Arcade Collecting > Pinball
New pin pickup - it's a doozie
shardian:
Austin Powers and Apollo13? Why would there be stickers of those games on there?
As for the theme, it doesn't tie into the movies well at all. I have noticed something I have never previously seen this pin do before - occasionally the ship will sway back and forth like it is in water. I don't know if that was a software upgrade, or it just never noticed it before. Jimmy also logged time on this machine over the last few years, and had never seen it before either. It was a nice touch, and one of those 'little things' that make these crazy machines more fun.
shardian:
No, this one has the standard textured compass decal. I read about where the sample games shredded the decal and dumped it all over the game within a month on location.
Jeff AMN:
Your kicker problem is probably the VUK switch. Those are somewhat problematic on Stern games. They use that fork switch and one or two might fail every few years. I just fixed one on my dad's TSPP on Sunday, as a matter of fact.
shardian:
--- Quote from: Jeff AMN on September 29, 2009, 11:37:26 am ---Your kicker problem is probably the VUK switch. Those are somewhat problematic on Stern games. They use that fork switch and one or two might fail every few years. I just fixed one on my dad's TSPP on Sunday, as a matter of fact.
--- End quote ---
The VUK works 90% of the time as it should. I did notice at Marco that there is a switch in there that is available as a replacement. Interesting. I'm hoping a cleaning will fix it, but I might have to bite the bullet on the switch. Minor concern considering my other coil issues.
Jeff AMN:
--- Quote from: shardian on September 29, 2009, 11:40:23 am ---
--- Quote from: Jeff AMN on September 29, 2009, 11:37:26 am ---Your kicker problem is probably the VUK switch. Those are somewhat problematic on Stern games. They use that fork switch and one or two might fail every few years. I just fixed one on my dad's TSPP on Sunday, as a matter of fact.
--- End quote ---
The VUK works 90% of the time as it should. I did notice at Marco that there is a switch in there that is available as a replacement. Interesting. I'm hoping a cleaning will fix it, but I might have to bite the bullet on the switch. Minor concern considering my other coil issues.
--- End quote ---
Hmmm, if it works 90% of the time I'd just try resoldering the wires and the diode. Sounds like you might have a touchy connection there.
Your coils are fine, trust me. If you have an issue with a coil, it's almost always just a cold solder joint or a bad coil sleeve, but coils very rarely fail (like, almost never).
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