Quoted from balzofsteel:

I get it. Bells are loud and annoying so they get disconnected.
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Now for the part I don't get - that is a plug there at the coil an inch from where the wire was cut.

Quoted from ForceFlow:

Looks like someone substituted a DIP chip for a failed SMD chip.

Quoted from zacaj:

People don't know that Jones plugs are plugs. Had a seller recently tell me "all the wires are soldered to the head, bring a wire cutter"

Quoted from skywalker:

OMFG, I cant explain this one

Quoted from snakesnsparklers:

That's not horrible. Here is a factory bulb socket used on 6803 games:

Quoted from SUPERBEE:

You just use an LED bulb. Works great and no heat. I have one in my Strange Science.

Quoted from dothedoo:

Except for Strange Science (which is what this game is - you can tell by the small solid state relay board). SS flashes the bulb rapidly with the neon topper. It would destroy a fluorescent bulb.

Quoted from girloveswaffles:

They're called circlines and came in 15 and 27 watt sizes (15 used in Bally pins). Have not seen them in stores in years.

Quoted from dudah:

OOF that color coding is certainly a guessing game!

Quoted from Pecos:

I've seen a few hacks in the past couple of years, but none that I thought worthy of posting here. And this week I find both my favorite hack and least favorite hack on the same game, a Williams Liberty Bell.

Apparently, the owner liked his rubbers tight!

Least Favorite:

There is a 'crispy critter' in this pic as well...

Quoted from SUPERBEE:

Quick release rubbers ! Gotta luv it !!

Quoted from rviguet:

Not the worst hack I have seen, but I found this floating woofer mod in the R&B I picked up off of an operator on route. Bonus points the alligator clip wiring harness breakaway feature for when the woofer drops through the hole.
Oh, and of course there is the ubiquitous operator installed wire nut mod in the head.

Quoted from merccat:

Would I direct solder a pin to get a game running in the field when out of pins? Heck yeah and I did. Would I do it in a way that leaves exposed hot wires hidden in the middle of a bundle of wires that can potentially short against something else? Hell no.
Would I secure a coil using packing tape and pennies? Probably not but I can say for sure that if I ever did it would just be for the afternoon while I ran to get what was needed for a proper fix.
So ingenious field hack to get a game running? Maybe... but also terrible in that those pennies could have easily fell and shorted the coils lugs, the game still didn't play right.
Heck... even just a couple weeks ago ran into a game where a target bracket broke. The owner has no spare available we just zip tied a flipper rubber into the hole so balls wouldn't jam then jumpered to a neighbor in the same column to keep the mode accessible for players. Got the game through the show and back home where it could be properly repaired.
So yeah hacks happen all the time... doesn't change the fact that they are still hacks and should be fixed properly asap.

Quoted from lyonsden:

From the ToM Thread: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/theatre-of-magic-club/page/39#post-3919491
15A car fuse soldered to a GI fuse socket on a WPC board.

Quoted from AUKraut:

Autozone has appropriate fuses, this was just plain lazy......

Quoted from balzofsteel:

Looks like someone left the pin too close to a horny grandfather clock and nature did something unnatural.

Quoted from algrande:

from a "FULLY RESTORED" Whirlwind.

Quoted from jmountjoy111:

Custom Christmas cookie tin face plate

Quoted from DCRand:

So not even close to worst. But second machine in a row I bought where some idiot put posts in the outlanes. At least on the first one, they used real pin posts. This one they used wood screws with rubber tube and a couple of post rubber rings. Come on people!!!!

Quoted from Colsond3:

Looks like she could hold something else like that.

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....

Quoted from ForceFlow:They sure spared no expense with jumper wires

Quoted from JethroP:

Who needs a nail when you can use duct tape? Here's a game I bought that had duct tape covering the gobble hole.
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Quoted from jmountjoy111:

I thought plan b was a pill for when your rubber broke not a zip tie

Quoted from Mad_Dog_Coin_Op:

The previous repair was within specs.

Quoted from pinball_ric:

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Quoted from chad:

I wonder if there has ever been an incident where someone used an actual crutch for a leg on a pinball machine? Instant award!

Quoted from bssbllr:

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Quoted from Murphdom:

Maybe to allow noise to escape to make it louder? That’s too bad because the head isn’t in awful shape either.

Quoted from ForceFlow:

With that method, you'll get ripples and twists in the cable.
With a proper coiling method, the cable will be perfectly straight and flat when uncoiled, even if it's been coiled up for a long period of time.

Quoted from chad:

Using a rubber band that has since deteriorated as a credit up device. Connected to the reject button.
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