Contemplating joining the club...but have only played the game sparingly at shows. I have a line on a pristine example. Convince me!

Just yesterday I was offered a Road Kings for $500. There is some planking on the upper right of the playfield and a spot just above the flippers that the paint is worn through.
Pop bumpers are not working nor the slings. Game starts up and plays so it looks like the boards are ok.
Does it sound like $500 is right for this condition? The Back glass looks perfect.

Chad

I need some help from my Road Kings friends. I'm still trying to figure out the problem with my right inlane switch which is the number 3. Can someone snap me a few pics of the wiring of this leaf switch from the underside of the playfield? If possible I would like to see a couple closeups and one a little farther away that shows both the right in and outlane. My Grand Lizard has a jumper wire between in and outlanes and trying to figure out if Road Kings has one I might be missing. Thanks!

hi I want to use Flat Top Single Led Frosted by cometpinball.com
are this good one for in the Road Kings

Funny you should say that, I did get it and it was a fuse. One of the pop bumpers had a swollen coil sleeve that was holding the switch on and it would blow the fuse. Fixed that and no more problems.
I need to get one new plastic though, the one just to the left of the center ramp. Anybody have one to sell?

After considering my options carefully, I decided to pass on that CQ example of Road Kings. It was really nice, and probably worth the money they wanted for it, but I don't think I'd want to have that much tied up in a RK. I'm convinced the game is good, but probably not good enough to keep for any length of time in my collection.

Hey guys I just joined the club a few weeks ago, agodfrey thanks for the sound board. I bought it cause as soon as I got RK I lost the Background music for a sec so just in case. Broken Token actually just went through a repair on the music for a RK on their podcast, good stuff for a noob like me.

1st question my Lane Change isn't working well just seems to change whenever it feels like it. Any ideas where I should look 1st?

Thanks RK is a great game I love the music!

I think in Road Kings it only changes with the right flipper. If your 1-2-3-4 inserts don't change every right flip, it could be the switch at the flipper mechanism isn't closing all the time at a full stroke.

Finally got back around to RK, I checked the switch at the flipper and sure enough it just wasn't making good contact. Quick adjustment and all is good now.

Thanx!

Just bought a Road Kings last month. I love this game!

Nitram - you're pf restoration looks fantastic.

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Thanks man, I'm having this same experience and wasn't sure if it was supposed to as this is the only Road Kings I've ever played. Will check the leaf switches on the flipper.

Agreed that it's the flipper switch connection causing the lane inserts to not change. I sanded them down and it's better but not 100%. Probably easier to just replace the leaf switches with new ones.

I tried cleaning the contacts several times on the right flipper switch, but the 1-2-3-4 lane change still only works sometimes. Any chance it is the capacitor connected in that same area?

Yup.. I love mine...

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I agree.............Joey

Cool! I'm curious what game you made of it!

Playing around with different led bulbs... road kings,is a very addictave game.. as are alot of mid 80s williams.. I play it daily in my tattoo shop...

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While I'm on the fan club page..
I have one minor sound issue during play..
When you lock the two balls and prep for battling the road kings.. the voice part isn't always comple..
Suppose to say meat or beat the road kings.. it's not always completely spoken .. sometimes beat or beat the .. and right to multi ball ? Any ideas.. no affect on game play at all..

which leds did you use in the Road Kings

Hmm.
From Comet.. they were pretty cheap.. IL have to check the type.. 25 packs were 8 bucks.

Milltown, please let us know, I'm looking for LEDs for a newly acquired Road Kings

IL check it out on my list..of receipts

Thanks man. I went to the Comet site, i"m new to LED's but I think I'll invest in the 25-packs in 5 colors to get started.

I picked my RK up for $200 missing legs, displays, MPU and PSU boards. Includes a bubbly mylar playfield in good shape, everything seems to be ok, including ramps. Needs new rubber, obviously.

Got some displays $90

I am $150 into MPU board repairs (took it from my HS, for which I now have a 'new' MPU), including NVRAM from a local tech. Bought a new PSU for my High Speed and gave RK the old PSU. I have everything working on the MPU except most in-game sounds and speech. That's a problem I'm looking into. Background music is perfect.

I have a couple of solenoids that won't fire, (drop target reset, ramp down, ramp ball kicker) I'm looking to see of it's a diode or one of those relay boards on the playfield.

Spending my weekend with Road Kings! It'll look nice in LED, next to High Speed!

Cheers

Was that the road kings that was for sale with one complete working and one missing the boards? It's not aewsome game man.. do the 25 packs for sure .. best bang for the buck..

It is a aewsome game sorry.. lol

^^^...This ALL day.....!!!..........Joey

Pretty happy.. did some more under playfeild led bulbs.. matched the insert color to the bulbs .. but on the clear I did blue.. very rich in color ....

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Got my foot half way in the door

Picked up a almost fully populated playfield, a set of boards, a coin door, and a whole lot of dirt

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It has the typical wear at the ball drops, and a bunch of inserts are raised, The backside is a different story; wires are so dirty I can't tell what color they are, there's no telling if this game will live again unless I pumped about a grand into it , plus a cabinet... who knows

Does anyone know where to get the A-11124 Y gate exit switch assembly like this? The one on the road kings I picked up is totally missing (leaf is still there). Pics are on post #71 of this thread.
Also could use a new Y ramp which I would have thought would be made, but I don't see one. Do they exist?

Thanks for the reply, is it specific to road kings or does any other system 11 use the same switch assemebly?

I may buy one of these and bend it straight then reverse and bend the wire gate to meet my needs.
http://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/A-10735

Hey guys , I have a customers RK and I'm almost done with it . I have two issues left . 1. I have no music at all . I have all the speech and sounds but no music . 2. I'm having a reset issue and it seems to happen with rapid flipper presses and it seems to be more the left flipper. I've got new ribbon cables , resetted the chips , reflowed the pins , etc... am I missing something simple ? Any help would be great ! Thanks !

I've had mine since june.. in fact I just took a break to let the wax dry.. I love mine ...

Mine was belive it or not was a batteries issue.. one connector on the + side wasn't making connection and it was going back to factory and loosing the sound.. and the ribbon cable on the board side was giving me n issue if I opened the door to far .. since I relocated the batteries and am cautious on opening the door i have had no issues in months. .

I used a paperclip because I couldn't find one . Three days later I found one.. lol but the paper clip I bent is still there.. never stopped working..

Yeah that may end up happening.
I bought that gate I linked above on ebay for $8.
I don't have any spare gates around that are a good starting point, I think with some bending and twisting that one above will work.