Quoted from bstyles:Purchased the "NOS" and used RH assemblies pictured above as they were nearby (many thanks to MeNaCeFiRe!)
I am still waiting for more spare parts from Germany and Australia to perform complete flipper rebuilds, however, the one part I could not find anywhere in stock is the collared coil sleeve. The part identified by the game's manual is PL00132-5, a 2.218" long sleeve with collar.
I was hoping that the NOS assembly I purchased would have included the original sleeve so I could have put a set of calipers to get measurements and then try to find the closest thing in the Williams parts bin. Unfortunately the assembly did not have the original collared sleeve type.
This either means that a post instruction manual change was made and that a collared sleeve was not used on the production games (i.e. regular non-collared sleeve flipped around) -or- that the manual is correct and I just have had the bad luck of not finding an original sleeve in my game or with the NOS assembly purchased.
What have others done to address this?
I’ve rebuilt 8 flipper mechs. It took me a few hours online but I sourced everything i needed. Not everything was original but definitely interchangeable. I’ll go through my old orders and report back where I got what parts. Plungers, springs and sleeves are just a case of finding the right size.