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Being offered a 1979 Williams "Flash" for $850. Should I bite for a first Pin?

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Mauzy:
The machine is working well, with average wear around inserts in the playfield. Great backglass (maybe 8.5/10), awesome cab and coindoor. The guy who is offering it just needs to fix the credit/match display board or the glasses themselves, and it will be good to go.

What kind of problem are these prone to? Any major design flaws thats gonna cause problems? This would be my first pin, and it was pretty fun for the price.

Ken Layton:
Read the Williams System 3-7 repair guide at marvin3m.com

You'll be replacing some connectors for sure and mounting the battery holder off-board.

Mauzy:
Thats a great resource. Besides the connectors and battery holder, how solid are system 3-7 (which is Flash, anyway?) machines electronically?

Neverending Project:
I am currently working on a Blackout (System 6) which is prone to lockups. So far I have basically gone "by the book" at marvin3m, and have rebuilt the voltage supplies, electrolytic caps, and moved the battery holder off the CPU board (no corrosion!). Next up will be replacing the 40-pin inter-board header/connecter pins, as I suspect this is my problem (also from marvin3m).

So far for me, it doesn't seem like any more or less work than games from other manufacturers of that era.

Mauzy:
Thats what I figured. I finally found out how to search the completed ebay auctions, and found that they were selling for around $500 bucks. I guess ill pass on this and save money for a machine with a little more action on the playfield.

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