(Topic ID: 28788)
Lodi, CA
Quoted from Cheddar:IIRC this was in a children's hospital
In that case I think it's a great hack...
Quoted from northerndude:This is a normal thing to weld right?!?
Actually, that's way stronger than stock. You'd be crazy to replace if operating that machine.
Quoted from lordloss:I submit this picture, the worst hack to rule them all
That was specifically made for a kid in a wheelchair. You knew that as it was posted along with the original photo.
You are a DB!
Quoted from MrBally:Actually, that's way stronger than stock. You'd be crazy to replace if operating that machine.
Not operating, doing a restore on a FT, have spares
Quoted from NovaNut66:and then an engineer friend created this hack on Elvira that made me laugh ...
I don't see that as a hack at all. Replacing the IDC connector with a crimp Molex connector (hopefully trifurcon) is always a good thing. The Y connector divides the current across two pins as the original connector did. Can't crimp two wires of this gauge into one connector in order to daisy chain another connection to mimic the original so this is the next best thing.
Newmarket, ON
Quoted from zacaj:This is a new one to me...
Quoted from northerndude:This is a normal thing to weld right?!?
Odds on the weld being done with the coil still attached?
Quoted from RacingPin:This is from an 70s Williams EM ball kicker assembly. The spring on the left is supposed to be where the the bakelite linkage goes.
Mike V
Factory
Quoted from zacaj:This is a new one to me...
Ok, that is an impressive amount a work to go to for replacing one plug.
Quoted from songofsixpence:At the risk of sounding ignorant, can someone explain the "10K by Christmas" to me?
Clearly, it's a running joke, but I can't find what started it.
Back in the long Xmen thread, when prices were skyrocketing, the machine was hyped because of it being limited. The features like pop up figures, real back glass, and a moving ramp could not be duplicated by the pro model. Borg's other pin, Tron LE, was surging in price. So the hype was to get into buying the XMLE at 7k in the summer it was released otherwise it would be 10k by Christmas.
Problems with code, Aux Boards, and Wolverine figure had the machine price going the other way. The people who bought in early, saw the price go down if they wanted to sell.
So any new machine that is hyped will usually see a 10k by Christmas quote to put things back into perspective.
Quoted from zacaj:This is a new one to me...
Pinball now has been genetically modified! 
Quoted from Colsond3:I have some tape
That was tape from the NIB crate... so "factory" for sure.
Bogotá
Quoted from Colsond3:WTF? This was definitely easier than just installing a new coin door lock through the existing hole.
"Hey, there was no rollover button here." His buddy - "Well shit man, I have some tape. That'll fix her right up."
You make laugh till crying!! One of the best post!!
Quoted from uncivil_engineer:I saw this today on ebay.. someone put a lot of work into this.
Oh ok I see the problem now. There is clearly a PIA error at u41.
Quoted from uncivil_engineer:I saw this today on ebay.. someone put a lot of work into this.
I would buy this but he forgot to socket the oscillator, that's a deal breaker. 
Quoted from jmountjoy111:Oh ok I see the problem now. There is clearly a PIA error at u41.
Quoted from GRUMPY:I would buy this but he forgot to socket the oscillator, that's a deal breaker.
LMFAO
Quoted from uncivil_engineer:I saw this today on ebay.. someone put a lot of work into this.
I'm amazed that a post has not been made regarding the socket type being sub-par. FTR, those are my favorite type of DIP IC sockets, particularly the ones made by Augat.
Quoted from uncivil_engineer:I saw this today on ebay.. someone put a lot of work into this.
Shotgun!
And yes, that will take many hours of tedious desoldering and soldering.
To be fair, though, I have an MPU on my bench right now where I had to replace every single chip because they were all toast--it probably got hit with high voltage, maybe from mixing up connectors.
But that's not to say that the same may happened to that sys11 board--someone could have simply approached it as a big black mystery box and just started replacing every active component possible.
Limassol
Quoted from Colsond3:It continues.
"Oh man, the left flipper is sagging down a little bit."
Buddy - "No no no. Dang it. Put that darn Allen key away. I have a nice screw we can put it right through the playfield and you'll never have that problem again."
The infamous flipper rest mod.
He /she went into a whole lot of trouble installing a grommet too though )
Quoted from Colsond3:It continues.
"Oh man, the left flipper is sagging down a little bit."
Buddy - "No no no. Dang it. Put that darn Allen key away. I have a nice screw we can put it right through the playfield and you'll never have that problem again."
The infamous flipper rest mod.
The LEAST he could have done is put the screw in the right spot so the flipper rests in the correct position. Sheesh.
Quoted from phototamer:He /she went into a whole lot of trouble installing a grommet too though
Whoever had this went through a lot of trouble to make some modifications that had very simple, easy fixes if done the right way.
Sometimes when you save a game out of a shed it needs a shop job...and sometimes they need surgery. I haven't even lifted the playfield up yet, and it's already time to break out the scalpel.
I picked up a Six Million Dollar Man with a couple interesting mods. Apparently, regular Office Max rubber bands are an upgrade to expensive flipper bands with the added benefit of allowing the pinball to go airborne! Also, if one slingshot rubber is good, then two must be better—-makes it bionic!
Quoted from Pinballdad1961:Also, if one slingshot rubber is good, then two must be better—-makes it bionic!
I have seen balls get trapped inside slingshots on games from this era. Two rings seems to prevent that. Only really relevant on a location game, where such an event puts you out of business, but whoever owned it probably got it that way from an operator, and never changed rings or assumed it was normal.
Quoted from RoyGBev:I have seen balls get trapped inside slingshots on games from this era. Two rings seems to prevent that. Only really relevant on a location game, where such an event puts you out of business, but whoever owned it probably got it that way from an operator, and never changed rings or assumed it was normal.
Would it also sap a bit of the energy of the kicker?
Quoted from Colsond3:It continues.
"Oh man, the left flipper is sagging down a little bit."
Buddy - "No no no. Dang it. Put that darn Allen key away. I have a nice screw we can put it right through the playfield and you'll never have that problem again."
The infamous flipper rest mod.
WTF is it with people putting screw holes in playfields!!!! And is that another hole just the the lower tip of the same flipper? Like they tried the bottom tip of flipper screw mod, and after putting it in found that oh yea, the ball might hit it, so moved the fng screw to the more reasonable and attractive mid flipper position?
Quoted from DCRand:WTF is it with people putting screw holes in playfields!!!!
It's infuriating isn't it? The Sky Jump I got had extra posts added in the outlanes, but the actual outlane posts had not been moved to the liberal position before butchering things.
Quoted from DCRand:... And is that another hole just the the lower tip of the same flipper? ...
Those are from the factory.
Quoted from ajfclark:Would it also sap a bit of the energy of the kicker?
Probably, but the difference isn't obvious. I remember seeing double slingshot rings on location pins in my area (Little Rock). At Aladdin's Castle they didn't have them but I recall seeing balls trapped in slingshots there. It's happened on my Paragon at home at least once.
Kalgan
Quoted from king-pin:You can never have to many holes in your playfield!
Those holes are factory, although they are chewed up.
RussM
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