Williams Sorcerer
Williams Sorcerer - This one needed a decent amount of love, but went the distance and is playing very nicely now! It needed new legs, levelers and bolts first thing. I also put a…
Case studies from the bench
Repair Log
Bally Party Zone
Bally Party Zone - Some of the work was a little spread out on this, so I’ll try to remember everything. I put on new side rails and hinges since those were so busted…
Neotec-2701 Chassis
Neotec-2701 Chassis — Came in completely dead. Recapped and reflowed. Ticking. Light bulb test good. New flyback and HOT (even though HOT tested fine). Back in business.
Stern World Poker Tour
Stern World Poker Tour — This game had an issue I’ve never seen before. The SAM system is generally a very robust pinball controller, one of my favorites actually for reliability. It came in…
Bally Mata Hari
Bally Mata Hari - The owner bought this at the Winston auction some time ago, put all new boards in it from Alltek, but it still wouldn’t boot. We discussed the possibility of a…
Bally Captain Fantastic
Bally Captain Fantastic — I don’t normally take in EMs, but sometimes I get bored and want a new challenge. This one came in I believe after sitting in the back of a warehouse…
Stern Dracula
Stern Dracula - This one came in shopped like Gold Wings, just in for functionality. This one ended up being the classic case of not looking like needing much on the surface, but some…
Gottlieb Gold Wings
Gottlieb Gold Wings — Came in shopped and LEDed, just here for functionality work. This is a rip off of Top Gun without having to pay the license fee haha. It’s a pretty interesting…
Stern Whitestar CPU for Monopoly
Stern Whitestar CPU for Monopoly - Ok, this one was a first. Note with the board came in and said “scratchy audio”. I booted it on my Whitestar rig and the test tone sounded…
Williams System 11 board for High Speed
Williams System 11 board for High Speed — The original that came in was pretty rough. I have a box full of junkers and this one was not great, but not quite as bad…