Bally Pinball
Factory wiring mistake?
This is a connector for the G.I. on the insert panel. I wonder why this one…
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PRO TIP: Bad special solenoid sections.
What do you do if the special solenoid section of your driver board self destructs? Save it for a shuffle alley!
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Todays battles are tomorrows war stories
Game moves are rarely fun. Especially 3 wide body pinballs out of a town house with a staircase with multiple turns.
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Williams WPC Fliptronics II flipper board fun
Usually when I’m repairing a board just 1, maybe 2 components are bad. This Fliptronics II board was left on my bench with a note saying “it locks up the logic board.”
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Gottlieb’s Subway
Here’s a fun EM game I discovered at Pinball Expo ‘22. Gottlieb’s Subway from 1966.
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PRO TIP: Servicing early Bally and Stern (‘77-‘84 MPU games) display high voltage power supply
Before pulling your early Bally or Stern power driver board out for service always check your display voltage as it can run high meaning there’s a failure in your high voltage display power circuit.
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Volts? Amps? Watts it all mean?
After explaining the importance of protection devices to protect against excessive voltage and excessive current drain I thought now would be a good time to go further into power and how your game uses it.
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PRO TIP: Early Bally and Stern Switch Capacitors
If your early Bally or Stern pinball machine is randomly tilting or pop bumpers are firing when they shouldn’t you probably have shorted capacitors on your switches.
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REPAIR LOG #2 Bally Squawk and Talk board missing sounds solved.
So I’m tasked with getting a Squawk and Talk board working for a Bally Fireball 2….
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PRO TIP: Star Rollover Replacement
This little tip can save you potentially hours of troubleshooting your star rollover switches when replacing the star rollover…..