![]() ![]() ![]() Loosen the flipper nut, and carefully pull the flipper bat out from the top of the playfield. The first pull will be very black with carbon. Just pull a crisp $100 bill through the held together contacts, until the bill pulls through cleanly. Unlike the EOS Switches, the Lane Change switches usually do not need to be replaced, only cleaned. If there are any “lane change” switches and wires ganged up with the EOS switch, label and unsolder those too. Don’t buy one for less than $20, trust me on this. If you don’t have one yet, your going to need one constantly to maintain a pinball game. Unsolder your now clearly marked wires with a 25w soldering iron. Now you can put the game back together again without blowing anything up. You can write on the coil plastic with a Sharpie (it cleans off with alcohol). Start by labeling the wires that go to the flippers, you can use Blue Painter’s Tape. They don’t come in the rebuild kits, but you absolutely need them for a rebuild. These are very important if you want to keep the flippers from cutting into your playfield, or creating unnecessary airballs. Sometimes the wrong coils were installed at the factory (like many F-14 Tomcats), so you really need to check this.įinally, you need to order some flipper bushings. 50% chance if your game was once on route, at least one of them will be wrong. ![]() Also get a pair of high voltage EOS switches ( Williams reference #03-7811) as the ones included in the kit are for low voltage games:īefore you order, check page 2 of your owner’s manual and make sure that the correct flipper coils required for your game are installed. It will have the much desired stronger return spring, and only requires a small (one time) modification to install it. If you have a System 11 game, get the newer (Williams reference #A-13524-8) kit anyway. Nowadays, the patents have run out, so you get an overseas made kit. Don’t expect to get a genuine Bally/Williams kit in the little plastic box. You can get a kit from Pinball Life, or any other mail order place. You spent thousands of dollars on your game and now you are going to try and save $20 on a kit? Your game deserves to play at factory (or better) condition. I know, there are people who file the mushroomed tips, clean dirty sleeves and re-stretch springs, but the flippers are the most important part of the whole game. Just down the road is Glenmont, Edison's Victorian home shared with his wife Mina, which of course had all the modern conveniences well before its time, from hot and cold running water to central heating and refrigeration.So, how do we fix all these common problems? We throw all that junk away and get a rebuild kit. If that's not impressive enough, a replica of the world's first motion picture studio from 1893 – known as "Black Maria" – is still here on the grounds. According to recent visitors, the studios and workshops at the lab are in shockingly good condition given their age. Apart from the lightbulb, of course, Edison had a recording studio here and even created a handful of talking dolls. Edison's former home and laboratory are now a designated national historic park located in West Orange and are open to the public for tours. That statistic is even less surprising when you consider the state's history of landmark thinkers and inventors – namely, Thomas Edison. ![]() Census Bureau, New Jersey is home to more engineers and scientists per square mile than anywhere else in the United States. ![]()
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