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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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#2205 5 years ago

Hey Vid. Learning a lot from this guide. I'm restoring a Sorcerer and in addition to re-capping the PS, I also want to re-cap the flipper PS. I noticed earlier in this thread you said to look at the power wiring page to get the value of the caps for my game. I'm including pics of what I found in the schematics, plus what I found online as replacements. Just wanted to double check with your expertise before ordering. Thanks!

Yopp
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#2230 5 years ago

Hey Vid I have a flipper mod question. I’m currently restoring a Sorcerer and I feel that the top flipper coil is too strong (airball City!). Any suggestions on making the flipper a little weaker?

#2232 5 years ago
Quoted from vid1900:

Open the EOS Switch gap more.
The sooner it opens, the weaker the flip

Thanks. I had a feeling that might help, but then I thought “nah, nothing in Pinball is that simple.”

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