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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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#432 10 years ago

Hey all ,
Vid1900 thanks for your time, effort and shared intelligence.. i had many problems and questions before reading your guide and the Q's and A's following it and now i don't..
i've just finished a semi restore on a Gottlieb Sys 3 Street Fighter 2 and realised there's as many 'tweaks' as there is actual settings when it comes to flipper strength and alignment.
though i have now self harmed my machine .. i had three wobbly and weak flippers before my efforts and now i have 2 cracking strong flippers and one wounded .. i've somehow managed to get 50v across both terminals on the coil of the upper left flipper instead of 50v on the outer and 1v on the centre.. making the flipper try to move but it stutters and stops which is cooking my coil..
all wires have been replaced correctly and there's no shorts visible to me. i havent tracked the voltage back yet but have read something about Q relays that might be a problem ..i know where they are but i have no idea what they do .. i have spent many hours and fuses trying to fix this but i'm calling for help now as i have to get the machine out of the workshop soon.
any help will be appreciated ..

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