Hello Everyone,
Me and my brother have been expanding our pinball collection a little at a time over the past few years and have finally started moving out into Solid State Machines inbetween the EM's due to some difficulity in finding projects that interest us.
Our most recent aquisition has been a Williams Fire! And we got it at a very good deal as a project.
The game was sadly left with batteries in the head for many years and they caused some corrosion.
The corrosion is not too bad, and the gameplay has not been effected; however, it seems like the corrosion could have caused some issues for the displays. I'm not sure if the corrosion caused the problems we are seeing or not.
As you can see from the video posted above, one of the displays isn't functioning at all, and another has some weird artifacting.
What would you guys recommend in order to repair this?
Should we spring for some new boards? If so what ones do you think the machine needs?
Im sure the replacements will have to be reproductions, unless someone has some boards from Fire they want to part with.
What brands do you all recommend for replacement boards? Our Police Force has some Rottendog boards in it that it came with; however, I've heard mixed reviews about Rottendog and don't want to make a mistake by going with their boards.
Any advice that you can give would be greatly appreciated.
Regards
Alex