Allright. I'm nearly done with My WW CPR swap! I'm at the point of tweaking everything so that it plays perfect, but the one thing I can't seem to do is get the plunger lane lined up correctly for a full plunge shot. I know in other posts I've read that a full plunge should go above the ramp and around the upper loop and return to the upper right flipper. On mine, even if I adjust the metal guide it as high as it can go I still can't get the ball to go any higher than the left ramp. It just doesn't seem to line up. It also was this way on my original playfield and I used the same guides/holes in the siderails to install the rails. Can someone look at and compare my pics with their own to see if something is off? I compared mine to the pics on HEP's website and they look pretty much spot on to his. Mine is the top pic and HEP's is the bottom one. The angles/physics of the shot just don't seem to line-up with that green loop lane on either? -It just seems to be way too high? thanks!
Mike

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Here's one more shot of my game

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Thanks guys. I actually took the post rubber (below the UR flipper) off last night to see if it would make a difference and it did not... It sounds like the next step is adjusting the plunger assembly to see if that will make a difference. I still think the metal guide just flat out doesn't look like it's supposed to line up for the orbit shot. I may have to take the rail off and see if I can modify the geometry of it at all to make it work?

Ran, Let me know if you want to stop by one of these nights after work for a little bit to check it out. The game is fully playing now and it wouldn't hurt to have an extra set of eyes and also someone that is very familiar with the game to help me dial in the last couple of adjustments.

thanks,
Mike

Another question? Anyone know where to get nice custom cards for Whirlwind? I usually download cards of Pinzach's site but the Whirlwind cards don't appear to be loading anymore? I have a good photo printer/paper at home, so I just need the files. thanks!

Thanks, and PM Sent!

If you could send me the 3 ball version that would be great! - My editing skills aren't the best and it would save me some time

Thanks Zippy! Between you and Shanetastic I'm now good to go on cards.

Ranhorton stopped by last night and we figured out the shooter lane issue as to why it wasn't launching around the orbit. It was simply an adjustment to the inner-most shooter lane guide rail. I should have taken pictures but basically we took the rail out of the machine and gave it a bit of a bend near the top of the rail towards the outside rail (to the right) to line up closer to the orange line on the shooter lane. All the adjustments I made prior were to the outside rail using the screw adjustment which didn't correct my problem.

Just thought I'd post this in case others were having issues. In summary try to get your rails to line up as close as possible to the orange/white border on the lane.

Does anyone else have any issue with the flasher sockets falling out on new Pinballinc ramps due to vibration when playing? I even tried new clear lamp sockets and a couple of these keep popping out during gameplay. I think it's probably due to the thicker ramps, but it would be nice to find a solution so I don't have to keep snapping these back in between games.

The only other things would be the triac board (on the inside top of backbox) if it isn't there, as well as fabricating a motor bracket and a cable to run to the motor. I bought 2 of the following L brackets to mount my motor and bent them at the proper angle). I figure this will work until someone fabricates or remakes the original motor mount.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GMYGMKA/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00

There are two connectors that feed into the triac board, and then one that goes from the triac board to the topper.

I ordered my triac board from Great Lakes Modular. pics of the board are below
http://www.greatlakesmodular.com/

If you end up fabricating a bracket that is close to the original I would be interested in buying one off you if you wouldn't mind making up an extra?

You are correct Stu, It was a slip, and I just edited my original post to reflect that. Thanks for the great CPR playfield and plastic set as well!

On my Whirlwind with a new CPR playfield and all new flipper components it's difficult to backhand the ramp using the LR flipper. My guess is that this has to do with having a fresh "unworn" coil stop in the game. Prior to swapping my playfield using the old flipper components it was an easy backhand most likely due to having a worn coil stop and longer flipper travel. I could try swapping in an old coil stop to see how much of a difference it makes.

Are you guys able to backhand it off a trap of the LR flipper and put it under the ramp when it's up? That's what I figured he was asking about? On mine it's tough to do as you have to hit it just right. Maybe 1 out of 5.

I think the legs are more of a personal preference thing. It seems like WPC standard legs seem to be more prevalent and that is also what HEP uses on his restores. My WW didn't have any legs when I picked it up (as a project) and I opted to put System 11 legs on just because I wanted to differentiate it from my WPC games and make it look like other Sys 11 games like BK2K which I had in my collection at the time.

LittleShopofGames has it:

http://www.littleshopofgames.com/Games/whirl.html

Did you hit the advance Jet bumper target to see if that lights any of the other bumpers? The game starts out with just one upper and one lower bumper lit.

Just listed my restored Whirlwind for sale in the Marketplace. Love the game but feel the need to shake up the lineup!

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/for-sale-whirlwind-williams-1990-1998