Finally got my babies together!

[Wetworks]

Here is a few pics of what has happened since I discovered mame! The pinballs were bought due to a lack of resource of good cabs ....Didn't know a thing about them once ( insides ) but have brought them back from the dead ( thanks to the Internet and a certain internet site) The Mortal Kombat II has mame running with mamewah and does everything thanks to Andy Warne it has Zinc. Atari 2600 . Mame, snes, N64, PSX etc...one of the cocktail's is mamed for horizontal games only and the other is a LAI Donkey Kong..All I need now is a dedicated upright with a 4-way joystick and I will be set ( in the process of planning )...and then I will figure how to the trackball in there some how!!
what do you think of my collection! Not bad considering I live at the end of the earth  LOL

[Wetworks]

Is is not worthy???

[SteveJ34]

Props from me for your setup and hard work.

I've debated more than once about getting a pin to work on. I see you have several success stories to show and tell.

I assume component level troubleshooting might be necessary in some instances....that's been my deterrent at some levels. Well, that and the space to devote to it while its in process.

How hard did you find these to repair?

[whammoed]

Nice.  Big fan of cocktails here.  You say the cocktail is mamed for horizontal games...but it looks to have a vertical monitor...what gives?

[Frosty]

Very nice...

You might want to post a link in the 'Projects' section, too--I think it gets more traffic sometimes.

[electricd]

Wait...does a pool ball fit in a standard 3" trackball???  Why didn't I think of this?? Also how uncomfortable is it to use the dedicated 4-way all the atop the panel?  Seems like it would be tricky.  BTW I am a web/database programmer as well if you need any help

[walls83]

Wait...does a pool ball fit in a standard 3" trackball???  Why didn't I think of this?? Also how uncomfortable is it to use the dedicated 4-way all the atop the panel?  Seems like it would be tricky.  BTW I am a web/database programmer as well if you need any help

No a pool ball doesnt fit in a 3" trackball.  Its a 2 1/4" trackball

[GGKoul]

They look good mate... Nice Job!

[Wetworks]

Nice.  Big fan of cocktails here.  You say the cocktail is mamed for horizontal games...but it looks to have a vertical monitor...what gives?

Whoops! sorry it is vertical!!

[Wetworks]

Props from me for your setup and hard work.

I've debated more than once about getting a pin to work on. I see you have several success stories to show and tell.

I assume component level troubleshooting might be necessary in some instances....that's been my deterrent at some levels. Well, that and the space to devote to it while its in process.

How hard did you find these to repair?

At first it was a bit daunting. I used to get a buzz out of opening them up and showing all the workings to my mates! I started with small things first IE rubber replacement, cleaning ( a lot) and then did flipper rebuilds (it was then i realised the poor repair jobs done in the past.. Operators or owners must of used the first part they can get there hands on and get the pin back out on site). Then one day I found a brand new Plastic set for the Tomcat..(was $79.00 US would probally be double that now) So I pulled the playfield out and apart (labelling everything and taking photo's...must be done!) and set about rebuilding. Most parts were available on the net !
The Terminator was a different story hardly any playfield lights were working. Problem burnt molex connectors on the WPC board and bothchy wiring straight to circuit board bypassing the fuses. Pulled the board out( about 30 connectors) label again! and bought some new molex pins and soldered them in . Repaired broken traces . etc fixed the wires back to a new plug. viola! All lights are on
The EM is a playmatic so info was hard to find but with EM's there are no computer chips everything is mechanical so commonsense and patience ( cleaning and adjusting switch's ) helped get this baby rolling..  It was covered in splats of concrete when I got it some carefull chipping fixed that. The score motor was broken ( now super glued together ) and someone had lubed the score reels which made them full of grime. These things run dry NO LUBE..So cleaning cleaning cleaning and a maladjusted start relay working! Yay These playfields are the best! the Spanish company that made them used a urethane coating of some sort back in the 70's it looks brand new.. wish Williams ,Bally etc did this.

Don't get me wrong some of these problems took hours of RESEARCH and I can't stress that enough