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Worst hack/repair you ever saw.

By mcclad

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    #1751 5 years ago
     
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    Mk1Mod0

    Third Coast Pinball

    US Corpus Christi, TX

    11y 100K 3,608 8

    Did a repair at a customer's house this past weekend. Couldn't really stop and take pictures but you'll get the idea.

    First we resolved the non-working slingshot -
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    Next we made the sketchy GI a little more solid -
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    And finally I put one of these on the CPU where there had been one of those giant wire-wound cement encased power resistors like you find on a rectifier board. Yikes. Yes, it worked and probably had been for years.
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    Shawn

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    #1752 5 years ago
     
    BLY

    MrBally

    Pinside member

    US Paradise, NV

    12y 141K 13,926 22 1

    Quoted from Mk1Mod0:

    Did a repair at a customer's house this past weekend. Couldn't really stop and take pictures but you'll get the idea.
    First we resolved the non-working slingshot -

    Next we made the sketchy GI a little more solid -

    And finally I put one of these on the CPU where there had been one of those giant wire-wound cement encased power resistors like you find on a rectifier board. Yikes. Yes, it worked and probably had been for years.

    Shawn

    I take it the resistor you install was the proper wattage and the one you removed was "overkill"?

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    #1753 5 years ago
     
    SEF

    Mk1Mod0

    Third Coast Pinball

    US Corpus Christi, TX

    11y 100K 3,608 8

    Quoted from MrBally:

    and the one you removed was "overkill"?

    And then some.

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    #1754 5 years ago
     
    DMD

    songofsixpence

    ThatOldPinball

    US Wharton, NJ

    10y 79,050 704

    Oh the Humanity!

    see if you can spot this one...

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    #1755 5 years ago
     
    ZAC

    zacaj

    RPC

    US Rochester, NY

    11y 158K 10,385 85 122 1

    I'll swap ya for the correct ones!

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    #1756 5 years ago
     
    DMD

    songofsixpence

    ThatOldPinball

    US Wharton, NJ

    10y 79,050 704

    Quoted from zacaj:

    I'll swap ya for the correct ones!

    LOL - that didn't take long!

    Careful for what you are offering:
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    I can't tell if the previous owner of this Solar Ride was a genius, or a madman. The experience on resurrecting this machine does deserve it's own thread. I'll be following up with more details there.

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    #1757 5 years ago
     
    ZAC

    zacaj

    RPC

    US Rochester, NY

    11y 158K 10,385 85 122 1

    Quoted from songofsixpence:

    LOL - that didn't take long!
    Careful for what you are offering:

    I can't tell if the previous owner of this Solar Ride was a genius, or a madman. The experience on resurrecting this machine does deserve it's own thread. I'll be following up with more details there.

    Do they actually work? Impressive if so.

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    #1758 5 years ago
     
    DMD

    songofsixpence

    ThatOldPinball

    US Wharton, NJ

    10y 79,050 704

    Not exactly. I don't know if it ever worked correctly. There is so much wrong with it that I am still sorting out.

    It was dirty in a Long-Time-In-Storage sort of way. I tend to believe it never worked as hoped.

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    #1759 5 years ago
     
    AXL

    Axl

    KristianiaFlipperselskap

    10y 84,050 1,225

    i totally forgot about this frankenpin i got offered...

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    #1760 5 years ago
     
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    MrBally

    Pinside member

    US Paradise, NV

    12y 141K 13,926 22 1

    Quoted from Axl:

    i totally forgot about this frankenpin i got offered...

    Did the MPU power up? Did the displays and controlled appropriate properly?

    Maybe the prior owner Raspberry Pi'ed it....

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    #1761 5 years ago
     
    AXL

    Axl

    KristianiaFlipperselskap

    10y 84,050 1,225

    Quoted from MrBally:

    Did the MPU power up? Did the displays and controlled appropriate properly?
    Maybe the prior owner Raspberry Pi'ed it....

    i passed on it.

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    #1762 5 years ago
     
    JLG

    JodyG

    Ramp-O-Matic

    6y 143K 4,612 6 21 1

    Never saw this before, but this IC looks to be chopped down from a bigger one. Saw it in a Bally Night Rider.

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    #1763 5 years ago
     
    RNA

    LynnInDenver

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    US Denver, CO

    8y 38,300 373 1

    Quoted from JodyG:

    Never saw this before, but this IC looks to be chopped down from a bigger one. Saw it in a Bally Night Rider.

    That's just the label etched off-center. A quick images search showed other examples with the text towards the right.

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    #1764 5 years ago
     
    JLG

    JodyG

    Ramp-O-Matic

    6y 143K 4,612 6 21 1

    Quoted from LynnInDenver:

    That's just the label etched off-center. A quick images search showed other examples with the text towards the right.

    There looked to be something cut off the right end...I will have to look again next time I am over there.

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    #1765 5 years ago
     
    BLY

    MrBally

    Pinside member

    US Paradise, NV

    12y 141K 13,926 22 1

    Just the ceramic case cracked near leg 12. Probably due to a screwdriver pry attempt. As long as the froghair wire wasn't damaged, all is well.

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    #1766 5 years ago
     
    MAR

    g94

    g94

    11y 67,900 529 22 6

    Inside a Seawitch. Previous owner told that he had installed the switch to prevent his children from turning on the game when he wasn't home...

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    #1767 5 years ago
     
    DMD

    songofsixpence

    ThatOldPinball

    US Wharton, NJ

    10y 79,050 704

    Quoted from g94:

    Inside a Seawitch. Previous owner told that he had installed the switch to prevent his children from turning on the game when he wasn't home...

    I'm actually impressed!

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    #1768 5 years ago
     
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    ForceFlow

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    9y 236K 31,333 268 14

    lol, that switch is huge! That's hilarious

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    #1769 5 years ago
     
    DAN

    gunstarhero

    Pinside member

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    Quoted from mrWol64:

    Not sure if this qualifies for the thread,.. my first Pinbots mask was interestingly replaced. Must have been well before replacement plastics were easy to get. Had this shown in another Pinbot thread to some amusement

    The PINBOT in the Iron Mask!

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    #1770 5 years ago
     
    MCD

    dasvis

    Pinside member

    US Salem, OR

    12y 101K 4,796 11 16

    Quoted from g94:

    Inside a Seawitch. Previous owner told that he had installed the switch to prevent his children from turning on the game when he wasn't home...

    I would have chosen a smaller switch, but I like the idea.
    I have installed a couple of small toggle switches in my Bally Old Chicago - one to disable the chimes for nighttime stealth play, & one to disable the tilt for roughhouse play.

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    #1771 5 years ago
     
    KJB

    dudah

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    Quoted from ForceFlow:

    lol, that switch is huge! That's hilarious

    Common lightswitch in Europe

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    #1772 5 years ago
     
    MGP

    mgpasman

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    8y 51,400 558

    Quoted from dudah:

    Common lightswitch in Europe

    Yeah, for outside/humid area's.

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    #1773 5 years ago
     
    CRD

    chad

    Game Guy

    11y 140K 15,113 9 5

    Working on a Magic City and they intstalled a small push button with 2 wires running to the reset relay coil. Start game, push button and ball. All this because they had the roll tilt ball in the game. Too lite to activate the switch....

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    #1774 5 years ago
     
    PEZ

    pacmanretro

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    12y 95,800 3,406

    Quoted from chad:

    Working on a Magic City and they intstalled a small push button with 2 wires running to the reset relay coil. Start game, push button and ball. All this because they had the roll tilt ball in the game. Too lite to activate the switch....

    Many people LOVE how machines come with a rack to keep spare balls in!

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    #1775 5 years ago
     
    CRD

    chad

    Game Guy

    11y 140K 15,113 9 5

    Quoted from chad:

    Working on a Magic City and they intstalled a small push button with 2 wires running to the reset relay coil. Start game, push button and ball. All this because they had the roll tilt ball in the game. Too lite to activate the switch....

    And not a terrible hack, power attained by wall switch mounted to back side with heavy duty going to outlet.

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    #1776 5 years ago
     
    RR

    Ralph67

    Pinside member

    10y 52,300 304

    Quoted from pacmanretro:

    Many people LOVE how machines come with a rack to keep spare balls in!

    I asked the local pinball service guy that same question back in the 1980's . Don't remember his reply though
    Good guy but , he always put some credits in the game before he left.

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    #1777 5 years ago
     
    GBH

    gregh

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    CA Halifax, NS

    7y 41,900 303 6

    I grabbbed a firepower 2 from a customer this week. First thing i noticed was this awesome display hack. I think of they had used a little bit more silicon it may have started working

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    #1778 5 years ago
     
    CRD

    chad

    Game Guy

    11y 140K 15,113 9 5

    Quoted from gregh:

    I grabbbed a firepower 2 from a customer this week. First thing i noticed was this awesome display hack. I think of they had used a little bit more silicon it may have started working
    [quoted image][quoted image]

    Nothing like prototyping!!

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    #1779 5 years ago
     
    CAD

    cottonm4

    Pinside+ Addict

    US Wichita, KS

    10y 148K 16,560 10 23

    Quoted from chad:

    Nothing like prototyping!!

    It looks like a science project.

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    #1780 5 years ago
     
    DIK

    someotherguy

    Pinside member

    6y 44,150 419

    So the display didn't even work? What a bunch of wasted effort.

    I put a Fire! back together that was a basket case, searched forever for the correct display panel for it - eventually found one but it took so long that in the meantime I just made my own. Two pieces of wire-wrap board bolted together using board scraps as splints between the halves, had to turn the header connectors sideways on two of the displays, cut some of the excess board off the edge of two displays for correct spacing, attached a regular System 11 display controller to the back, and made a small "swap" harness to move a couple wires around to reflect a difference between "old" System 11 and the harness in Fire! ... definitely a hack and a half but it worked great and fit correctly, too!

    Richard

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    #1781 5 years ago
     
    CRD

    chad

    Game Guy

    11y 140K 15,113 9 5

    Very creative.

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    #1782 5 years ago
     
    KNT

    Coindork

    Pinside member

    US Cave Creek, AZ

    7y 147K 4,623 20 74

    I bought a Cyclone once where the leg bolts were stripped so they drilled six holes in each leg and attached them with drywall screws.

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    #1783 5 years ago
     
    COL

    Colsond3

    Pinside+ Frequent

    US Langhorne, PA

    9y 143K 9,136 7 1

    Quoted from Coindork:

    I bought a Cyclone once where the leg bolts were stripped so they drilled six holes in each leg and attached them with drywall screws.

    Sacreligious.

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    #1784 5 years ago
     
    COL

    Colsond3

    Pinside+ Frequent

    US Langhorne, PA

    9y 143K 9,136 7 1

    Taken out of the T2 I bought last weekend. No leakage or damage at all on the CPU...thank God.

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    #1785 5 years ago
     
    MOO

    snakesnsparklers

    Pinside member

    9y 92,800 4,828

    At least they already took care of J115 for you!

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    #1786 5 years ago
     
    IKR

    german-pinball

    german-pinball

    11y 73,400 911 31

    Quoted from Colsond3:

    Taken out of the T2 I bought last weekend. No leakage or damage at all on the CPU...thank God.
    [quoted image][quoted image]

    Quoted from snakesnsparklers:

    At least they already took care of J115 for you!

    J120 + J121 nethertheless should be changed ...

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    #1787 5 years ago
     
    DDW

    sohchx

    Pinside member

    9y 87,050 2,259 76

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    #1788 5 years ago
     
    DDW

    sohchx

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    #1789 5 years ago
     
    DOC

    NovaPin

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    5y 44,300 76

    I'm restoring a Doozie table and one of the previous owners used some sort of red spray paint to try to seal the backglass. I'm now slowly scrapping the red paint off the areas that show through the glass. Going to triple thick after that and repaint.

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    #1790 5 years ago
     
    ELD

    darcangeloel

    Pinside member

    US Richmond, VA

    7y 66,800 915 4

    sohchx - Did they JB weld that shower lane metal bracket with the screws? IF so that is very funny. Or was it just a poor welding job? Looks like jb weld but I can't tell hahaha

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    #1791 5 years ago
     
    DDW

    sohchx

    Pinside member

    9y 87,050 2,259 76

    Quoted from darcangeloel:

    sohchx - Did they JB weld that shower lane metal bracket with the screws? IF so that is very funny. Or was it just a poor welding job? Looks like jb weld but I can't tell hahaha

    Poor welding.

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    #1792 5 years ago
     
    DDW

    sohchx

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    #1793 5 years ago
     
    JOE

    alexmogil

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    US Parkersburg, WV

    7y 79,550 1,026 17 29

    Those are all pictures from HEP's MM restore thread, right?

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    #1794 5 years ago
     
    DDW

    sohchx

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    9y 87,050 2,259 76

    Quoted from alexmogil:

    Those are all pictures from HEP's MM restore thread, right?

    Correct. This was a mess wasn't it? I thought to myself, no way these pics don't make the cut for the worst hack thread. Lol

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    #1795 5 years ago
     
    ZAC

    zacaj

    RPC

    US Rochester, NY

    11y 158K 10,385 85 122 1

    About a third of the connectors have screws like this... IMG_20180818_170713 (resized).jpgIMG_20180818_170713 (resized).jpg

    But this was my favorite

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    #1796 5 years ago
     
    WIZ

    balzofsteel

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    9y 54,800 826 49

    Good thing about a third of the connectors don't have tags like that.

    Bonus point for spelling 'which' correctly.

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    #1797 5 years ago
     
    JDH

    Pinballer22

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    US Omaha, NE

    12y 103K 3,356 1

    Customers Ebd I just started on

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    #1798 5 years ago
     
    BIL

    dothedoo

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    Quoted from Pinballer22:

    Customers Ebd I just started on
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    Angle iron for heat sink......I like that.

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    #1799 5 years ago
     
    WFC

    Billc479

    Pinside+ Frequent

    US Pleasant Plains, IL

    9y 79,800 3,131 15

    Bonus points for door bell wire!

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    #1800 5 years ago
     
    BLY

    MrBally

    Pinside member

    US Paradise, NV

    12y 141K 13,926 22 1

    Quoted from Pinballer22:

    Customers Ebd I just started on
    [quoted image]

    As stated earlier, from a Bally service bulletin.....

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