Big Buck Hunter
Repair Log: Stern Big Buck Hunter Pro
Here’s some tips and info on repairing the buck target on your Stern Big Buck Hunter Pro pinball machine. Links to replacement parts in the post too.
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Big Buck Hunter
Bally Pinball
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!
Bally Pinball
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.
Game repair
Stern Sega Whitestar Board Swap Tip
Here’s a sound problem I ran into with a logic board swap into a Sega South Park pinball machine and a tip to avoid the problems I had.
Bally Pinball
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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Rare Game Wednesday: Stern’s Orbitor 1
Check out this cool and very unusual Orbitor 1 pinball machine by Stern.