Quoted from pinballinreno:Every pinball machine needs:
Tape
Drywall screws
Wire-nuts
nails
keys
paper clips
wire ties
rubberbands
Or they wont work right.
Quoted from PghPinballRescue:And aluminum foil to repair blown fuses.
Or 8X32-1.25" bolts
... Door Bell buttons ...
Fresh off the market, might not be the worst but it's hilarious.
https://pinside.com/pinball/market/classifieds/ad/141134
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Quoted from Elysiom:Fresh off the market, might not be the worst but it's hilarious.
https://pinside.com/pinball/market/classifieds/ad/141134
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From the same artist that did the "Monkey Christ" in Spain!
Impressive work!
Quoted from Elysiom:Fresh off the market, might not be the worst but it's hilarious.
https://pinside.com/pinball/market/classifieds/ad/141134
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PF art inspired by Andy Warhol.
Quoted from Elysiom:Fresh off the market, might not be the worst but it's hilarious.
https://pinside.com/pinball/market/classifieds/ad/141134
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From IPDB re Xenon:
"The artwork is not the same as the production Xenon - Paul Faris went back and airbrushed the art to make it look better for the 4-color process. At least one or two games were made with this overlay."
So there you have it....the one being sold so rare...only one or two were made.
Quoted from mbwalker:'Homeless' parts laying in the bottom of the cabinet...clueless where they go. Sometimes true even on a new pin.
We call those free range parts.
Quoted from pinballinreno:From the same artist that did the "Monkey Christ" in Spain!
Impressive work!
Lol originally I thought of posting that for comparison but wasn’t sure if people would get it.
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Impressive work!
I prefer “potato Jesus,” but otherwise agree 
Quoted from cottonm4:I'm trying to understand the logic for the green shrink tube at that connector pin.
I have had to do the same thing... I use clear and/or black shrink tubing.
Because:
1) The wire jacket pulls away from re-flowing fresh solder to the wire strands.
or
2) The wire jacket melts away/curls away from the fresh solder, exposing
-- a lot more stranded wires.
Quoted from Elysiom:Fresh off the market, might not be the worst but it's hilarious.
https://pinside.com/pinball/market/classifieds/ad/141134
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Quoted from Elysiom:Fresh off the market, might not be the worst but it's hilarious.
https://pinside.com/pinball/market/classifieds/ad/141134
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'She is a loathsome, offensive brute. Yet I can’t look away.'
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Quoted from phishrace:'She is a loathsome, offensive brute. Yet I can’t look away.'
Unholy spawn of Xenon and Magnotron.
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Quoted from pinballinreno:Every pinball machine needs:
Tape
Drywall screws
Wire-nuts
nails
keys
paper clips
wire ties
rubberbandsOr they wont work right.
I was going to say .22 cal rounds.
pasted_image (resized).pngQuoted from pinballinreno:Every pinball machine needs:
Tape
Drywall screws
Wire-nuts
nails
keys
paper clips
wire ties
rubberbands
Or they wont work right.
Duct tape
Removal of the ground prong from the plug
Quoted from pinballinreno:Every pinball machine needs:
Tape
Drywall screws
Wire-nuts
nails
keys
paper clips
wire ties
rubberbands
Or they wont work right.
How has no one mentioned lamp cord. For bonus points, used lamp cord!
Quoted from JethroP:Would a .22LR carry more current than a .22 short? Just asking for a friend.
That looks like a .22 magnum!
Quoted from Tallon:How has no one mentioned lamp cord. For bonus points, used lamp cord!
Used lamp cord is WAY better than fresh, its been tested!
So many things wrong with that picture I don't know where to begin. 
But aside from all of the oddness, I am not sure what the blue splice sitting in the fuse holder even did for the game? Plastic doesn't conduct power very well.... 
Quoted from Markharris2000:So many things wrong with that picture I don't know where to begin.
But aside from all of the oddness, I am not sure what the blue splice sitting in the fuse holder even did for the game? Plastic doesn't conduct power very well....
Errant bits of plastic, used rusty twist ties, rotten sticky rubber bands, solder splashes, beer can pull tops etc., should not be removed.
Its called PATINA!
Collectors in NYC love that stuff.
Rat rods anyone?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_rod
Quoted from Markharris2000:So many things wrong with that picture I don't know where to begin.
But aside from all of the oddness, I am not sure what the blue splice sitting in the fuse holder even did for the game? Plastic doesn't conduct power very well....
It's a butt-splice. You insert a stripped end of wire in each end. Inside is a metal tube. You crimp the splice in the middle and it secures the two wires together. And yes, It shouldn't conduct in a fuse holder since the blue part is an insulator.
Quoted from hazmat7719:That looks like a .22 magnum!
Use .22 magnum to replace a slow blow fuse. .22 LR for standard fuses and .22 short for fast acting fuse replacment. Information from Moe Ron`s book of pinball repair.
Quoted from Sputnik:Use .22 magnum to replace a slow blow fuse. .22 LR for standard fuses and .22 short for fast acting fuse replacment. Information from Moe Ron`s book of pinball repair.
.22 Short on the 190 volt DC regulator circuit on early Bally SS pins.
Quoted from pinballinreno:Every pinball machine needs:
Tape
Drywall screws
Wire-nuts
nails
keys
paper clips
wire ties
rubberbands
Or they wont work right.
You forgot hot glue.
"...as good as a bracket as far as I'm concerned."
Why didn't Gottlieb think of that?
Quoted from sparky672:You forgot hot glue to go along with the zip ties.
Good for another 40 years. Why didn't Gottlieb think of that?
Why use pc boards? Just hot glue the compnents to the playfield and twist them together!
Hot glue is the great savior of pinball.....
Quoted from Tallon:How has no one mentioned lamp cord. For bonus points, used lamp cord!
I have a fishing boat that is completely wired with brown lamp cord. No fuses, nothing is labeled and not much works. The person that did that should be hung. My boys and I plan to totally rewire this winter with things like marine wire, fused distribution blocks and LABELS. We have put a whole bunch of hours on it this summer. Winter is project time.
Quoted from pinballinreno:Why use pc boards? Just hot glue the compnents to the playfield and twist them together!
Hot glue is the great savior of pinball.....
Hot glue is the duct tape of adhesives.
Quoted from JethroP:Troubleshoot this!
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That seriously looks like one of many cabinets at my work, but we're not fancy enough to have that many VFDs. At least you can tug a wire to follow it.
Quoted from DCRand:But if you are going to go to all that trouble for the "look", at least polish the acorn nuts.
I'm not the one who installed them. Just showing what the prior owner did.
Quoted from JethroP:Troubleshoot this!
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that photo would make a great jigsaw puzzle
Quoted from JethroP:Troubleshoot this!
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I’ve seen panels like that. Looks like there aren’t wire labels on that one. What a nightmare!
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That's nothing compared to the server room at my work (wish I could get a pic). First you have to trudge throw a foot deep of trash (coffee cups, discarded wiring, and straight up trash) to walk through, wires hanging from the ceiling everywhere, box fans tied to the server racks with trash bags, alarms going off everywhere, stagnant water everywhere, UPS's years past serviceable dates.
(Typical government setup)
Quoted from Irishbastard:That's nothing compared to the server room at my work (wish I could get a pic). First you have to trudge throw a foot deep of trash (coffee cups, discarded wiring, and straight up trash) to walk through, wires hanging from the ceiling everywhere, box fans tied to the server racks with trash bags, alarms going off everywhere, stagnant water everywhere, UPS's years past serviceable dates.
(Typical government setup)
Hard to believe any business runs like that. My industry is distribution. I guess the big box stores don’t care if they lose a distribution center for the short term. They simply don’t invest the money to maintain them properly…..
Quoted from Markharris2000:You ain’t seen nothing!!! I work in the data center world, and every once in a while run into business that meant well, but over the years end up like this
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It happened one wire at a time.
Hook one of those up to a knocker circuit. It will forever change the meaning of getting your balls squeezed. 
Quoted from Markharris2000:You ain’t seen nothing!!! I work in the data center world, and every once in a while run into business that meant well, but over the years end up like this
No problem it's all color coded!
Quoted from PinJim:Hard to believe any business runs like that. My industry is distribution. I guess the big box stores don’t care if they lose a distribution center for the short term. They simply don’t invest the money to maintain them properly…..
Not a business, state building. They also had a service contract on the UPS's, but never even used it, our MIS never bothered to return any correspondence from the provider. O, and that part of the building has been condemned for years.
You know whats even better? Some Rvs have huge bundles of unlabeled wiring harnesses that are all purple or all green. They're supposed to have the circuit name printed on the wire but there are some out there that are blank. Dicks..
Quoted from Cheddar:This is an accepted method of fixing floating ground issues on a Gottlieb.
That extra touch of Quality and Originality....
Quoted from Cheddar:This is an accepted method of fixing floating ground issues on a Gottlieb.
I'm not sure if you're joking or not, but as an electrical engineer....that sort of makes sense.
Quoted from mbwalker:I'm not sure if you're joking or not, but as an electrical engineer....that sort of makes sense.
He's not joking, may actually be in pinwiki.
Quoted from Cheddar:This is an accepted method of fixing floating ground issues on a Gottlieb.
Unacceptable. Worse than hot glue and duct tape. The "accepted method" should be re-pinning that Molex connector.
Quoted from BorgDog:He's not joking, may actually be in pinwiki.
Fortunately, it's not. It came from Clay's Guide.
Quoted from mbwalker:I'm not sure if you're joking or not, but as an electrical engineer....that sort of makes sense.
It looks horrible but since it's grounds what is the worry? That it will accidentally short to...ground? And the issue it fixes is that some of those lines have bad connections and are floating. Now they all share the same connection.
I like to use a buss bar instead of doing this but it's functionally the same.
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