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Stuff like this is maddening to find. Great video!

The amount of time I’ve spent going through wires trying to find stuff like that . One little crimp can cause so many issues ! Nice trouble shooting!

Very cool!!!

I always get jealous of these auctions, don’t really have any close enough to me . I’d have to drive like 6 hours to the closest.

Stupid question: when you reflow solder joints, does that mean adding new solder to them or just melting the old solder and then letting it re-harden? Just did my first successful board fix on WhiteWater but want to make sure I'm doing it correctly. Always afraid I'm gonna burn a trace or a mounting point.

Great "Pinball" repair :) Love the video, thanks

Junkyard is a great game! Don’t see them to often . Nice job finding that diode , it’s amazing what one stupid little component can do ! I’ve had one of the reset daughter birds in my twilight zone for a year now and cross my fingers it’s been good !

I had the same fault on a dataeast Batman last week. That faulty diode is part of the bridge rectifier which is supplying a 12 volt regulator. With one diode in the bridge open circuit the DC produced on the large Capacitor is low. Testing on my Batman game showed 0.5 volts AC ripple on the smoothing capacitor and about 8 volts Dc instead of 13 V ..unregulated 12 volt. New bridge rectifier produced 13 volts and 0.1 volts Ac ripple.Only difference was Batman had a 4 pin rectifier instead of your 4 seperate diodes. There was no symptoms at all with Batman. Testing for AC ripple on DC lines is important. Diodes as you know usually go short not oc. That would have blown a fuse . Much easier to fix. Good videos there.

The kids are always about the money

This was in the arcade of a small local tavern down the road when I was a kid. My first pinball love. They also had t2, Addams family, and twilight zone roll through but this one was always there. Always thought it was a great looking game and loved the callouts, We’ll be back, Jack!

This was in the arcade of a small local tavern down the road when I was a kid. My first pinball love. They also had t2, Addams family, and twilight zone roll through but this one was always there. Always thought it was a great looking game and loved the callouts, We’ll be back, Jack!

You did a very good job explaining what’s happening. I played funhouse yesterday and was curious what was going on in that machine. Excited to watch more of your videos!

If you ever decide to sell that one. I really want either a mission or an odyssey as my first machine.

Playfield in good condition except not the original Gottlieb flippers

I'm shocked that those batteries didn't leak and screw up the MPU board. The owner got really lucky! By the way, this game uses non-magnetic balls as I recall. I learned this the hard way on the one I worked on back in the day when the moon feature wasn't working properly because someone had installed normal balls in the machine.

wow :D cool

Tive algumas Apolo, boa máquina, não dão muita manutenção.

That’s a great game , first time I’ve seen one worked on or played . Interesting that it uses the black beast coils like Data East used .

Hopefully that wasn’t your toothbrush Jane was using to clean the dirty moon 😂

Always enjoy your repair videos , keep going . I know it’s slow to start but I think the more videos you do the more people will start watching . I appreciate you taking the time to film , I realize how much time it takes .

Those batteries are from the 90’s . I’d even go as far to say they may be the originals. Or maybe the second set. They haven’t used that logo in many years . I’m surprised they were still going ! I guess we could say they went in in the early 2000’s but still , that’s a very long time ! And I just googled and Rayovak sold to Energizer like 5 years ago . Never even knew !

What capacitor meter was that?

That’s a long time for a machine to be hooked up wrong.😂 My local arcade in Arlington Tx got 2 Pirates of the Caribbean and both were wired wrong out of the box.😂😂

Good job debugging the score motor problem

That poor backglass , wish whoever put that tape on there , never did 😂. Did not do it any favors . If only they triple thicked it back then . First time I’ve seen this game , nice job as always !

I can't think of another multi-player Gottlieb EM where the extra ball carries on from previous progress instead of resetting everything. That makes this a multi-player with elements of single players since the extra balls aren't just "another ball." Balanced scoring and good objectives make this one of the best of the GTB 70's machines.

Paragon is an amazing Wide bodied Solid State game. Paragon shows up in a lot of major tournaments down south. Looking forward on playing this !!! Great job on the video !!

Have fun. Hope you pick up some good ones. And was that your Galaxian cocktail in that group?

Gyruss!!! I want it!!!

How do you get these tips/heads up on where the games are for sale? Biggest challenge i have is finding hunting down the games to restore/buy.

Played it at Sutrees!! Fun but brutal!

Thanks for taking us along with you on the coin op excursion. Looks like you picked up some good machines. Looking forward to more videos like this. In my 30+ years of hunting down over 160 machines in this great hobby, I found lots of gems. Good luck hunting games in the future.

Good attempt. I bet if you keep at it you'll figure it out. If only there was a repository of user created content in video form where people could show other how to make similar successful attempts. Maybe it could be make by people like YOU, and it would be like watching a show on an old TUBE tv? 😉Thanks for the videos.

It was a glob of solder that was dropped on the plastic piece and looks like maybe old glue.

Who cares about the rubber. Painted cab would have turned me off. At least enough to try talk them down on price.

I have this same machine trying to figure out why it’s not booting up. Where did you get that new power board

The arcade you didn't recognize could have been Williams, Joust?

Great video - really interesting game

I been looking for a cheap cab to convert to a mame/pandora machine but cannot find one local for less than 200 or without traveling all over the state 😂

That Gottlieb wedgehead looks to be in excellent condition. Thanks for the game play video.

This is a great video for anyone thinking of doing a playfield swap. Thanks for sharing and taking time out to explain in detail from your busy daily schedule.

Dollar store place mats are great for putting your boards on. Dirt cheap too.

I hope you put new mylar circles around the pop bumpers. I cleared mine, didn't replace those mylar circles and eventually they started to break and chip out.

I might be interested in the Mata Hari, I’m in middle Tennessee, near Smithville. I’ll see tomorrow about getting in touch.

Gorgeous example of the rare Recel's. One of these days I will add one to the collection. Nice post!

Nice Work. I would think the clear would need some time to harden before playing a game.

Jane worked her magic again ! Thanks for doing an experiment with the 2 part clear . I was wondering how it would react with the paint . Now I know ! Game looks really nice , as good as it could for the shape it was in . Nice job all around!

Nice work. Thanks for making the video on it.

Test leads and alligator clips are a lot easier

Glad that the adjustment of the flippers on the Abracadabra worked out so well. It was frustrating me a little when the ball didn't want to go where I thought it would or when I had a hard time capturing it. Being more used to modern pins now, I could not decide if something was wrong or if it was normal for that machine. I find it interesting how manufacturers put in little adjustments like that which fine tune how a game plays. It is something I didn't really think of as a player until I created a 3D model of a Silverball Mania playfield I intended to use in teaching myself to build tables for Visual Pinball and discovered the extra holes where posts and metal pins could be relocated to change the difficulty. BTW, the name is Jim. Just think Star Trek pinball and McCoy's line, "He's dead, Jim."