My kids presented me with a Black Knight (1980) for Christmas, Obviously pinball machine ownership includes maintenance; thus joining this forum completes my first bullet as a new owner of an old machine.
The thing plays but it has issues, of course. I'll itemize and investigate problems as they present. I have the Instruction Booklet, Operators Handbook, and Schematic Diagrams. Hopefully most problems are mundane and the various Williams' documentation provide resolution; I'll use online resources for any vexations that stump me,
I suspect much of the playability and weird game logic issues are due to dirty (leaf) contact switches, and that's the first area I'll work on. Sluggish and/or intermittent flipper operation, loud 60Hz hum at power-on, dead Magna-Save widgets, et cetera, I'll take on after some research. I'll likely remove and rebuild each of the 15 solenoid actuators as a casual activity when time permits. And one day... I really, really want to install a new hardtop and perform a full cosmetic fresh with a few tasteful mods.
Anywho...
I'm a child of the 80's. Black Knight was my favorite pinball machine. Tempest was my favorite video game. I now own both, much to the bemused chagrin of my spouse. Hopefully, finding space for this thing in my house will be my biggest problem with it.
The thing plays but it has issues, of course. I'll itemize and investigate problems as they present. I have the Instruction Booklet, Operators Handbook, and Schematic Diagrams. Hopefully most problems are mundane and the various Williams' documentation provide resolution; I'll use online resources for any vexations that stump me,
I suspect much of the playability and weird game logic issues are due to dirty (leaf) contact switches, and that's the first area I'll work on. Sluggish and/or intermittent flipper operation, loud 60Hz hum at power-on, dead Magna-Save widgets, et cetera, I'll take on after some research. I'll likely remove and rebuild each of the 15 solenoid actuators as a casual activity when time permits. And one day... I really, really want to install a new hardtop and perform a full cosmetic fresh with a few tasteful mods.
Anywho...
I'm a child of the 80's. Black Knight was my favorite pinball machine. Tempest was my favorite video game. I now own both, much to the bemused chagrin of my spouse. Hopefully, finding space for this thing in my house will be my biggest problem with it.
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