Hello everybody !
I will see a WH2O for sale on Friday.
I'm searching this game since a long time... and it could be the end of a long waiting time.

What are the major points to check on this game?
I know that boulders are broken. I will replace them.
The battery have been moved out of the card so no acid problem.
That's all I know...

It will be my first DOT, and my second pinball (first one is Space Shuttle). I'm excited... and afraid in the same time.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Christophe

Thanks a lot for your fast answer, and thank you for all your advice.
Yes, the topper can't be reproduce. That was "heliophore" technic from Louis Dufay but it's impossible to do it in 2022...

Hello everybody !
That's done, whitewater is in my home after 2 years of hard search.

The game is in really good working conditions.
Just need a strong cleaning and elastics replacement to play perfectly.

I have just some "strange" parts on bumper and on some targets.

Picture 1: something is missing on right side (and also on left side). Certainly a screw and something else... could you confirm ?

Picture 2: not the good color of targets

Picture 3: not the good color for one target

For those 2 pictures, could you tell me the good way to replace the plastic part of the target ? What is the reference of the rivet ?

Picture 3: not the good bumper caps. Could you tell me the référence of the missig screws and how the boulder plastics are fixed ?

It could look as details for you, but France is a metric type screw country...

Thanks un advance for your help.
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Thank you for all your advices.
Today I have clean the all the playfield and parts.
And also replace all rubber rings and all the dead lamps.
That' really better.

I have a question: how does the knocker works ?
On mine, it was working but it doesn't work anymore since few hours.
The solenoid test is ok, so I don't understand...

All the game is ok, except the knocker

EDIT : Problem solved. The knocker works only if replay is set with "credit".
Knocker doesn't work if replay is set with extraball.

Hello everybody,

Where can I buy quality green targets ?
I bought a set 2 months ago and they are already broken.
I don't want to spent my time and money with poor quality spare parts.

Do you know if it is possible to replace only the green plastic part of the target ?

Thank you in advance

Thanks a lot.
It looks great but shipping costs are 3 times the price of the 2 targets. It's hard !

Finally I founded in BestofPinball, in Germany.

Set of 2 complete targets:
https://www.bestofpinball.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=794

Replacement parts:
https://www.bestofpinball.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=12819

Fast shipment, received and fitted yesterday.
Test in progress

I'm working on an alternate skull mod.
Look like a bigfoot head !

First prototype in place on the picture above.
Second prototype is in progress.

I try to built an complete mod with skull on "noway out", a bridge on "spine chiller" and a sort of missing mountain under "insanity falls".

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I have put one, 2 months ago.
Not entire because some colors were totally wrong or geometry not perfect. You are a boss if the white "T" match perfectly the playfield. So I took only the area I needed.
And now, 2 months after, this little overlay is totally destroy.

No, that's certainly my mistake.

I have experienced the bonus vacation several times.

During the entire game (not on just one ball), you have to:
- finish the 6 boulder bonus
- reach class IV river one time
- visit wet willys (not necessary finish)
- and after that, start a multiball.

My best way to achieve is:
1) quickly achieve the 6 boulder bonus and during the whirlpool challenge (2 balls in play), obtain the river classe IV before doing whirlpools. To do that, I put the 2 balls in "no way out" and I let them return to the lightning right inlane. So you mark 2 letters each time. Keep concentrated because the river class is reset if you lose the 2 balls !
As long as you are not to Wet Willys, you can do the bonus garden. So don't follow the orange arrows at the beginning of the game. If you reach Wet Willys before finish the boulder, you will need to finish the entire Wet Willys sequence before continuing the boulder bonus.

2) after that, follow the orange arrows to go to "Wet Willys"

3) when you are in "Wet Willis", start a multiball.*

=> bonus vacation !!!!!

* first multiball is quite easy to start , the second is harder and the third more. So do your best to not touch the 2 green targets before arriving to Wet Willys.

No idea about the way to replace only the green plastic cover. It's certainly possible because I already saw the plastic and the rivet for sale.

Recently, I bought that and it looks strong :

Set of 2 complete targets:
https://www.bestofpinball.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=794

Replacement parts:
https://www.bestofpinball.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=12819

Please find 2 pictures.
Hope it helps.

Be carreful, this is metric system measurement.

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Please let me know quickly if you want something else.
My part will be fitted on the backbox in a couple of days.