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Worst hack/repair you ever saw.

By mcclad

11 years ago


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    #1070 6 years ago
     
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    SUPERBEE

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    CA Newmarket, ON

    10y 74,650 3,469 6 6

    Quoted from matt_adams:

    A nice pair of coils I just took off a Guns N Roses

    Holy mother of God!!!!

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    #1071 6 years ago
     
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    SUPERBEE

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    10y 74,650 3,469 6 6

    Quoted from pacmanretro:

    Supposed to have one of those old school round screw in florescents I believe...but never see them with it...prob hard to find

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

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    #1143 6 years ago
     
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    SUPERBEE

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    CA Newmarket, ON

    10y 74,650 3,469 6 6

    Quick release rubbers ! Gotta luv it !!

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    #1154 6 years ago
     
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    SUPERBEE

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    CA Newmarket, ON

    10y 74,650 3,469 6 6

    Quoted from zacaj:

    At least with most hacks I can tell what they were thinking..

    Looks like they might have had a bad rollover switch and decided to omit it rather than fix it.

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    #1166 6 years ago
     
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    SUPERBEE

    Inactive member

    CA Newmarket, ON

    10y 74,650 3,469 6 6

    Quoted from RobDutch:

    Some noob owner before us decided to secure the flipper mechanism with a screw....from the top trough the playfield and damaged the mylar.

    Just brutal!!

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    #1192 6 years ago
     
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    SUPERBEE

    Inactive member

    CA Newmarket, ON

    10y 74,650 3,469 6 6

    The golf ball and bottle cap photos just made my day!! Totally epic fail on the part of the previous owners.

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    #1201 6 years ago
     
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    SUPERBEE

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    CA Newmarket, ON

    10y 74,650 3,469 6 6

    Quoted from flyhigh:

    Someone thought this was a great idea? Cabinet Cooling MOD?

    WTF ???

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    #1209 6 years ago
     
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    SUPERBEE

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    10y 74,650 3,469 6 6

    WTF ??? lol How is that supposed to be set up ?

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    #1212 6 years ago
     
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    SUPERBEE

    Inactive member

    CA Newmarket, ON

    10y 74,650 3,469 6 6

    Quoted from Colsond3:

    Trident I picked up. Let's install a credit button! And while we're at it, we can gouge the front of the cabinet. WTF?

    That is sooo sexy !!!! lol

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    #1214 6 years ago
     
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    SUPERBEE

    Inactive member

    CA Newmarket, ON

    10y 74,650 3,469 6 6

    CP 100 is the bomb baby !!
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    And so is beer !

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    #1215 6 years ago
     
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    SUPERBEE

    Inactive member

    CA Newmarket, ON

    10y 74,650 3,469 6 6

    Btw... If you look at my clock...Its 11:00... do you know where you children are ? lol

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    #1217 6 years ago
     
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    SUPERBEE

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    CA Newmarket, ON

    10y 74,650 3,469 6 6

    Quoted from Colsond3:

    And I'm still laughing that I can see this thread and Pinside up on your laptop.

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    #1357 6 years ago
     
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    SUPERBEE

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    CA Newmarket, ON

    10y 74,650 3,469 6 6

    Quoted from Fortytwo:

    Found on a college Daze. Flipper switch replacement out of aluminum and copper wire wrapped around. No soldering no fish paper. And metal arm and metal button.
    I was shocked to find this. Har har

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    #1362 6 years ago
     
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    SUPERBEE

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    10y 74,650 3,469 6 6

    Thats some very patriotic rubbers you got there ! lol

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    #1378 6 years ago
     
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    SUPERBEE

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    CA Newmarket, ON

    10y 74,650 3,469 6 6

    Quoted from ajfclark:

    Number 8 wire fixes everything: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_8_wire

    Never heard this term before. Interesting..

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    #1386 6 years ago
     
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    SUPERBEE

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    CA Newmarket, ON

    10y 74,650 3,469 6 6

    Quoted from algrande:

    My temporary hack for my AFM drop target.

    Nice!!

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    #1396 6 years ago
     
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    SUPERBEE

    Inactive member

    CA Newmarket, ON

    10y 74,650 3,469 6 6

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    #1507 6 years ago
     
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    SUPERBEE

    Inactive member

    CA Newmarket, ON

    10y 74,650 3,469 6 6

    Quoted from gunstarhero:

    Dsuperbee showed me this beautiful hack he found on his JP that he's fixing up:

    I guess they figured the 2 screws down the middle were not enough so lets stick 4 more in for good measure !

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    #1566 6 years ago
     
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    SUPERBEE

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    CA Newmarket, ON

    10y 74,650 3,469 6 6

    Looks like they used a blowtorch to solder !

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    #1611 6 years ago
     
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    SUPERBEE

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    CA Newmarket, ON

    10y 74,650 3,469 6 6

    Quoted from zacaj:

    This is a new one to me...

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    #1685 6 years ago
     
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    SUPERBEE

    Inactive member

    CA Newmarket, ON

    10y 74,650 3,469 6 6

    Quoted from gregh:

    Does this count? Holy hell

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