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Stern mpu-200
It wasn't rotten until he started working on it.
I got some of that Doodle-a-Circuit type stuff when Radio Shack closed. I might play with it some on this poor thing. Maybe end up being another craziest hack repair someone's ever seen off in the future somewhere. 
Quoted from indypinhead:This was on my $50 Globetrotter pin. Picked it up at a yard sale.
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That green wire usually goes to one of the resistors... or a test point. I forget which. 
1 week later
Some pix of that board with the junk stripped off.
X-ray view.
No plated holes left at U14, a couple left at U19.
Kind of messy around U15 and U16.
More traces and plated holes missing.
FrankenStern has a twin.
Doodle-a-Circuit pen says the stuff can be soldered - quickly at low temp.
Low temp solder ordered.
Quoted from jmountjoy111:I have tried that circuit writer pen on a board before and had absolutely no luck. I hope that it works better for you. I do know there is a video on YouTube about putting in new eyelets. you could order a bunch and do that if the circuit writer doesn't do it
Didn't find the video but did find itty bitty eyelets. (interesting... it wants to spellcheck itty but not bitty) I could see places where some of those might come in handy.
2 months later
Quoted from Crash:Is this supposed to be a serious post?
It looked like a legit repair to me.
4 months later
Quoted from jwwhite15:.... Can you see the problem?
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The screws got lost and the targets fell out?
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Quoted from Cheddar:I was pulling lamps out of an early stern and they all seemed to have vaseline on them. WTH???
Somebody somewhere started a rumor to the effect that applying oily substances to old lamp sockets would magically restore the shrunken insulators and make the lamps shine brightly.
How did it work out?
Quoted from Cheddar:the bulbs still didn't work!
I'll bet they didn't squeak though.
1 month later
I used to have an old Scout. I'm glad it didn't have electrical problems because the IHOP color code was kinda strange...
18gauge wires green, 16ga brown, 14 blue and so on. There sure was a lot of green wire in that little rig.
There were supposed to be printed numbers to identify individual wires but I only saw a couple that hadn't been washed or snipped off.
1 week later
Went to an auction the other day. Games from the estate of a furniture lover. Not just one or two but a whole row of pins with the cabinets stripped and varnished. This guy even replaced all of the metal legs with wood bingo machine legs.
Did get me a Miss-O for $60. The plastics and schematic were inside.
10 months later
Quoted from pinball_faz:Perhaps a cooling tower...
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Quoted from RacingPin:Here is my contribution. This fuse holder is from a 1958 Bally Golf Champ. Fuse holder fails and you lose some pieces well then just find an extra switch blade and cut it up and solder in place. They made sure to make good use of that blade throughout the holder. I appreciate the fact they used the portion with the contact point to assist in unraveling the hack.
Mike V
Bally fuse holders have always been crap. That isn't a hack, it's an upgrade.
Quoted from phillyfan64:This is my World Fair machine. No idea why somebody cut the harness in half when all they had to do was unplug the jones plugs. The wire colors don't even match but it actually works fine.
Looks sorta like the Paddock that came home recently.
Quoted from Mk1Mod0:To someone who has never seen a Jones plug it doesn't look like a plug.
To someone who has never seen a Tootsie Roll it doesn't look like candy.
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Quoted from Pecos:But this candy-striped Bungee might become the latest rage...
On my way down to Captain Dollar right now for a bag of 'em.
1 month later
Quoted from SUPERBEE:WTF ??? lol How is that supposed to be set up ?
A big ring around those three posts... or maybe one of those cool dollar store bungee cords for extra style points.
2 weeks later
Quoted from CNKay:....
I have a ton of snap on from my Dad and Grandfather but I wouldn't even know how to ask for a replacement and if it is even possible as not original purchaser. ..
You see the truck at a shop in town and you park off to the side and then march right up and hand the man your broken socket. If it was one that Granddad bought back in '37 you may get a comment about the age of the tool as he is digging for the replacement. He hands you a new one and you go on your way.
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Quoted from ZeldaOoT:What on Earth did they do that for?
Looks like someone left the pin too close to a horny grandfather clock and nature did something unnatural.
Quoted from PghPinballRescue:I think that turned out half-decent.
Not something I'd ever do, but it doesn't look THAT bad.
Makes me think the guy did that to appeal to the wife and make it match their other furniture more.
I'm hoping that it was done to rescue a game with a water/insect/fire destroyed cabinet from the parts bin..
I'm not putting any pins near the clock - just to be sure.
5 months later
Quoted from fatcake:I'm fixing up a completely thrashed eight ball. I enjoyed that someone fashioned a coil sleeve into being the cover for a slingshot arm.
Someone used a plunger tip on mine. It stuck up too far and erased one of Pinky's boobs.
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Quoted from DCRand:... And is that another hole just the the lower tip of the same flipper? ...
Those are from the factory.
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