Where can i get a slingshot rebuild kit and the outer stickers for the spinner that covers wear?

278E2434-993A-45B2-8219-FE57B32E5304 (resized).png

I just replaced the sling shot arms and coil sleeves. Common parts. Nice and slingy now!!! And touched up that area and cleared over it, turned out well.

Skyemont watch for news of a group buy from zitt. If there are enough purchases pinball center will ship to him.

Marco?

Yep!

Anyone have pictures of a whirlwind with the white display. Looking at going with one of the “dimbass” DIY options as a fun project.

Wear around the spinners... Any procedure for cleaning that up. The wood itself is worn down, no crisp corner edge around those spinners anymore.

Has anyone fixed that up? Restored it to original condition?

-Rob

Anyone by chance have some files for cutting plastic protectors before I start scanning and tracing? Just got a new plastic set...

I have a Whirlwind on location having a weird issue.

It gives one regular bong on boot up, but never goes into attract mode. Loud feedback hum.

I poked around a bit but it suddenly worked perfectly and I never figured out what presumably chip or connector was the issue. It’s humming and not fully booting again a few days later. Any ideas? The feedback hum is super weird!

If you turn it off and back on again quickly, does it boot normally?

Will give it a try. What would that indicate?

Switching it in and off does nothing to change it’s hang up. Also see a garbled screen sometimes.

Then… it just works. For hours at a time.

Reseated ROMs on MPU and connectors, no effect. Getting 5V at MPU, LED indicates that, but diagnostic led flashes endlessly when the game decides not to boot.

I had a boot problem on a different System 11 that was similar. I found that turning it back off and on quickly allowed it to boot. Once the game was on and working, no problems and it didn't have the boot issue every time. The problem was a capacitor right next to the battery holder (C30 I think, at least on Earthshaker).

Interesting! I’m going to swap the MPU out with an astronomically expensive Rottendog and if that solves it, I’ll work on diagnosing.

Before i try Nerdygirl's work around to buy from marco (marco actually linked me to the post) to buy the drop target plastic, is it available anywhere? My set is in overall good condition, but that one is seriously messed up, kinda like the one on taxi gets, except that one is available as a single purchase.
I'd rather not spent $165 to replace one plastic.

I see that Pinball Center in europe has them. I have seen people order stuff in bulk from them on this website.

Has anyone used one of these from Marco to rebuild your slingshots? Marco said it would work. Im having a hard time making that happen.

BB692E58-3361-47DA-8F87-1A257915E7EC (resized).png

That's the place i was speaking of.
They linked me to a post here by nerdygirl where she had a work around on how to buy from them.
Not the end of the world, i'll do it, was just checking.

Hello everyone

I have a Whirlwind that started acting up, due to switches registering wrong. And the most annoying part is that the machine is being picked up by a buyer in 3 hours... Tha machine have always been working perfectly up until now.

I have included an image that shows the problem. But in short, when i trigger switches from row 8, another (wrong) switch from row 8 triggers instead. IE triggering right outlane (switch 16) with my finger, shows Inner loop (switch 40) registering in the display.

If i disconnect the switch cables from the CPU board, and jumper the pins instead, everything is registering correctly.

Hoping someone has a an idea where to look?

NOTE: i posted this in the generic tech thread as well. Sorry for double posting, but i have a quite serious time issue

pasted_image (resized).png

Hi guys! Sometimes i make video tutorials about rules on pinballs, i am finished tutorial for Whirlwind. It's basically made for Russian audience, but you can turn on english subtitles. If you lazy to explain rules to your friend, show him this video Also i finished few other pinball tutorials, you can find them on YT channel.

I just purchased a Whirlwind last night. I'm excited to be part of the club!

I have the same issue with outer decal overlay peeling around the spinners. I didn't see how much wear is under them as I didn't peel the sticker off to look yet, but its peeling. I would love to order a couple of the decals if I can as well if we get a group purchase going from the pinball center.

Thanks
Conrad

Look for a shorted diode on one of the switches or a miss wired switch.

Thank you for your reply Grumpy. I had already checked wiring and diodes, but forgot to mention that.

Turned out it was SR11. A 560 Ohm networked resistor array on the input side. One of the internal resistors (the one on rowwas faulty. Added a new single 560 Ohm resistor for row 8, and everything is now working again.

After two years of being out on loan at a friend's work place (probably not played much during the stay-at-home period) my baby has finally come home! My friend decided to join the ranks of the "great resignation" so the machine was returned. I built a white alphanumeric display for it but the machine sat folded up (but on legs) for about two weeks while I finished board builds for others. She hasn't been home for four years now. I miss playing this machine.

This evening I finally got around to setting up the machine. Needs work and adjustment but it still plays! Whirlwind is my "desert island" machine. For me that's an even higher rating than "grail". "Feel the power of the wind" - it never gets old to me.

Here's the display installed in the machine. I installed 82 Ohm resistors and the white is visible but not super bright. I guess 68 Ohm or even 47 Ohm resistors would increase the brightness but at the cost of potentially reducing the life span of the LEDs.

whirlwind_white_display.jpg

I bought the white displays and board from you Victor. I just got it installed the other night. I really enjoyed the project and think it’s looks great in white! Thanks!

Nice find. Was that on the CPU (SR11)?

My Whirlwind has a ramp issue. When I turn the game on, the right ramp lifts up w/out me even pushing the start button. I am assuming its Mosfe Transistor 32.. I will replace this tonight and see what happens. Anyone else experienced this?

Yes it was.

pic (resized).PNG

Ok gotcha. You mentioned that "If i disconnect the switch cables from the CPU board, and jumper the pins instead, everything is registering correctly."

If the issue was on the CPU it should have showed up when you did that jumper test no? Did you get some false positive or something? Just curious. Nice find and fix!!!

Is this the correct switch position for the ramp?

DC443278-F5FD-46AF-8B19-0AF673D49549 (resized).jpeg

Kind of hard to get a good pic without taking things apart but hope this helps.

1112211334 (resized).jpg

Perfect.. Thanks so much!

Working on a Whirlwind from a friend and it has a weird sound issue.
The music sounds perfect and most of the sounds too, but the speech sounds wrong.
It sounds a bit tinny or something, not like the Whirlwind I used to own a few years ago
Anyone ever had this problem or knows of a cure?

WhatsApp Image 2021-11-17 at 09.22.30 (resized).jpeg

Just joined the club today with a pretty nice whirlwind. Feeling the power of the wind!

Pics or it didn’t happen!

Here’s a picture of the game on my dolly in his game room (very nice guy with a stellar collection). Sadly, I didn’t have time to unpack at home yet.

65019BAB-3E69-4235-A9B1-0CB07974BEA4 (resized).jpeg

great add to an already great lineup. i would never leave that room! lol

The owner of the Whirlwind I'm working on wants to have lights and flashers inside of the topper. Did anyone in this group ever do this or have advice for me?

Thinking of installing a few sockets with leds hooked up to the gi, and flashers hooked up to the backbox flashers. Should these flashers be leds so the wiring/boards/connectors won't get damaged?

Just recently added Led flashers to my topper and wired then in using Todd Tucky from TNT’s tip. Skip to 17 minute mark for his instructions.

I used Twilight zone door flasher panel
Mod boards from DumbAss and installed one on either side of the fan.

On lift ramp, which side of metal guide does the screw collar go on? Ramp side or arm side.

14E42B98-D003-46EC-86B0-0C0E6B83FC65 (resized).jpeg

I had mine at expo and what I did was put LED strip in the cloud, back of the back box and under the cabinet. I tied them into the lighting bolt flashers so that it flashes top to back to bottom.

Hope this helps

0076580F-7BC7-4318-854C-789124B14977 (resized).jpeg

Anyone got advice on how to fix this? Insert was raised and previous owner made cuts in the mylar around the arrow. While cleaning the playfield it came loose.

20211204_133158 (resized).jpg

Mine was in a similar condition when I got it. I removed all the mylar and placed new decals over the inserts. I could have gone the clear-coat route afterwards, but I just put a playfield protector on the whole game instead. Came out pretty nice I think

IMG_2892 (resized).jpgIMG_5017D (resized).jpg

Did you use anything to help lift the mylar without damaging the playfield art? Or did it come up relatively easy? My mylar is bubbled in areas too

I used the freeze spray method to remove the mylar. Then the flour/alcohol method to remove the glue (which took 99% of the time).

I didn't loose any artwork on mine.

Beauty man! Looks good! I'm tempted to bite the bullet & attemp it! I also am going to add spotlights..do u just have the 4 on there or any near the jets?! I've already swapped to LED's, ordered 555 sockets & flashers/bulbs for the topper (as shown on here) & have the LED rings & artblades ordered. Love this game!

I just have the 4 spots you see. The LED rings on the pops take care of the light on those parts of the playfield. I added a lot of comet matrix strips and other lighting effects though. It's pretty easy to get carried away with lighting on this pin. The bright colors and lightning effect are easy to show off with added lighting.

just bought the pop bumper lights for mine a few weeks ago, i was wondering how they were going to look. Looks killer.