SkeeBall Help

[coyote640]

  I just got my SkeeBall Machine home, I've been looking for one for months....

I need some help Identifying this Beast... Because I need a part for the scoreboard.

Upon Inspection, I can't find any tags whatsoever on or in the machine....
The Marquee shows Fab U Ball on it... but searching comes up empty...

As you see in the pics, I am missing the red plastic part that covers the light bulbs under the marquee on the scoreboard.

Any idea on what I could use to replace this???

Here's the link to the pics...
http://s766.photobucket.com/albums/xx309/coyote640_bucket/

Thanks.....

[HaRuMaN]

As you see in the pics, I am missing the red plastic part that covers the light bulbs under the marquee on the scoreboard.

Any idea on what I could use to replace this???

Get a piece of plexiglass, paint the insides with a design, and place it over the blank spot?  Or even get something printed on marquee material, sandwich it in some plexi, and put it up there.

[coyote640]

Thanks, but as you see in the pics, I have the marquee already, it is just the underlay that goes over the lights. Is it just a red celefain? As in the pic, the bulbs are clear, but when lit, they should outline a number....

[HaRuMaN]

Ahh gotcha.... I see.  You could try some cellophane, sure.  Whatever looks good.

[coyote640]

  Anyone seen this before, I would like to get a schematic. I can get the balls to come down, sensors will blink and count 9 balls before it starts catching them again. But the game won't reset and start. I believe I should get the ALLEY OPEN light to come on when it is ready. Right now it is just stuck in the demo mode, flashing lights, playing music. There is a reset button which just starts it over, and a service button which goes through some light sequences to show all the lights working.
Any help or suggestions will be appreciated....thanks....

[Kevin Mullins]

What does the CPU unit inside the head box look like ?
(behind the light board for the digits)
There's usually a plastic piece that fits over those light bulbs to give it the LED digit look, with each bulb lighting an individual segment.

Overall the layout looks VERY similar to a standard Skeeball brand machine.
Maybe a slightly older Model H or something..... not sure though.

[Kevin Mullins]

Oh, and I would start with pulling the main boards out and thoroughly re-seating every chip on it and look for bad solder joints and such around the power supply sections and any header pin connectors. Clean and re-seat and wiring connectors, etc. Just general stuff.

Just common problems you find with any regular Skeeball brand machine, so I would apply the same concept to this one to start with.

[coyote640]

Thanks for the Help..... Yes it is the red plastic LED cover I need, I drove over 3 hours for this machine, and I lost it in transit......
I updated the pictures that show the inside behind the lights, it is definitely not like an arcade board that I am used to working with....
I emailed Skeeball.com too, to see if they can help in the identification also... but anyone with an extra 3 digit LED cover please let me know.

Or if this looks similar to a model H, give me a heads up....

Sorry, this is my first Skeeball machine, and just getting into it. Arcade units and my mame cabinet were much easier to work on for me.....

[Kevin Mullins]

Take a quick measure of the digit display area (the blank box area) and the spacing between bulbs and maybe we can see if it matches a standard Skeeball display piece.

I have an old Toss Em' machine and it also has a very similar display setup as the Skeeball version. (speaking about the red plastic display piece) I haven't pulled it off to take any measurements yet, but I'm guessing the part you lost shouldn't be terrible to get a hold of. I may even know where a Skeeball version is laying around. (have to double check this weekend)

[Encryptor]

Is it just a piece of red acrylic or is it masked of for each number area?

Maybe you could get something like this and make your own.

http://www.plasticonline.co.uk/index.php?act=viewCat&catId=4


Encryptor

[Kevin Mullins]

Here's a pic from UncleT of his machine I snagged that shows the digit piece pretty well.
(and my poor example of the bulb layout)
It's more or less just a plastic "box" that fits over each individual light bulb with cutouts to mimic the segments of an LED display and then that whole piece has a piece of red acrylic of sorts to cover those segments so that they show as red "segments".

I believe UnclkeT's machine is a Model H Skeeball..... the Model S Skeeballs aren't much different.

[RichSorr]

You can use a piece of red acrylic or red litho tape. litho tape is what skee ball uses on a lot of their displays. Finding it wide enough can be tough though.

[coyote640]

Thanks to everyone.....

Kevin, here is a pic with the measurements.....

And a pic of the boards.... to help see what I have and to figure out what the dip switch setting are.

I will also pull the re-seat everything and check stuff over to see what the reset problem is.

[Kevin Mullins]

Kevin, here is a pic with the measurements.....

Cool... I'll try to measure a regular Skeeball version up as soon as I can get ahold of one.
(didn't get down to location yet)

[coyote640]

Thanks alot.... this is much appreciated.

On the CPU it says FAB 002 and there is a sticker on one of the chips "FAB U3 1pt 11/15/04. A sticker on the back reads: "F.A.B. Electronics Co., Inc. Pleasantville, NY 10570 (914) 769-5104