bite" on it. You can gently tap on it from the underside with a hammer and have your other hand on the top side ready to catch it so you don't scratch up the PF.

7 months later
#359 10 years ago

Stupid question but figured I should ask: Fliptronics flippers. Does the EOS care where the orange and black wires are? Obviously not together but the switch just needs see a make and break or am I way off?

#362 10 years ago
Quoted from RussMyers:

Doesn't matter for that appplication.
Closing that switch is just like touching the wires together - doesn't matter what leaf side it's attached to.
RussMyers

Thanks Russ. I really figured that but figured it was worth the stupid question to hopefully save someone else. I actually had searched it so many times and usually just match wiring.

2 weeks later
#367 10 years ago
Quoted from rottenrobert1313:

Well I picked up a SWE1 and I'm on to the flippers. This is my first machine and I'm learning as I go. I have a question and I have read every post but I still might have missed it.
I'm going to start my flipper rebuild and I noticed that mine don't have the capacitors. I looked in the manual and didn't see one listed. So....should I put the capacitors on ? If so how do I wire them up since it don't have any to begin with?
Thanks in advance

No capacitors needed on that generation. I believe Williams Fliptronic and newer no longer need capacitors for flippers.

#370 10 years ago
Quoted from Whysnow:

Also I noticed my left flipper button is a leaf switch and right is opto style on RS, is this normal?

FWIW, I have opto's on both sides of my RS...

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