Tag: spanish eyes
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Spanish Eyes teardown
Middle-oldest was looking for a way to earn some money over the weekend so I paid him to teardown Spanish Eyes. He removed everything that could be removed without messing with the underside of the playfield—including the apron and ball trough parts—and sorted out the pieces for me. He was a little grossed out by…
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Testing out different colored star posts
Decided to go with amber on most of the posts for Spanish Eyes. Clear between the top lanes, and yellow under the plastics by the flippers. I know that it’s unconventional but i’ll save the old posts and this way the machine will be much brighter.
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Sticking 10s score unstuck, and other Spanish Eyes troubleshooting
When I went out last night to show Allison the machine, it no longer started a game and when I got one started, as soon as a 10s score happened the match unit coil would lock on. Found the 10s relay and adjusted the leaf switches. Unfortunately one is very oddly bent from some prior…
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First repairs on Spanish Eyes
No pretty photos today but i got started with the most obvious problems. The lock relay power had come unsoldered so I reconnected it and adjusted the switches on that relay. They were totally jacked but working right now. Also examined and adjusted the score reels and relays. Resoldered a wire on the 100s and…
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New pin: Spanish Eyes
So happy to have this machine. Drove all the way to a town North of Milwaukee to get it and overpaid a bit, but it’s worth it to me. There is a lot of work to do to get this thing playing right, but i think it will probably only take a couple of weeks…