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1992 Data East Star Wars Pinball Repair

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Matthew Mandarano

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 on and started to smell electrical burn, which … Continue reading →

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1989 Williams Earthshaker Repair

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Matthew Mandarano

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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WPC Dot Matrix Controller Board Repair

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Matthew Mandarano

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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1992 Williams Bram Stoker’s Dracula Repair

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Matthew Mandarano

Quite happy to be typing this post. This one was a tough one that I thought had almost got me, but here we are typing up the repair log. I was contacted about a repair on a Williams Bram Stoker’s … Continue reading →

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2008 Stern Batman Dark Knight Repairs

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Matthew Mandarano

I recently got this 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 with me. F110 was the fuse in … Continue reading →

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Data East Pinball Flipper Power Board Repair

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Matthew Mandarano

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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Bally Solenoid Driver Board Upgrades/Repair

Posted on July 5, 2015 by Matthew Mandarano

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 from Bally games manufactured from 1977-84. I have done the recommended upgrades and repaired four of … Continue reading →

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1979 Bally KISS Repair/Shop Out

Posted on June 14, 2015 by Matthew Mandarano

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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1977 Bobby Orr Power Play Corroded MPU Repair (Bally -17)

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Matthew Mandarano

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 →

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Repair Log: 1992 Williams Bram Stoker’s Dracula (WPC)

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Matthew Mandarano

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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