May 25, 2016
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,…
Carolina Pinball Repair
Category: <span>Repairs</span>
May 10, 2016
1992 Data East Star Wars Pinball Repair
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…
March 18, 2016
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…
March 17, 2016
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…
February 24, 2016
1992 Williams Bram Stoker’s Dracula Repair
Quite happy to be typing this post. This one was a tough one that I thought had almost got me, but here we are…
November 18, 2015
2008 Stern Batman Dark Knight Repairs
I recently got this in a trade deal for my Williams Congo. Part of the trade deal was that there was a fuse blowing…
August 28, 2015
1990 Williams Whirlwind Display Repair
Upon firing my games on, I noticed Whirlwind’s display was missing. Tried reseating some cables and doing easy checks first, no dice. Checked the…
July 23, 2015
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.…
July 5, 2015
Bally Solenoid Driver Board Upgrades/Repair
One thing I’ve done a lot of recently that I wanted to write up a quick post on is the Bally Solenoid Driver Board…
June 14, 2015
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…