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Author Archives: Matthew Mandarano
Repair 1991 Williams Party Zone
This machine is on location now up at Hoots Beer Co. in Winston-Salem, so head on over and put some quarters in! The primary functional issues with this game were: missing one entire column, several other switches not registering, Captain … Continue reading
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Tagged flipper, north carolina, Party Zone, Pinball, repair, U20, Williams, Winston-Salem
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2008 Stern Batman Dark Knight Repairs
This one is out of the personal collection. Recently got it in a trade deal for my Williams Congo. Part of the trade deal was that there was a fuse blowing on the I/O Power Driver board, which was fine … Continue reading
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Tagged batman, dark knight, NC, north carolina, Pinball, repair, Stern, Winston-Salem
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1986 Williams F-14 Tomcat Repair
Another F-14! I was contacted about some sluggish flippers on the right side of the game, but when I got to the location also found that the machine was in “Adjust Failure” upon boot up. “Adjust Failure” on this … Continue reading
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Tagged F-14, NC, north carolina, Pinball, repair, Tom cat, Williams, Winston-Salem
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2003 Stern Ripley’s Believe it or Not… Repair
Have been really tied up lately and actually sold several of my personal projects to reclaim my garage spot for the new car, but still plugging through games as time allows. Was contacted by a fellow pinball owner regarding a … Continue reading
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Tagged north carolina, Pinball, pinball repair, Ripley's Believe it or Not, Stern, transistor
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1990 Williams Whirlwind Display Repair
This is actually on one of my personal games. Contrary to popular belief, even though I own and work on a lot of pins, I don’t really play them that often. Actually, its very rare for me to play a … Continue reading
Data East Pinball Flipper Power Board Repair
Did a flipper rebuild on a Data East Hook not too long ago and afterwards was having a hold problem on the right flipper. Went to check the fuse on the flipper power board and it was fine, but had … Continue reading
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Tagged data east, flipper, Hook, NC, north carolina, Pinball, repair
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Bally Solenoid Driver Board Upgrades/Repair
Trying to keep updates going as regularly as possible here, but has definitely been a busy few weeks. Last couple weeks have included doing two full flipper rebuilds including coils on a Data East Hook and DE Simpsons, fixing a … Continue reading
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Tagged bally, Modifications, NC, north carolina, Pinball, repair, Solenoid Driver, Winston-Salem
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1979 Bally KISS Repair/Shop Out
So, I picked up a 1979 Bally KISS pinball machine the other weekend along with the Pool Sharks. Overall the game was in pretty nice shape, but did need a little attention both electronically and cosmetically to get up to … Continue reading
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Tagged 1979, bally, Kiss, MPU, north carolina, repair, Shop Out, Solenoid Driver Board
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1990 Bally Pool Sharks (First bits of business)
The lack of posts has not been due to lack of being busy; in fact, just the opposite, I’ve been slammed. But, that’s not a bad thing. I’ve got a couple boards here at the house from some clients I’m … Continue reading
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1963 Williams Major League Pitch and Bat Repair (EM)
I don’t know electro-mechanicals like I do solid state games, a large part being that I have only owned one EM in my entire collecting career; however, I have ended up fixing a few and like the challenge. I’m always … Continue reading
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Tagged electro-mechanical, EM, Major League, NC, north carolina, Pinball, pinball machine, repair, Williams
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Carolina Pinball Repair 