Tag: flippers
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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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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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Taxi flippers rebuilt
These rebuilt flipper mechs get me so excited! Drop targets aren’t back together but all the parts are clean so I’ll finish those tonight.
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Dirty parts need some love
This week’s goal: clean this stuff and rebuild the flippers. Taking the slow and steady approach to rebuilding this Taxi.
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Sinbad: rebuilding flipper mechs
Got most of the way through rebuilding these flippers but I pooped out. Realizing I still have quite a lot to do on the underside. I want to put new coil sleeves on the pop bumpers and I have to put back a bunch of switches and the rollover switch wires too. I don’t think…
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Sinbad: four flipper breakdown and more
Pulled all the flipper mechs. They were sticky and dirty and disgusting. Definitely needing the treatment i’m giving them. Also pulled out most of the metal parts from inside the cabinet to derust and clean. I had cleaned the top of the lockdown bar receiver in place but it seemed prudent to give it a…
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Slow and steady motion
I haven’t had much time to work on pinball, but tonight i did a couple of things. I laid out all of the switches and parts for the front flippers so they are ready to wire up. I also sanded and deglossed all of the low spots on Space Mission. That was tedius work but…
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Big Guns flipper rebuilds
Top flippers rebuilt and installed, upgraded to fliptronics style thanks to Vid’s guide on Pinside. I’ve got the old flipper bats in upside down to keep everything in place for now. Two more flipper rebuilds to go! Unfortunately the next ones have more switches. I wish I was faster with these!