If you are still in pgh area I just got the turbo drive 2 located at pinball perfection operational again after 18yrs or so of sitting. This past Saturday was the final fix day so it should be ready for regular muesem play now.

I started going there this past fall and pestered owner into letting me work on stuff. Finally he agreed to my volunteer help. This track was one of my goals to get running.

I put the leg work in tracking down info etc. If anyone got any questions on it just ask. I attached a pdf copy of the operating manual and can help you out on cars etc. You can get replacement cars relatively easily.

Turbo Drive Manual2.pdf

Not certain if this was meant to be a dig or not. Either way I'm a pretty laid back person so I'll take it as misscommunication through message. Im not an argumentative person. If I were a dick I wouldnt be offering to help others with what I learned. I'd be trying to profit off it or not offering any info at all.

Dan has been nice to me. Although I will admit he was rough when I 1st met him. After going back few times and building a rapport that wore off.

My curiosity of how stuff works is what progressed into volunteering. I work on high end cars for a living. So my mind is mechanical in nature. I offered my services to him.

As you note dan has a ton of machines. With 300+ machines and 1 full time person some are going to need some tlc. To me that was perfect scenario. I can relate it to my job. If I were a dealer tech I'd work on 1 brand day in/out. Yet at my current job, I work on a variety. In pinball speak- my personal home machines would be dealer. Get profeccient on just those items. Yet going to Dan's I'm learning about a variety of brands. They all work the same. But interesting to me how each company had their own spin on accomplishing end result. No different than a car.

If you are looking for pristine machines and sterile environment this is not the place. But if you are ok with player shape machines and can hang out in an old dodge dealership garage- then it is more than enough. Being I work in a garage, the environment I'm accustomed to.

Only way stuff gets fixed is if people say something. So if you come across an issue bring it to attention. It will get addressed.

The machines I find while playing or someone tells me about an issue I try to fix or let dan know so it can get addressed. Heck I am actively trying to play every machine in the place atleast 1 time and I still havent made my way through. Start on 1 bank work my way through. If I find an issue I take note and try to address it. So to know every issue with that many machines is going to be hard unless you bring it to attention. High traffic machines take precedence over lesser used machines.

Hope this clears the air so we can get off on the right foot. As I'm not trying to burn any bridges or make enemies. In fact i hope to meet you and others in person either there or some other place around town. As I do venture to other places in the city too.

Mike

All good! If you see me say hi. Usually try hit Dan's up on Saturday and pinball pa on sundays. Now that my gf is on a different shift we will be trying to get to helicon.