Quoted from stef34:

i don't know if you're able to repair some electronical things,but be sure that everything is ok with the electronics board,
after that if you're lucky look the estetic on the playfield, as worn out area, parts as the plastics cause hard to find.
if the spinning discs are working and the fan too.
Hope you ll get a ww in good shape and welcome in the club

Quoted from sohchx:

Pick up a Cliffy protector set

Quoted from thunder001:

Want to eliminate the batteries on my board. Can someone help me with finding the proper parts and instructions on how to do it? I want to go with NVRam chip? Thanks in advance.

Quoted from TheOnlyest:

Holy crap, you have overanalyzed the crap outta this bro! All you gotta do is adjust the deflection tab on the ball guide by bending it. Yours is very likely bent to far toward the top of the PF, the angle of it should be really close to this... Just keep bending it a tad until it deflects the ball toward the shooter everytime... That is its function!

Quoted from sohchx:

I too have had an issue for awhile now so I haven't been playing my WW. My pops and slings only work in test, and not during game play. Anyone ever seen this symptom before? I have verified that it is not an MPU or interconnect board issue.
What do is this pictured component control? Could it be related to my issue?

Quoted from jhanley:

It's 20 by 27 inches.1/8 thick

Quoted from AndHart120:

I made a separate post for this but I was playing my game freshly off a CPR playfield swap and noticed these two rather large chips out behind the posts. Really got me upset to see this. Anyone have this or have any ideas how to prevent this from getting worse?
I think it’s safe to say I’m not throwing out $750+ on something like this again.

Quoted from Phesson:

Well, after multiple rounds of Whirlwind tonight, we decided to order our T-shirt’s

Quoted from BenB:

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Quoted from RobDutch:

Just put this in, what a difference!
My spinning disks were so loud, and now you can listen to them without your ears bleeding [quoted image]

Quoted from RonSwanson:

Finally got a 3 way combo. Made my son immediately stop what he was playing to listen.

Quoted from pencilneck:

Hopefully this fixed the stupid left lane ballhop... original playfield did, CRP playfield does it as well... so I've come up with this dohicky to fix the issue.
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It seems to work pretty good:
https://i.imgur.com/MIca3mJ.mp4
This is a first draft as it were, I'll most likely go back and make another one out of black plastic. During game play you can't see it and as it is, it doesn't really stand out as you walk up to the game.

Quoted from mbaumle:

Marco sells them:
https://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/03-8172-13

Quoted from slizzap:

Hey guys,
Anyone having abnormal "bounce" issues with the targets beside the right ramp? Both targets bounce pretty good, but my yellow NW target on the left side of the right ramp really causes the ball to bounce pretty good when hit straight on at full speed. Quite often it bounces over and lands in between the low pressure jet bumpers, once or twice it's landed inside the ramp above those bumpers, and probably a half dozen times just in the past week it's knocked the plastic light cover off the top of both cellar signs. It's happening with such frequency that I figure this must not be normal. I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions for how I can tweak these targets to reduce the bounciness.
I'm recently a new Whirlwind owner, received about 3 weeks ago, and this is my first pinball machine. I've already done a few repairs on my own (million ramp replacement, new opto boards, and some new lights) thanks to some really helpful information found on this site. That is to say I'm knowledgeable enough and willing to dig in where needed.
TIA!

Quoted from Sciddleybop1980:

Got my dmd conversion kit coming soon. Can’t wait to try it

Quoted from vbobrusev:

Shut up and take my money

Quoted from Coyote:

I am, actually, quite honored that my downvote means this much to you and the team that developed this.

Quoted from sullivcd40:

I think I’ll bondo the scratches to get them level and them try to color match. Sounds like rust oleum deep blue 2x gloss is the consensus best match. I’ll see how it comes out with a sponge brush first before I spray. I posted the area under the legs to show that the blue isn’t faded. I won’t do anything there.

Quoted from sullivcd40:

I’ll leave the leg wear alone but I have to do something about the f word that is scratched in the right side in the first picture I posted. It’s a really small section but I have to do something with it. Has anyone used the rust oleum deep blue? I can spray a pool of it on a piece of cardboard and use a q tip for the touch up. I have space to test it on so if it’s not great I can have sherwin try to match more closely.

Quoted from sullivcd40:

It’s annoying and worth trying to repair. I he rust oleum deep blue isn’t close, I can mix acrylics to get a good match, the issue is leveling the scratches. They are so light in some parts that it isn’t even to the wood. It’s almost like dealing with planking. I know Kruzman uses a diluted glue mixture in a syringe to get planking to lay down. I’ve sprayed clear with some success in the past. I don’t think I can get bondo fine enough to fill it in. I’d rather not sand the whole section and spray because my chances of getting a spray match are close to zero. Interesting little problem here.

Quoted from DBLM:

I recently joined the club with a $100 estate sale find that cleaned up great and was hoping I could get some help. Recently, my lift ramp would stop going down and I was getting the Ramp Down error. I adjusted the switch arm by bending it up as I have read in some of the threads and that did not solve the problem. I adjusted it some more and the arm broke, so replaced with a new cherry switch. Still have the issue. When I go to coil test, it will go up, but it will not pull it down. You can see the coil firing but it will not come down. I checked to see if the armature that connects to the lift ramp was binding and it is tight but still moveable. Any thoughts or suggestions on what to work on? Appreciate your help in advanced.