(Topic ID: 28788)
St Joseph, MI
Quoted from RCA1:Flippers sticking?
Grease 'em!
Still sticking?
Put in giant return springs connected to huge screws stuck into the playfield!
That may be the winner of the whole thread.
Quoted from RCA1:Put in giant return springs connected to huge screws stuck into the playfield!
I was wondering how to fix sticky flippers!
Look at the size of those screws! How are they not sticking out of the top of the playfield?!
And what game is that, I don't recognize the flipper/insert layout.
Quoted from jibmums:How are they not sticking out of the top of the playfield?!
And what game is that, I don't recognize the flipper/insert layout.
One screw did come through the top of the playfield. D'oH!
Fortunately it is just next to the apron and the small hole won't be very noticeable when I pull the screw back out.
It's Zac Time Machine.
This is one of the ones CFH is selling "as-is". Looks pretty good (other than this) and I now have it booting up and playing.
Quoted from RCA1:Flippers sticking?
Grease 'em!
Still sticking?
Put in giant return springs connected to huge screws stuck into the playfield!
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Those screws also serve as a prop rod AND the playfield supports for service. Clever actually 
Quoted from jboner1058:Why replace this connector on the power supply when you can just use a zip tie?
Looks "factory" to me 
faz
Quoted from jboner1058:Pretty convinced the prior owner used a flamethrower to fix this
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What? Hot melt glue isn't the best way to hold heat sinks to the MB?
One of my multi game buys had a EM in the group . One of the fuses had been replaced with a cut nail ( like you use to nail into a concrete block ) . Shane
Calgary, AB
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Quoted from schudel5:Working on a TFTC for someone and came across this 'transistor bridge'. Surprisingly it works.
Given the amount of damage to the board, that may have been the only solution just shy of replacing the whole board. Looks like the transistor array may have gone up in a big ball of fire, and took out pretty much everything on the top side around them, including the traces.
Quoted from schudel5:Working on a TFTC for someone and came across this 'transistor bridge'. Surprisingly it works.
This reminds me of a buddy that bought a 100 year old house. Slowly he gut the whole place and made it beautiful...but he tore every room, every wall out and rebuilt it.
I said, "So, you bought a 100 year old front door knob....and you're building a new house around it".
He replied, "We already replaced the door knob".
I'm thinking the zip tie is "original" and worth saving the rest 
faz
Not the worst hack I have seen, but if you are going to redo the GI connectors please do it right!
Quoted from schudel5:Working on a TFTC for someone and came across this 'transistor bridge'. Surprisingly it works
That is pretty unreal. Def the most involved hack i've ever seen.
Begs the question though, this seems like with the time invested and chance for failure why they didn't just buy a new board? This looks like it would have been a lot of work matching up which traces where etc... jeez. Good macgyver though, real good.
Well, on my Grand Lizard both droptarget retrievers (the big plate that pushes the droptargets up again) had both broken sometime in the past, and then been fixed by 4 danish coins working as a "support" for the plate.. 
I didnt take pictures, but i found it kinda funny.
No pictures.. but the day before I picked up my Williams IJ, the seller had his 'pinball guy' come and do a flipper rebuild. When the guy put the flipper / solenoid bracket back beneath the playfield, he used two wood screws that were too long. He punctured the playfield in one place (beneath the flippers, fortunately) and pushed up part of the playfield in another.
Two, tiny - screw-head sized blemishes on a 20 year old game that was otherwise flawless. All because this idiot ostensibly got in a hurry and used the wrong length self-tapping screws. The bump went down and the tiny hole no one even notices (except me). I curse this entire lineage every time I think about it.
On the plus side, $3k Williams IJ -- but still.
Quoted from visi0n:No pictures.. but the day before I picked up my Williams IJ, the seller had his 'pinball guy' come and do a flipper rebuild. When the guy put the flipper / solenoid bracket back beneath the playfield, he used two wood screws that were too long. He punctured the playfield in one place (beneath the flippers, fortunately) and pushed up part of the playfield in another.
Two, tiny - screw-head sized blemishes on a 20 year old game that was otherwise flawless. All because this idiot ostensibly got in a hurry and used the wrong length self-tapping screws. The bump went down and the tiny hole no one even notices (except me). I curse this entire lineage every time I think about it.
On the plus side, $3k Williams IJ -- but still.
Ugh, that's hearbreaking. What an idiot. 
Quoted from Patofnaud:HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
Man print out a cheap paper mailing label with a low res internet pic of that part for Pete's sake!
I probably spent an hour trying to compose a caption for that picture. In the end, what can you really say? Sure it's a player's game with playfield wear, and a flaky backglass... But this plastic is just unbearable!
Quoted from schudel5:Working on a TFTC for someone and came across this 'transistor bridge'. Surprisingly it works.
Quoted from boris_37:That is pretty unreal. Def the most involved hack i've ever seen.
Begs the question though, this seems like with the time invested and chance for failure why they didn't just buy a new board? This looks like it would have been a lot of work matching up which traces where etc... jeez. Good macgyver though, real good.
My favorite part is the pass-through for the wires. 
Quoted from Ralph67:Fuse(s) found on a Stern/LAI Cosmic Princess. Both look okay! I won't be re-using them though
I'm assuming they are to 10A fuses for that 20A clip. But, does that work? Feels like 10+10 != 20.
faz
Quoted from songofsixpence:I probably spent an hour trying to compose a caption for that picture. In the end, what can you really say? Sure it's a player's game with playfield wear, and a flaky backglass... But this plastic is just unbearable!
Quoted from pinball_faz:Feels like 10+10 != 20.
It's not. Fuses do not act like caps in parallel. They do not add up 1
Southampton
Just bought a Kiss on eBay and yes I did see the photos beforehand but gotta be the worse hack I've seen in 20 years. 3 failed bridges run in power flex (looks like spaghetti).2 screwed to yInside top of backbox, the other fixed to a heat sink and just dangling free. Also had a car starter solenoid in place of a knocker???????? Amazingly the machine works fully (well after I cut the connections to the "knocker substitute"
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Quoted from Ralph67:Fuse(s) found on a Stern/LAI Cosmic Princess. Both look okay! I won't be re-using them though
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So fused fuses make a fuse? How confusing!
I agree, it probably broke off, then didn't hit the ball in the middle which resulted in a weaker kick. So they bent it down to hit the ball squarely.
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Quoted from TecumsehPlissken:I hate finding these household wiring nuts in pinball machines ....... from my most recent purchase , Space Station
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It's a good temporary fix if a game is on location, but when it comes back into the shop, it's rewarding to undo all that mess and either solder and heat shrink or replace the connectors entirely if needed. There are some cases where so much of the harness has been lost to servicing over the years a few extra inches of wire need to be spliced in though.
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