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Flipper rebuild question

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MameMaster!:
Hi Guys,
I just picked up a flipper rebuild kit and was going to give it a shot for my new Cyclone machine.

I have a question-- see the yellow (capacitor?) in the upper left of the photo? On my current machine one of the two connecting wires is not attached to anything but it currently works fine.

What does that yellow part do?

...lastly-- do I simply take this sucker apart-- desolder parts as nec and rebuild?

Thanks in advance.

 :cheers:

Q*Bert_OP:
The capacitor suppresses the spark on the EOS switch. Replace the capacitor and EOS switch at the same time, and while you're at it, file the cabinet switch. After doing this, there should be a very small spark at most on the EOS.

Q*Bert_OP:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on July 06, 2010, 05:08:34 pm ---Personally I don't think it does a whole hell of a lot in home use.  But since you paid for it, install it anyway.


--- End quote ---

Come look at my Mousin' Around...no sparks on EOS or cabinet switches...

MameMaster!:
Thanks for the info.

You know I'm finding it so funny as I've been trying to replace the plastics on my machine as to how many original bolts and screws are missing on the playfield. As I remove pieces I'm finding wood screws, glue and all sorts of other stuff that clearly wasn't a part of the original design.

Sigh....it makes changing the plastics much harder because I want to make it "better" when I swap out old for new.  ::)

The upside-- it's amazing what a new set of plastics can do for a machine....it really brightens up that playfield.

LLUncoolJ:
Welcome to the world of pinball repair. My VND was seemingly held together with bubble gum and baling wire. Every kind of screw under the sun was/is in that thing.

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