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Regarding Smoke Stains, have you tried "Mean Green" cleaner? Used to be around at the Dollar stores, now they don't have it, but I see it at Wal-Mart and...
Chris Woodruff
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Jul 1, 2005
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Chris, Yup! I know the kind of playfield you are talking about! My Grand Prix had excessive ball swirl to the point that the yellow areas always looked dirty...
mdefrayne
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Jul 1, 2005
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Howdy, I will be doing some touchup on a playfield this weekend and have a question. Which method would be best for smoothing out the touched up area, sanding...
mdefrayne
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Jul 1, 2005
12:22 pm
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ME is probably not a good choice. It removes paint by destroying the chemical bonds. This will leave a smeared weak surface. A sanding block with 320 or ...
Kenny McCormick
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Jul 1, 2005
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Tim, Very interesting thought. I would not want the ME to weaken the bond between the Acrylic paint and the playfield. I won't be CCing the playfield for a...
mdefrayne
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Jul 1, 2005
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Hi guys! Well, tonight I finished soldering the last two of the main wire harness connections. Work will be done to the cabinet itself so I will be unable to ...
Eric Schmitt
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Jul 2, 2005
4:23 am
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What is this series of plugs located inder the playfield of Amigo? there are 10 sockets, numbered 10 to 19. I assume it is where the "same player shoots again"...
pinballdude1975
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Jul 3, 2005
5:54 pm
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The 3 black plugs allow up to 3 different counts to enable "extra ball when lit". The white is for Special. You can plug these in holes 10 to 19 in any...
Steve Bradley
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Jul 6, 2005
3:52 am
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I just went through and cleaned up all the old non-tech posts,,,,,, your welcome!! have an awsome day! marty...
marty stepalavich
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Jul 6, 2005
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Here is another post for you to clean up. I got yet another project to work on last night, Wild Wild West, got to briefly look at it which was pretty cool,...
Eric Schmitt
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Jul 6, 2005
2:43 pm
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no i cleaned upalot of the old stuff, nothing new for a while. i am home working on my star pool, trying it to play multi player. and is a rainy day today ...
marty stepalavich
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Jul 6, 2005
3:18 pm
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Hi guys, I found a beautiful Bally Beach Queens for sale -- a flipperless pinball that I had a blast playing at Tim Arnold's recently. Unfortunately the owner...
Randy
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Jul 6, 2005
3:21 pm
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Sorry my e-mail address is yahoo at thepecks daht com. *I* can see my e-mail address in the header, but I hope you can't! ;- ) I'm new to this, so I dunno ;-)...
Randy
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Jul 6, 2005
3:32 pm
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Marty, Thanks for the clean up work! :-) You're a good host sir! Let me know what you find. My Grand Prix will only allow up to three players, pressing the...
mdefrayne
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Jul 6, 2005
3:42 pm
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LOL my star pool does the same thing, have not got that far yet, read the other post. i am stuck marty...
marty stepalavich
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Jul 6, 2005
4:04 pm
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Ok im confused right now and need some clear thinking. My player step up unit is not firing the coil to step up the player. I have cleaned the player unit...
marty stepalavich
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Jul 6, 2005
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Marty, easiest way to check rather than going through all the readings is just to jumper from your ball count step up coil with some alligater clips and see if...
gary brewer
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Jul 6, 2005
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What ohm reading do you get? No reading when touching the copper wires isn't necessarily bad as they actually have a thin layer of varnish-like insulation on...
Keith Morris
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Jul 6, 2005
4:42 pm
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Gary, Good tip! I'll be looking into this issue soon. I can rack up 3 players but not a 4th. I think it's schematic time! :-o I'll certainly post back my...
mdefrayne
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Jul 6, 2005
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ok gary the coil is fine, now i just need to figure why its no firing?? marty ... problem? ... Service....
marty stepalavich
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Jul 6, 2005
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As long as Star Pool is being discussed..... I have looked, but cannot find, a manual / schematic for it. Any leads? It is not on IPDB. Mine plays great, but...
clarkston_pins
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Jul 6, 2005
8:29 pm
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pinball resource, let me know if you cant get it there and we will discuss copies marty ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? ...
martin stepalavich
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Jul 6, 2005
8:36 pm
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Your limiting switch on the player up unit is probably opening one step too early, works just like your credit unit, switch opens when the wheel isn't supposed...
gary brewer
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Jul 6, 2005
9:22 pm
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the pin on the gear hits the contact, it that the one your talking about? marty ... ____________________________________________________ Sell on Yahoo!...
martin stepalavich
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Jul 6, 2005
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Yes, it opens at three steps, one is initial at rest, then steps three times, opens the contact on the third step so no more credits can be pressed off. Gary ...
gary brewer
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Jul 6, 2005
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tharts got to be it, I can only fire off three credits anyways, could that be the cause???? marty ... ____________________________________________________ Sell...
martin stepalavich
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Jul 6, 2005
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Sure if it's opening after two step ups it would only allow three players. Gary ... From: martin stepalavich To: empinbalmachines@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
gary brewer
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Jul 7, 2005
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did you try pinball resource? marty...
marty stepalavich
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Jul 7, 2005
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Probably the limiting switch on the player unit in the bottom of the cabinet is opening one step too early. Gary ... From: mdefrayne To:...
gary brewer
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Jul 7, 2005
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Hey gary your talking about the player advance unit correct? marty ... com, "marty stepalavich" ... Service....
marty stepalavich
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