Tag Archives: Pinball

Bally Solenoid Driver Board Upgrades/Repair

Posted on July 5, 2015 by Matthew Mandarano

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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1963 Williams Major League Pitch and Bat Repair (EM)

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Matthew Mandarano

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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Saving Sorcerer: A Pinball Redemption Story

Posted on April 19, 2015 by Matthew Mandarano

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 →

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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: Williams F-14 Tomcat (Sys 11) and Williams Comet Pinball (Sys 9)

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Matthew Mandarano

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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Repair Log: 1990 Williams Whirlwind (Sys 11)

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Matthew Mandarano

Hoots Roller Bar over on Mill Works Road in Winston-Salem has a nice Whirlwind. Before that, they had a Judge Dredd in the pin spot that I did some work on occasionally. It’s a great bar that brews their own … 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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Shop Log: 1996 Williams Junk Yard (WPC-95)

Posted on March 20, 2015 by Matthew Mandarano

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 →

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Repair Log: 1991 Data East Batman Pinball Repair

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Matthew Mandarano

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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Site Re-branding to Carolina Pinball Repair

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Matthew Mandarano

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 →

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