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Author Archives: Matthew Mandarano
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So, blogging takes a decent amount of time and I’ve been super busy lately. To help streamline my repair posts and keep them more up to date, I’ve decided to start up a Facebook page that I’ll use as my primary hub for … Continue reading
1995 Williams No Fear and 1996 Sega Twister Repairs
Both of these games came into the owner’s possession when he purchased his lake house about a year and half prior. Neither game ever worked completely, but had gotten increasingly worse in the intervening time. Each game was actually a really … Continue reading
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Tagged battery corrosion, charlotte, NC, north carolina, opto boards, pinball repair, sega twister, Shop Out, williams no fear
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WPC Sound Board A-12738 Repair
These little sound boards in WPC era Bally/Williams games can be difficult to track down issues on and there are no inexpensive reproduction replacements, so the boards themselves are quite expensive if they need to be replaced. A client brought … Continue reading
Electromechanical Pinball Machine Shop Outs
Have had several calls over the past couple weeks about shopping games out. Out of the lot, three have been electromechanical machines. The first two, a 1970 Bally 4 Million BC and a 1971 Williams Stardust, were both owned by … Continue reading
1992 Data East Star Wars Pinball Repair
This is another game from the personal collection. Out of the nearly 60 pinball machines I’ve owned, I’ve never had one burn up a connector enough to actually smell it until this one. I had my back line of games … Continue reading
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Tagged burnt connector, data east, general illumination, NC, north carolina, Pinball, repair, star wars, trifucon
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1988 Williams Swords of Fury Refurbish
Have been a little slow on the updates lately, but just too busy to keep up, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Not too long ago I picked up a 1988 Williams Swords of Fury machine that needed a little … Continue reading
Posted in Restoration
Tagged LEDs, pinball machine, repair, restoration, Shop Job, Swords of Fury, Williams
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1980 Williams Firepower Light Restoration
This came in from a client who’s Bally Strikes and Spares I repaired and restored late last year. This game had been down for some time, so it needed a little love, but was a very nice overall example of … Continue reading
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Tagged Firepower, NC, north carolina, Pinball, repair, restoration, Steve Ritchie, Williams, Winston-Salem
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1996 Williams Junk Yard Repair
Got contacted about a Williams Junk Yard that needed some clean up and repairs. Somewhere along the line, someone had put a glass beaker in the shooter lane that the ball was then plunged into and glass shards were all … Continue reading
Posted in General, Repairs
Tagged Junk Yard, NC, north carolina, Pinball, pinball machine, repair, Williams, Winston-Salem
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1989 Williams Earthshaker Repair
This Earthshaker was getting an “Adjustment Failure” at boot-up. This warning message immediately signals to me that their isn’t power hitting the U25 RAM, which holds the settings, high scores, etc. for the game when the game is powered off. First … Continue reading
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Tagged Adjustment Failure, earthshaker, NC, north carolina, Pinball, repair, Williams
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WPC Dot Matrix Controller Board Repair
So, the components arrived for the down Dot Matrix Controller board that originally came out of a Party Zone. It was missing +62VDC which causes the display to come up as completely blank. Since Party Zone is a location game … Continue reading
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Tagged DMD, Dot Matrix Controller Board, Fish Tales, NC, north carolina, Pinball, repair, Williams, Winston-Salem
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Carolina Pinball Repair 