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That looks, erm... Delicious?
Shooter handle looks great!
Shooter handle looks great!
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In Progress Slightly Leathal Weapon 3
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Loving this thread, keep up the good work!
Hi all.....not much progress this week really as I am waiting to collect some ICD Molex headers and connectors from Mel at one stop. As he lives across the road from my dad's. But here goes.....been refurbing the dmd/ speaker panel as it was in two bits.( cracked clean in half...how does that happen????) and the speakers looked like they had spent a week swimming at sandbanks! Plastic welded the panel back together.looks ok but would really like to find a replacement.
New speakers......and Perspex as some plonker(who will remain nameless spilt paint remover on it!) oh well needed a new one anyway...honest........
Stripped the playfield it's well minging!! Will t-cut and polish it when I get a chance. Will make a decision on removing the Mylar once it's polished as most of the time the Mylar responds to a bit of the old paint renovator.........
Wire ramps cleaned with hot soapy water and a kitchen pan metal scourger..lovely jubley...
Plastics cleaned, a few broken but with so much else wrong/broken/damaged/missing/bodged on this machine frankly I don't give a dam!
On stripping the playfield a few jobs revealed themselves (single man style!!?) missing switches, rusted flasher bulb holders, broken ramp entrance(has become unwelded maybe I can solder it if I boost my iron to 490 degrees c!?......missing bulb holders on the super spinners and switch actuators missing...to mention a few...if I remember to take photos as I fix you will see what I mean....that's it for now.......dmd repairs next and playfield refurb...
New speakers......and Perspex as some plonker(who will remain nameless spilt paint remover on it!) oh well needed a new one anyway...honest........
Stripped the playfield it's well minging!! Will t-cut and polish it when I get a chance. Will make a decision on removing the Mylar once it's polished as most of the time the Mylar responds to a bit of the old paint renovator.........
Wire ramps cleaned with hot soapy water and a kitchen pan metal scourger..lovely jubley...
Plastics cleaned, a few broken but with so much else wrong/broken/damaged/missing/bodged on this machine frankly I don't give a dam!
On stripping the playfield a few jobs revealed themselves (single man style!!?) missing switches, rusted flasher bulb holders, broken ramp entrance(has become unwelded maybe I can solder it if I boost my iron to 490 degrees c!?......missing bulb holders on the super spinners and switch actuators missing...to mention a few...if I remember to take photos as I fix you will see what I mean....that's it for now.......dmd repairs next and playfield refurb...
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You don't hang about that's for sure! Great work mate
Checkout the state of the TRANSLITE...side trim missing/ broken. No lift trim and the TRANSLITE it's self is scratched pretty bad. Bought one from eBay Germany on Thursday and it arrived today! Wow!
BEFORE:
Here's the back of it.....
AFTER:
Must repair the dmd next...............
BEFORE:
Here's the back of it.....
AFTER:
Must repair the dmd next...............
Re-flowed the dmd solder joints today plenty of dry one's! Should explain why there are so many lines out... Hopefully will sort it! Will test when I have corrected the back box connectors and wiring.
Also made a new speaker panel bracket as one had snapped off leaving very little plastic behind......here it is......
The full monty! Ready to plug in. But not sure where the cable is that connects the dmd to the dmd driver board.....must of had it I do not remember now. Will have a rummage...if anyone has a spare let me know. Just in case...
Now onto the ppb board with its bodged wiring! Eeeekkkk!!
That's better!.....the rest of the board tests ok on the bench.see what happens when I do the other end of the connector and plug her in..........
More to come......
Also made a new speaker panel bracket as one had snapped off leaving very little plastic behind......here it is......
The full monty! Ready to plug in. But not sure where the cable is that connects the dmd to the dmd driver board.....must of had it I do not remember now. Will have a rummage...if anyone has a spare let me know. Just in case...
Now onto the ppb board with its bodged wiring! Eeeekkkk!!
That's better!.....the rest of the board tests ok on the bench.see what happens when I do the other end of the connector and plug her in..........
More to come......
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Metalwork off for cleaning....so good opertunity to t-cut and polish the playfield.....
Stand up targets not good. Take a look...2 cracked one broken.
Could not find stock of four yellow targets anywhere. Pinball center had one... So I got a set of red........will use the single yellow target too....
Ahhhhh....much better....look good in red I think.
Metal guides back. Also fitted a set of super brite flashers, and cool White led G.I. I will get a picture of that up tomorrow as my workshop is too dark now for a good pic! Gonna change those horrible metal/hard plastic (well it goes hard over time) D.E. Posts for some nice bouncy WMS Style star posts in red. This really improves the flow and speed of the old D.E. Games.
What do you all think......?
Stand up targets not good. Take a look...2 cracked one broken.
Could not find stock of four yellow targets anywhere. Pinball center had one... So I got a set of red........will use the single yellow target too....
Ahhhhh....much better....look good in red I think.
Metal guides back. Also fitted a set of super brite flashers, and cool White led G.I. I will get a picture of that up tomorrow as my workshop is too dark now for a good pic! Gonna change those horrible metal/hard plastic (well it goes hard over time) D.E. Posts for some nice bouncy WMS Style star posts in red. This really improves the flow and speed of the old D.E. Games.
What do you all think......?
I agree, great attention to detail. Much appreciated.
Yes, great shop log. Just read it all in one go beginning to end. So nice to see another unloved pin brought back to life 
Hi all. Not a lot done today as I had so much work to do for customers it left no time for my own stuff....so it's all string and no carrot tonight I am afraid!...so here go's. One pic of the cleaned and polished playfield with gi and flashers installed. And one of the new targets in place.
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What an improvement!
..........gun barrel resprayed and a red led for the end and a 9 LED tower for the flasher. Also my idc Molex connectors are in to rebuild the back box wiring. Hooray!
Just got time to rebuild the slingshots playfield side before my curry! If you are wondering what the double-ended stick is its a switch contact cleaning tool.......
Going to keep the rubbers black on this machine I think......oh and some nice NOS slingshot plastics. Nice.....curry time...laters...0)
Just got time to rebuild the slingshots playfield side before my curry! If you are wondering what the double-ended stick is its a switch contact cleaning tool.......
Going to keep the rubbers black on this machine I think......oh and some nice NOS slingshot plastics. Nice.....curry time...laters...
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Now it is time to replace the idc connectors on the TRANSLITE illumination , and for the ppb wiring..
Tools , socket and wiring diagram at the ready....
Think it best to bullet and butt the TRANSLITE panel...as its all #906 lamps that draw a lot of current things can get rather hot!
That's better!.....plus a few cable ties (in white of course!) to tidy things up a bit.....
With the wires in the back box for the illumination circuits particular attention needs to be payed to the cables as there is 2 of each colour. One set for voltage in (from the power supply) and voltage out to the lamps......here they are.......
Nice.........looks tidy now with no remains of the fire!!!!
Tools , socket and wiring diagram at the ready....
Think it best to bullet and butt the TRANSLITE panel...as its all #906 lamps that draw a lot of current things can get rather hot!
That's better!.....plus a few cable ties (in white of course!) to tidy things up a bit.....
With the wires in the back box for the illumination circuits particular attention needs to be payed to the cables as there is 2 of each colour. One set for voltage in (from the power supply) and voltage out to the lamps......here they are.......
Nice.........looks tidy now with no remains of the fire!!!!
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Need to do a few playfield repairs now. First look at this super spinner switch, it has no actuator. How annoyed would you be if you it the spinner with no effect....
New actuator fitted. Luvely jubley!
The other super spinner has no bulb holder....
Sorted!..........
Going to make a start on re-assembling the playfield next.....starting from the top......lane guides first .....
Stand up targets looking scruffy and tired, one snapped in half!
Stand up targets refurbished! Groovy baby!
To
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New actuator fitted. Luvely jubley!
The other super spinner has no bulb holder....
Sorted!..........
Going to make a start on re-assembling the playfield next.....starting from the top......lane guides first .....
Stand up targets looking scruffy and tired, one snapped in half!
Stand up targets refurbished! Groovy baby!
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be continued.......
Really fun game, worth putting all the effort in.
Back of this machine has been really bothering me. I know you rarely see it, but a have rarely seen a back so bad!! So I need to spray it, just a quick job, will fill the big gauges otherwise leave as is ....this is what it looks like.......
Decided to paint it fiat sprint blue, for three reasons 1. Had some left over from a fiat coupe turbo. 2. It reminds me of driving it! That turbo over boost !! Wow did that car move.
And 3. It's actually not a bad match?!..........here it is afterwards more to tidy it up really...looks a lot better.....
Decided to paint it fiat sprint blue, for three reasons 1. Had some left over from a fiat coupe turbo. 2. It reminds me of driving it! That turbo over boost !! Wow did that car move.
And 3. It's actually not a bad match?!..........here it is afterwards more to tidy it up really...looks a lot better.....
Worked on a dead lw3 for a customer today..noticed that only six of the back box bulbs are 906 flashers! Some bodger must of just shoved in what they had! Crazy......here's what it should look like.......
Nearly finished putting the playfield back together today..just needs a few rubbers and switches done....
Started on the underside of the playfield , cleaned all the inserts with pound land dash wipes and a flat head screw driver. Loads of bulbs out for three main reasons 1)
Rusty bulb holders ...these will need replacing for sure...
2) dirt corrosion on the bulb or holder.....yuck
3) or just old n blown....will test with my power supply to see if the bulb or the holder is to blame.........
Some hooligan spilt paint remover on this as well!! Here's one cleaned with new lamps where needed....much better....
Wire hanging off the right sling shot.......
Next will use my gas soldering iron to repair but now it's time for sweet potato curry...ciao for now......
Nearly finished putting the playfield back together today..just needs a few rubbers and switches done....
Started on the underside of the playfield , cleaned all the inserts with pound land dash wipes and a flat head screw driver. Loads of bulbs out for three main reasons 1)
Rusty bulb holders ...these will need replacing for sure...
2) dirt corrosion on the bulb or holder.....yuck
3) or just old n blown....will test with my power supply to see if the bulb or the holder is to blame.........
Some hooligan spilt paint remover on this as well!! Here's one cleaned with new lamps where needed....much better....
Wire hanging off the right sling shot.......
Next will use my gas soldering iron to repair but now it's time for sweet potato curry...ciao for now......
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Any progress mate?
Work and family commitments have determined that nearly a whole month has past by until today.....yes today I had a few spare hours to finally get this lw3 up and playing! So how did it go?......let's have a look.....
1st slingshot wire re-soldered....sorry no picture of that..
7 rusty bulb holders replaced..here's a pic of before and after...
Pop bumpers are super tardy/lazy hardly ever firing.. had a look at the switches they are very corroded so cleaned them up. Here's a before switch contact pic and an after...much better!..
BEFORE....very tarnished contacts......
AFTER...nice n shining......
New volume control potentiometer (10k ohms) soldered and fitted into the power box. If you all recall the old one was just floating around in the cabinet......!eeeekkkk!
Ok the time has come to plug it all in and see what happens 3 new balls in....here we go........?
1st slingshot wire re-soldered....sorry no picture of that..
7 rusty bulb holders replaced..here's a pic of before and after...
Pop bumpers are super tardy/lazy hardly ever firing.. had a look at the switches they are very corroded so cleaned them up. Here's a before switch contact pic and an after...much better!..
BEFORE....very tarnished contacts......
AFTER...nice n shining......
New volume control potentiometer (10k ohms) soldered and fitted into the power box. If you all recall the old one was just floating around in the cabinet......!eeeekkkk!
Ok the time has come to plug it all in and see what happens 3 new balls in....here we go........?
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Turned it all on tonight. Boots and plays great! Has two faults: two lines out one top one bottom , but dmd all ok....checked the cables and found this...very disappointing!! See if you can spot the problem.....?
Pin 19 snapped and missing.....thinking of ways how I can repair this without a replacement ?
The other problem is distorted sound. Intermittently...so will need to replace the caps on the sound pcb. Once I have checked the power amp I.c's are ok.. but other than that the game is fast, great fun and fully functional. All switches, spinners, lamps, flashers,targets and ramps operational. Looking good....here are some pics...
Off to enjoy a few games now with my son and his mates, a bottle of rosso and a crate of Budweiser! "Everybody dance now!"
Pin 19 snapped and missing.....thinking of ways how I can repair this without a replacement ?
The other problem is distorted sound. Intermittently...so will need to replace the caps on the sound pcb. Once I have checked the power amp I.c's are ok.. but other than that the game is fast, great fun and fully functional. All switches, spinners, lamps, flashers,targets and ramps operational. Looking good....here are some pics...
Off to enjoy a few games now with my son and his mates, a bottle of rosso and a crate of Budweiser! "Everybody dance now!"
Sound board removed for capacitor replacement.
No parts list in the manual, need to read all the values off of the schematics...how tardy is that! Lazy ole data east!
Here are the replacements from RS let you know what happens when they are replaced.....
To be continued.....
No parts list in the manual, need to read all the values off of the schematics...how tardy is that! Lazy ole data east!
Here are the replacements from RS let you know what happens when they are replaced.....
To be continued.....
new ones in.....but boy o boy has it shown up the scratchy audio on these old data easts it's horrific! And with the upgrade speakers well......shocking!
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Take my hat off to you mate. Well done!
Hi all of you who have been following this thread. Between me and Al we have saved another pin fit for the scrap heap! It was a labour of love as per usual but the finished product was really satisfying...the playfield looked and played like new! It has now been finished and sold to a forum member. Who is very happy indeed with it. Here's some pics. See some of you at @robotgreg Friday....ciao fer now.....keef...
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Awesome... just awesome.
I'm not shocked to hear new owner is very happy with it. Well done buddy
I'm not shocked to hear new owner is very happy with it. Well done buddy
Don't suppose you made a list of the caps values did you? Been looking everywhere and stubbled across this thread.
Sure did it's in one of the photos if you got keen eyes...
Here goes....c74,67,60,52,31 470uf 25v. C59,54,61,68,17 22uf 25v. C55,63,70 10uf25v.
C53,c69,c62, 220uf 50v. C30 1000uf 25v. Remember other components may be also at fault..e.g. The power I.c.'s mb3730 (x3). dry joints. Or the 24mhz crystal.Bad earth............etc...always check your speakers first, particularly the impedance, voice coil damage and cone condition.
