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Arcade Collecting => Miscellaneous Arcade Talk => Topic started by: USSEnterprise on August 28, 2005, 09:52:08 pm

Title: I'm getting this pinball!
Post by: USSEnterprise on August 28, 2005, 09:52:08 pm: I'm in debt up to my eyeballs with my parents with all the MAME money, but some how, I am bidding on this. Its a Star Trek ('79, Bally) on eBay, operational, with a good playfield and a near perfect backglass. And its within 100 of my house. It ends in two days, and unless it goes over $500, it will be mine!
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Post by: USSEnterprise on August 28, 2005, 10:20:16 pm: Then I'd take the backglass to my next convention, and get it signed by whoever's left alive.
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Post by: ChadTower on August 28, 2005, 10:32:47 pm: Nice. If you get it, come back, I'll walk you through shopping it to make it poppin fresh.
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Post by: USSEnterprise on August 28, 2005, 11:01:43 pm: Cool. From what I've read, Bally SS's are the easiest to diagnose. Apparently it needs a new molex connector somewhere, the fluippers need to be rebuilt, and one of the pops needs a new ring. I've rebuilt a flipper before, but on an EM Williams machine
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Post by: Ken Layton on August 29, 2005, 02:12:18 am: The bad connectors are usually on the power supply board neext to the transformer.
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Post by: USSEnterprise on August 29, 2005, 03:00:08 am: thats where the current owner said the problem is
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Post by: ChadTower on August 29, 2005, 09:34:19 am: Is this an issue that replacing the connector pins with better pins would solve?
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Post by: Ken Layton on August 29, 2005, 10:55:28 am: In my opinion I wouldn't even bother fixing the original power supply. Instead you should buy the much superior "Dual Plug PCB" replacement power supply board with connectors. You get it from www.repairconnection.com and it's worth every penny of the price. I've installed a couple of them in old Bally pins and it really makes a big difference---no more power related problems and all the lights in the game are nice and bright again (like they should be).
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Post by: USSEnterprise on August 29, 2005, 11:11:56 am: No, I think its worth the price to repair. I can't be spending so much money on parts right now, if I even get it
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Post by: Ken Layton on August 29, 2005, 11:42:20 pm: Then do the power supply board mods on marvin3m.com

Personally, there are so many design problems/deficiencies in the original power supply board I would just buy the new replacement board.
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Post by: RayB on August 30, 2005, 12:31:19 am: I had one of those for a very brief time.

Was told it had a bad power supply. I got a replacement directly from an insider at Midway. Installed it. Turned on power. Machine worked for all of 2 minutes. Then something probably blew/burnt out, whatever...

I gave up and sold the damn thing for $75

This post is of no value to you at all. ;D
Title: Re: I'm getting this pinball!
Post by: USSEnterprise on August 30, 2005, 12:43:45 am: Quote from: Ken Layton on August 29, 2005, 11:42:20 pm
Then do the power supply board mods on marvin3m.com

Personally, there are so many design problems/deficiencies in the original power supply board I would just buy the new replacement board.
I would have the money to buy the board, but then I couldn't afford the pin. I just have to wait and see how high it goes
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Post by: USSEnterprise on August 30, 2005, 12:44:19 am: its already up to $441
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Post by: GameOver on August 30, 2005, 06:30:08 pm: still at $441. gonna let it get away? :) Good luck.
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Post by: USSEnterprise on August 30, 2005, 07:06:29 pm: I've been waiting for a long time for one of these machines to come up for sale locally.
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Post by: GameOver on August 30, 2005, 09:45:09 pm: 5 seconds left on auction....BID!!!
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Post by: USSEnterprise on August 30, 2005, 09:47:06 pm: Didn't get it
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Post by: GameOver on August 30, 2005, 09:51:10 pm: I figured it wasn't you ...the same bidder that won the Star Trek pin also bought these shoes off ebay last week...funny what you learn about people when you look at what they've bought on ebay.
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Post by: USSEnterprise on August 30, 2005, 10:23:27 pm: Oh no! I have been found out!