Wanted Williams playfield spacer - steel, 0.5" high, 3/16" outer diameter

[stationfire]

Bit of a long shot - have checked in with pinparts also and no sign of this part.
It's a cylindrical steel spacer, presumably used on more than one machine by Williams.
Thanks to prookfield for the photo from his F14 part.
Measurements, again thanks to prookfield..
1/2" (12.7mm) length
3/16" (4.75mm) outer diameter
0.134" (3.40mm) inner diameter
Anyone happen to have one of them that they don't need? you can see one in the picture on the left... On F14 it sits under the top of the left outlane guide, but I expect it's used on other machines of that era also.
Here's hoping...
Thanks,
-sf

 

[RudeDogg1]

If you can’t find any you could prob get a length of tubing the same dimensions from a model shop or Albion alloys and cut it to length

 

[stationfire]

Thanks RudeDogg1 - trying some hardware stores also to see if I can get something close to it, but was hoping that someone might have "the real thing" as I'm sure it wasn't just used in one machine.

 

[RudeDogg1]

It was used in loads I couldn’t find any years ago

 

[stationfire]

yikes - that doesn't sound good

 

[PBrookfield]

It's the exact kind of nightmare part that nobody keeps as spares and replaces with 'whatever fits' and yet also can go missing a lot of the time. Like how it's easier to get almost any part of an engine for a car, but you'd be damned to get some of the plastic drain plugs for the cabin.

At least with those measurements I got you'll know how to fab a replacement that works exactly the same as an original part.

 

[RudeDogg1]

Someone on here is breaking a William’s machine you could ask them?

 

[stationfire]

That's a great idea - thanks @RudeDogg1

@deathrow : I don't suppose one of these steel spacers might be among what's left of the Black Knight which you were breaking?

All the best
-sf

 

[arakissun]

If these are the one that are at the and of the metal/plastic ball trough of the flippers I have of these.
I will give it to you for free but you must pay the delivery.
If you want can write me a PM.

 

[RudeDogg1]

If these are the one that are at the and of the metal/plastic ball trough of the flippers I have of these.
I will give it to you for free but you must pay the delivery.
If you want can write me a PM.

They go on the really narrow end of the metal lane guides next to the flippers

 

[deathrow]

The above may see you sorted but if not please pm me and I’ll try and help

 

[stationfire]

Thanks @arakissun - PM sent - perhaps they're the same.

 

[stationfire]

The above may see you sorted but if not please pm me and I’ll try and help

Thanks @deathrow - I'll see if they're the same first - if not I'll PM you, and thank you very much