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pinballwizard79:
DM giving you some troubles there uncle bubbles?
My JP just rolled over & DIED on me Saturday night so it must be contagious.
It lights up but the DMD, sound & etc is non responsive. I swapped out DMD's but still nothing. Later I saw the red LED's were not illuminated on the CPU board (dunno its real name) so there is an issue with either the board or the power going to it. After I get the TFTC put back together this weekend I will swap CPU boards & hope it works :-(
I hate pinball
EDIT: Are you guys gonna go to CP this month? I can only go on Saturdays now due to my crazy hours of working 8am-8pm. I may bring my brother this time so I can get drunk & play better.....er worse.
Flake:
Well my DM has two issues now apparently:
1. Cryoclaw issues as previously noted
2. Overheating coils on the left flipper. According to the williams pinball repair guide there could be two issues:
"On WPC fliptronics and later games, if there is a marginal flipper switch reading, this causes the high powered side of the flipper to rapidly oscillate between on and off. The holding side of the flipper coil never engages. This problem will cause the flipper coil to get very hot in a short time. First try cleaning the flipper board optics. If this doesn't work, the LM339's on the Fliptronics board at U4 and/or U6 (or CPU board on WPC-95 at U25 and/or U26) will need to be replaced.
Bad regulation of the 12 volt power to the optos can cause the flipper coils to get hot too. Though rare, the 7812 voltage regulator on the power driver board could be failing, or the electrolytic filter capacitor for the 12 volts."
Anyone ever had an issue similar to this?
PW - I wont be making it to CP this month. Maybe next month.
One last thing - there is a DE Simpsons for sale on CL right now. Seems as though its been in storage for awhile and is unshopped. Was posted on 5/30 for $850.
LLUncoolJ:
It may be my imagination, but I was thinking last night that my ES was acting goofy...more than usual. PW, I did bend that contact a little on the switch that I posted about. It worked for a bit and is now acting up again. But the more disturbing thing is that now my flipper seems to be losing strength. The guy I bought it from rebuilt 2 of the 3 and this is one of the rebuilt ones. I may have just been having a bad night, but I could not hit the center ramp for shitz, and that is the easiest shot on the game.
I'm doubtful this month for CP. My kids are going to Gramma's house in July, maybe the weekend will line up right and I'll bring the wife with me.
LLUncoolJ:
This looks pretty freaking sweet. I have a pretty busy weekend, or I'd think seriously about snapping this one up.
http://stlouis.craigslist.org/tag/1215239533.html
Flake:
A lot of people love this game I think. It has a good general reputation. And I just sold the exercise equipment a month or so ago for........wait for it.......$1,000. But alas, have no time this weekend either.