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OMG - there is 50 pages of posts - trying to find out if anyone has done the flipper upgrade on a Flash Gordon?
I have a project Flash Gordon and all the flipper mechanisms were removed so I thought I might as well upgrade it.
Anyone done this before? Anyone got any advice on what to buy. I need exact coilds, stops, brackets etc. I got nothing so I have to replace it all.
Quoted from slochar:If the Bally bat has smooth shaft I guess it would. (Does the mini flipper? I haven't bought one of those in years and last time I did it had a groove cut into it which I won't think the williams pawl would grab) The whole point of changing the flippers would be to make them stronger so why go with 50v flipper coils if you didn't have to?
The classic stern flippers would be a better choice here, if the OP wasn't going for the earlier Bally version, since the footprint of the mech is the same. At least all the shots would be similar with the Bally since the stroke is the same.
With respect to all who post, I want to upgrade the flippers, the posts in this form is to upgrade the flippers mechs to get a tighter More responsive feel. VID1900 (the man, the myth, the legend) Has whole sections on upgrading liners to WMS and answered questions about Bally machines that were upgrading, I was just asking because I did not see Flash Gordon. There were multiple posts for EBD which are close in vintage.
I have the small flipper and shaft, but I have no base plates or anything and I think WMS mechs would be the way I want to go and I think they will fit. VID1900 discussed the coil strength issue, just looking for what someone did for Flash Gordon and their experience what exactly they bought. The whole forum is about combining the pieces, mechs, coil stops, coils, springs into a more modern or better flipper assembly, not about any desire to keep things original.
I appreciate everyone’s comments it would be great if VID1900 was still around earlier in the forum he would straight up give people the direction of what to buy.
Someone must have done a Flash Gordon not exactly a rare machine.
Quoted from chuckwurt:I don’t see why it wouldn’t work fine just like EBD. Do it! Pinball life has those full assemblies. I say just add those. The only possible tough part would be the upper flipper and the new base plates not fitting.
I am trying to find exactly what to buy...what coils, coil stops, what exactly I need to buy...
Pinball Life’s site is good but it takes a little work to put together exactly what will work.
I was hoping someone said I did this and bought this....
Quoted from chuckwurt:Same coils as you’re using now I believe. Pinball life’s assemblies have a drop down to pick the correct coil. The rest is all new and included in the assembly. It’s just one item you have to buy. It’s all there.
I paid $300 for my Flash Gordon so he cut out the flippers - all the plates and coils so I have to buy it all.
I will have to see what coil will work....for the upgrade, I have to buy it.
MH
Quoted from chuckwurt:Yeah maybe not. I haven’t read Vids notes on this so maybe the Williams coils work and you just need to make sure the wiring is right.
I think he recommends a different coil and a small adjustment to the gap etc. makes it all work.
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