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  1. good_buddy83

    Gold plating on habitrails

    I am looking for a good place to get my Shadow habitrails replated gold. Anyone know of a good place somewhere inbetweren toronto and Niagara falls that does good work at a reasonable price? Thanks in advance.
  2. good_buddy83

    Golden Eye Magnet problems

    OK, This is a different Golden Eye Magnet problem, with the same symptoms, IE magnets don't work. Here's what happened. I spent 2 hours trying to diagnose this. I checked voltages at the board. 9VAC is good. +5VDC is good. +50V DC is actually 85V (seems crazy high but OK). I realize the...
  3. good_buddy83

    Gottlieb system 80B 5v power supply! NEED MORE HELP!

    Can anyone tell me what components I need to swap on a Gottliebs Arean power supply to get it running again. Games turns on GIs, but not CPU, Sound or Display. Metered power supply board. 12-13v going in, only 0.4 to 0.8v going out. Nowhere near 5v. Seems simple, just wanna know what...
  4. good_buddy83

    $15 Getaway LED toppers Flasher w/ video and pictures!

    I'm working on a friends machine and he does not have the ceiling height in his basement to support a big red revolving dome on the top of his getaway. I already told him to get a bigger basement, but short of that, I'm replacing the big Dome with some small low profile LED flashers in blue and...
  5. good_buddy83

    Last getaway question regarding the supercharger

    OK, Last question regarding the getaway. I remember playing it back in the day and the supercharger would spin the ball around anywhere from 2 to 10 times randomly when hit. The maximum number of times I get the ball to spin around now is 1-3 times. Is there an adjustment for this? It...
  6. good_buddy83

    there is a ghost in the machine. Dedicated switch issue.

    One other weird problem with the getaway. This one is intermittent and pisses me off because it only happens once every 3 or 4 days and only for a few seconds. The dedicated switches seem to fire for no reason. I'll be playing a games and the flippers flip for no reason (not touching the...
  7. good_buddy83

    Do GI triacs ever fail?

    According to the Marvin Pinball book, he states that when diagnosing GI issues it is never the triac and he has never seen one fail. My issue is I think I have a bad triac on a GI string and I am curious if anyone else have ever come across this. Here is the issue, working on troubleshooting...
  8. good_buddy83

    Capacitor ratings.

    Stupid capacitor question. Can I substitue a 47 micro farad cap for a 100 micro farad cap? Reason being is that I have blown a 47 microfarad cap at 25 volts. I have a 100 micro farad cap at 50volts on hand. It is going on a WPC sound board on a Getaway machine. The existing cap blew and now...
  9. good_buddy83

    LF: Shadow plastic set

    I'm looking for a plastic set for the Shadow. I've tried all usual suspects but it seems that everything is sold out. Anyone have an extra set they would be willing to part with or know where I can get my hands on one? I surveyed my entire machine and every single plastic on the machine is...
  10. good_buddy83

    Shadow left ramp right ring switch

    Does anyone else have an insanely difficult time trying to get this switch to work 100% of the time, or am I the only idiot. All in all I have screwed with it for at least 2-3 hours. The switch works fine in the switch test, 100%. The problem is when I rocket the ball around on a skill...
  11. good_buddy83

    I'M IMMORTAL!

    Finally made it to the final battle battle on my Shadow and FINISHED IT! Quite possibly the best game ever. I was convinced I blew up the machine when it went dark as I made the last shot. The Shadow is a really under appreciated game. The mutliballs on this game are fantastic with a mix of...