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Williams Taxi - I'm new and need some guidance!

By Turdbol

5 years ago


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#1 5 years ago

Hello! I recently acquired a Williams Taxi as my first ever Pinball Game!!! Wooo!! While I have a decent collection of arcades, this is my first venture into Pinball (and I am scared!).

My 'Taxi' has a couple of things that I need fixed and I am unsure as to where to begin. For starters, the display(?) is only partially working. The bottom half works, but the top half does not. Where would I begin trouble shooting to try and get that back?

Secondly - the attract mode is strange. It doesn't have nearly as many sounds as some of the videos I see on YouTube, I went to the manual and it says

44 Attract Mode Sounds
The operator can select (via the credit button) the amount of sounds occurring during the attract mode. The choices are:

Alot - "Sounds occur for approx. 8 minutes......"
Less - "Sounds occur for approx 2 minutes"
None - "no sounds"

With my display only partially working, I navigated to "AD44" but the only options my credit button gives me is "on/off" -- does anyone know what I am missing!?

Looking forward to spending more time around here and getting to know everyone!!

#5 5 years ago
Quoted from PinballManiac40:

With display and sound problems, I suspect you have some battery corrosion on U41 and U42 on the big CPU board that is below the battery holder. Can you post a picture of the board?

PinballManiac40 Certainly! Here you go. I can definitely see a "greenish" hue on them, I tried to get it the best I could.

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#6 5 years ago
Quoted from RonSwanson:

Congratulations on your first game, and Taxi is a great one! I checked my manual and it has the same three settings you found (alot, less, none). But like you discovered, Ad 44 only allows me to choose on/off. Perhaps the manual is referring to a previous version of the game with more settings. I'll leave suggestions about the display problem to more knowledgeable Pinsiders.
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Thanks. That's a bummer, the part that baffles me is that when I listen to an attract mode on YouTube its considerably different than mine. Mine is very short.

#10 5 years ago

Any suggestions as to who would repair this board?

#13 5 years ago
Quoted from PinballManiac40:

ChrisHibler would be happy to evaluate it.

Quoted from Ericc123:

I just got my boards back from him and am really pleased. I would definitely recommend him.

Thank you both for the recommendation! I sent him a PM and am eager to get them out! In the meantime, I ordered a flipper rebuild kit to begin tackling that project!

#19 5 years ago

Can someone please link me to which Rottendog board I would need? I think I read there is a new one about to come out?

#20 5 years ago

I "think" I need this one.......

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