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Tag Archives: Williams
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, so the boards themselves are quite expensive if they need to be replaced. A client brought … Continue reading
1988 Williams Swords of Fury Refurbish
Not too long ago I picked up a 1988 Williams Swords of Fury machine that needed a little love, but overall was a pretty nice example of this cheesy, fun System 11 pinball machine. This one was going into the … Continue reading
Posted in Restoration
Tagged LEDs, pinball machine, repair, restoration, Shop Job, Swords of Fury, Williams
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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 holds the settings, high scores, etc. for the game when the game is powered off. First … Continue reading
Posted in General, Repairs
Tagged Adjustment Failure, earthshaker, NC, north carolina, Pinball, repair, Williams
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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 causes the display to come up as completely blank. Since Party Zone is a location game … Continue reading
Posted in General, Repairs
Tagged DMD, Dot Matrix Controller Board, Fish Tales, NC, north carolina, Pinball, repair, Williams, Winston-Salem
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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 typing up the repair log. I was contacted about a repair on a Williams Bram Stoker’s … Continue reading
Posted in General, Repairs
Tagged Bram Stokers Dracula, BSD, Mist Multiball, NC, north carolina, Pinball, pinball machine, repair, Williams
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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 fuses for the +100 and -100v circuits in the power supply, they tested good. Next was … Continue reading
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
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Tagged dead game, mark ritchie, NC, parts, Pinball, pinball machine, repair, saving game, sorcerer, Williams
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Carolina Pinball Repair 