Recent content by azsiros

Thanks for the tip, that looks like quite the place! I'll have to connect with them as well about any used pinball machines. It's nice to get to know all the places in Ontario that you can reach out to for help as well.

That's great, I didn't know any of these places existed. I do prefer to stay in Canada if possible so might go for Nitro. I guess I can use blinking led's as well, have you put any of these in? My Gottlieb Solar Ride game didn't need any board swap so I put led's in there with some blinking ones...

I'd like to convert my Bally Evel Knievel to leds. I know I need to replace a board, is it the mpu or lamp driver board? Anyone have any instructions as to how to do the conversion? Is it just a matter of replacing the board and then swapping out all the lights for led's?

Here are some photos of what I was talking about. I don't know what use that original metal prop is, it's not long enough to support the playfield. Soon it will be beside my Evel Knievel, was hoping to put it in the cottage but afraid of humidity...

The gap seemed fine but you were right about the bushing - it was the wrong one. It was a very light metal bushing and too short. I bought a new plastic bushing for it, cleaned the solenoid and parts and now it is working great! There are 2 curved metal shims between the solenoid and plate which...

Here's another interesting issue I found regarding flippers...when testing the flippers, I fix the playfield in the lifted position(about 30 degrees from level) and when I move the right flipper back and forth from the top of the playfield, it sticks in the middle of it's travel. In fact, it...

I did find one issue when as I went through the shake test. The ball launch solenoid tripped off followed by the drop target solenoid. The contacts on the switch were too close together, I adjusted it and now that works fine. I guess the drop target solenoid is supposed to trip off when the ball...

I grounded the MPU, Driver and power supply boards. They pointed out 6 slam switches but I could only find 4 - one on the cash door, the hanging plumb bob one and the ball roll switch on the side, and a fourth under the playfield. I don't have one in the bottom or any in the back panel. The cash...

I took the solenoid off, cleaned the shaft and plastic bushing and put the mounting screws in the lower set of threads on the solenoid which gave me some room to adjust it higher. I probably didn't move it up more than 1/16" but that was enough, it seems to be resetting the targets reliably now...

Thanks! I noticed the solenoid mounting screws are already at the top of the opening for adjustment but I also noticed there is another set of threads halfway down the solenoid so I should be able to move the screws down into the middle of the adjustment slot to allow for more solenoid...

Well I did buy and replace the power supply and it looks good. I finished the restoration with all new rubbers and trying to sort out why the drop targets don't reset now. The solenoid activates but doesn't seem to have enough lift to latch them back in place. I don't see any problem...

Ok thanks. Now I'm on to the next steps, A few questions - (being new to these forums I'm not sure if I should be starting a new topic, but here goes..).. 1. Ground wires - any chance I can get confirmation as to where the ground wire modifications go? I don't have the ground mods on mine and a...

Ok, the only disadvantage of having it there is the weight, it's a big transformer and must be 40lbs or so, but wonder why they would put it there in the first place?

Good to know, I'll look into the led's on the Solar Ride a bit more then. Looks like the line cord is plugged directly into that transformer at back so it's in line with the power, maybe it's used as some kind of voltage filter. Your machine looks a lot cleaner than mine. I'll check out your...

Thanks for the info, I just might look at replacing all my bulbs with led as long as I don't have to do any other changes. I have an Evel Knievel pinball and I thought you had to change the (mpu?) board in order to use led's but I could be wrong. I have no idea what that transformer is for at...