Tag: em
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Repairing a flipper coil
Made some mistakes swapping out flipper coils on Surf Champ and learned something along the way.
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Hotwiring old flaky bulb sockets
A number of sockets on Surf Champ were flickering or not even working. Thanks again to pinside for the recommended fix that I used to do 16 sockets.
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Dang flipper bats
Replaced the flipper coils in space mission today because one was bad. Unfortunately the bats are so mangled that I couldn’t get them adjusted correctly afterward. Tried to use the sanding flap wheel on the dremmil to smooth it out but it’s just too far gone. After three failed attempts decided it is time to…
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Another rebuilt stepper
Used all the new techniques that Nic taught me and rebuilt the second stepper unit in Team One. It was pretty easy to do and took me a little over an hour. It’s really satisfying to get everything working 100% and all the contacts burnished and all the springs clean and perfectly adjusted. I’ve got…
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EM Stepper class
Learned a whole heck of a lot on Saturday in my time with Nic. We rebuilt this stepper, a few relays, and a score reel. Nic also found and fixed the mysterious issues with Space Mission. We didn’t get as far as I hoped with Team One, but now I feel 100% confident in doing…
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Surf Champ drop target rebuild
Cleaned the whole mechanism and replaced the grimy old targets with new. Pretty awesome feeling to be able to knock it out so quickly. Gonna rebuild the pops on this machine next.
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Fun game on Spanish Eyes
I couldn’t get into the “A” lane to save my life but I managed a few extra balls with the numbers and horseshoe. My reproduction backglass is on the way and I can’t wait. Love this machine.
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Spanish Eyes complete and fun fun fun
Spent about 20 hours in the last week getting this thing back in working order. It plays like a dream, so happy I made the drive to go get this one.
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Space Mission, (mostly) complete!
I pulled a few marathon sessions out in the garage this weekend and got Space Mission all back together again. It is so freaking beautiful. I rebuilt the pop bumpers and flippers and cleaned and changed coil sleeves for all other mechs. I added lights to the eject holes and repopulated the playfield. There are…