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Author Archives: Matthew Mandarano
Saving Sorcerer: A Pinball Redemption Story
A few weeks ago I saw an ad pop up on the Charlotte area Craigslist for a “Pinball Machine for parts”. When I clicked it, I noticed it was a Sorcerer, which is a pretty popular title and a really … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged dead game, mark ritchie, NC, parts, Pinball, pinball machine, repair, saving game, sorcerer, Williams
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1977 Bobby Orr Power Play Corroded MPU Repair (Bally -17)
I picked up a 1977 Bobby Orr Power Play about a month ago. It hadn’t booted properly in years and had been “dead” at one owner’s house, sold and then “dead” at the other owner’s place for a long time. The … Continue reading
Posted in Repairs
Tagged arcade, bally, bobby orr, maching, NC, north carolina, Pinball, power play, repair, Winston-Salem
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Repair Log: Williams F-14 Tomcat (Sys 11) and Williams Comet Pinball (Sys 9)
The owner was having different issues with both of these games. F-14 was registering an “Adjustment Failure” and Comet was missing all displays. The “Adjustment Failure” and reset of factory settings on System 11 games is its way of telling … Continue reading
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Tagged Comet, F-14 Tomcat, north carolina, Pinball, pinball machine, pins, repair, repairing, Williams
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Repair Log: 1992 Williams Bram Stoker’s Dracula (WPC)
One of my pinball buddies picked this game up from an operator where it had been sitting for some time. It was cosmetically really nice, and actually the boards were quite clean as well. Just needed a few minor things … Continue reading
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Tagged Bram Stokers Dracula, Carolina, north carolina, Pinball, pinball machine, repair, Reset, speakers, Targets
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Shop Log: 1996 Williams Junk Yard (WPC-95)
Picked this one up for the personal collection a couple weeks ago from an operator in Asheville, NC. Overall, it was in pretty good shape, but I’ve been dialing it in and bringing it up to my picky standards. Nothing really … Continue reading
Posted in Restoration
Tagged Junk Yard, LED, NC, north carolina, Pinball, pinball machine, repair, Shop Job
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Repair Log: 1991 Data East Batman Pinball Repair
A gentleman contacted me with his 1991 Data East Batman machine. He had purchased from a friend and it had been playing, but it had been several years sitting and was currently not working. He wanted to get it back … Continue reading
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Tagged batman, data east, fix, NC, north carolina, Pinball, pinball machine, repair
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Site Re-branding to Carolina Pinball Repair
I started this page as a blog a couple years ago to keep up with my personal journey through the pinball collecting world. However, with my time split between day job work, Down Fenix Media, LLC (www.downfenix.com), pinball repair for … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged general information, north carolina, Pinball, rebrand, repair, site update
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Tommy Pinball Wizard Repair: Replacing Blinders Servo Motor
I recorded a video of this repair since I thought it might be helpful for some of you guys. I’ve attached the YouTube link of the video at the bottom of the page which goes through a, more or less, … Continue reading
Tommy Pinball Wizard Repair: Replacing Trough Rollover Switch
I’ve got two repairs I’ll be doing on Tommy this weekend. One is pretty minor, and the other isn’t major, but a little bit more intricate. For the second, I will add a video of my progress in case it … Continue reading
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