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Category Archives: Repairs
Which IC is fried? Williams System 9 Switch Matrix Encoders
Driver Board from a Williams System 9. Took the pia with it..
What’s wrong with this Electrohome G07 flyback transformer?
This is what a burnt gottlieb pinball electro-mechanical hold relay coil looks like.
Williams Stargate
This game has been retro’ed to a 19-in-1 and commercial LCD for dedicated Stargate play.
1980 Williams Blackout Repaired, Shopped and Ready for Pickup
I forget how great these games play when tuned up.
| Drop Target Bank |
| Pop Bumper Coil |
| Repair Master Display (Bottom Segments) |
| Repair Left Flipper |
| Replace 40 pin sockets/reflow pins |
| New Ball |
| Rubber/Bulbs/Wax |
Things come in 3’s? Bring on one more.
In the last couple of days, I have had two of the nicest original games come in. A Gottlieb System 1 Totem and a Pinbot. Both look like they have hardly been played. Where is one more beautiful survivor?
Stern Bally Solenoid Driver Board (SDB) Melt Down
I wonder what caused this.
Edited: This is what happens when the ground plane shorts to the high voltage on the backside of the SDB.
1975 Gottlieb El Dorado wedge head repaired and ready for pickup
This is a very nice machine. Minimal planking on the playfield, a perfect backglass and near perfect cabinet, this machine is headed back to a home in Lewistown, MT.
Gottlieb El Dorado in for Repair and Shop
This is a beautiful machine out of Circle, MT just waiting for a little TLC.
