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Williams 1957 Baseball Deluxe Restoration

By lhammer610

3 years ago


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#43 3 years ago
Quoted from lhammer610:

Thanks SteveinTexas.
I looked up the spring parts for the score reels on the online Williams part numbers and asked PBR. They do not stock those springs and did not offer a cross. That surprised me. But all is working right now.
PBR's response was, "Sorry we don't have either spring and don't have the newer versions of the springs 10A-102 & 10A-123-D".
I have a few other issues:
*Fixing that coil stop issue in the relay bank.
*The 'high score' reels do not set after a new high game. Will just have to track that down. I have not started yet.
*The bat is flaky. The issue is that the tungsten contacts on the switch below the player's bat handle activator are worn beyond filing.
With this switch, I do not understand how it insulates the player from being shocked. Looking at it, it seems like that metal bat handle that the player holds should be electrified. There does not seem to be fish paper between the mechanism and the switch. I am guessing that the one tab, first in, is an insulator (see closeup in picture).
I have to look up the part number and see if PBR has a replacement. If not, it looks like I could sub in the leafs from a WPC EOS (non-Fliptronics) in there if I can get the switch sandwich apart.
I hope you like my one 'hack'. On the bat mechanism, there is a stop made up of some kind of soft material (wood? plastic?) which is just chopped to heck. I took the cork from a champagne bottle, cut it, drilled it and installed it in place. We shall see how durable it will be.[quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]

Too bad these Williams springs aren't readily available.

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