Complete 24 hour challenge - KoS - get it working for the league meet

[AlanJ]

This arrived just now. Bally Kings of Steel.

Been in storage for many years.

Can I do a really quick fix and repair and get it ready for Sundays league meet?

Unfortunately I am away tomorrow, so literally got 24 hours on Saturday (in between last minute shopping and cooking for Sunday)

We shall see……….





Also came with a nasty looking mpu board from another game. doubtful that will boot

 

[stumblor]

Literally the first I have ever heard of this game

What a backglass!

 

[MajesticPinball]

Right hand standup target all day on this game. That's all you'll need to get it working ready for the league meet mate

 

[AlanJ]

Right hand standup target all day on this game. That's all you'll need to get it working ready for the league meet mate

There is a common mod for comps that make it more of a challenge, so i’m told.

 

[Wizcat]

Not sure if you mean software mods, but if you want to tackle hardware mods then this kind of thing looks interesting:

Basically move the gate from the left flipper up to the target lane, then have the target return the ball to the shooter lane!

Good luck with it either way. Looking forward to your meet Sunday!

 

[AlanJ]

Not sure if you mean software mods, but if you want to tackle hardware mods then this kind of thing looks interesting:

Basically move the gate from the left flipper up to the target lane, then have the target return the ball to the shooter lane!

Good luck with it either way. Looking forward to your meet Sunday!

Yes thats the one Ive heard of

 

[AlanJ]

Agreed with the boss that I could spent 30 minutes on this tonight, just to assess what might need to be done:

First job legs on:


then the head


Lucky dip down the rabbit hole for the wiring - all seems to be there:


No front door key so:

Drilled out in less than a minute

All looks complete and not back nick:

Ensured all the wiring is there by plugging everything in, but will unplug before power on.


Then I find a bit of a show stopper, minor but I need the part:

The right flipper plunger is loose, the flipper plunger bracket is missing.

its one of these:


that's the left flipper which has it.


A dig in the bottom rear of the cab and I find some broken parts:

Looks like the left one broke as well, but was replaced. As a temp fix, I might be able to weld the bottom bit back on to the part that is still screwed to the flipper base plate???

30 mins are up. Might get a chance again tomorrow night.

Ive got a spare brand new MPU board, so as long as the power supply checks out good, I will try sparking it up.

 

[AlanJ]

Got back early from my trip away today so time to press on. first job is this broken bracket



Got the welder out and dabbed a couple of spots



worked a treat and now back on the flipper plate


The flipper plungers are knackered the heads are mushroomed, the end stops are terribly mushroomed too. all to be replaced

Someone decided to oil them too. yuk!

Next job sort those flippers, then onto the electrics.

 

[AlanJ]

Rectifier board working fully but a couple of blown fuses. also under pf fuse also blown

someone has cut both wires off the left pop bumper


I guess the solenoid was locking on and blowing fuses. there was 4 empty fuse packets in the bottom of the cab!

The pop bumper is on Q1 so i popped the sdb board out. sure enough it’s shorted, so I replaced it


The sdb voltages all ok, 5v fine, tried the original mpu board, it won’t boot at all, so in with a brand new MPU


Game booted, and started. quite a few lamps out, replaced bulbs but no joy so switched in a lamp driver board that I recently fixed and tested. All bulbs now working!

Solenoids checked out ok all working

rebuilt the main flippers with some spare parts i had, now working ok.

Some switches not working, and it needs a damn good clean and rerubber

All original score displays fully working!!

Should be fit for Sunday! Yey!!!!

 

[AlanJ]

re-rubbered and cleaned up ready for sunday. now to test it out…..

 

[Pudsey pinball]

Good job,nice looking game

 

[domlouis]

Amazing what you can achieve when you know what you are doing!

 

[AlanJ]

A bit of a cheat putting in a new mpu, probably take a week to fix the original one.

 

[Pudsey pinball]

Yeah can be a faf with old boards I chased my tail for a while on 6803 boards on Lady Luck

 

[windoesnot]

You're a machine Alan!

 

[BigIan]

Got back early from my trip away today so time to press on. first job is this broken bracket

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Got the welder out and dabbed a couple of spots

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worked a treat and now back on the flipper plate
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The flipper plungers are knackered the heads are mushroomed, the end stops are terribly mushroomed too. all to be replaced
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Someone decided to oil them too. yuk!

Next job sort those flippers, then onto the electrics.

Your uncle, cousin or brother (whoever it was) seems to have taught you well on the welding front. Looks very good

 

[AlanJ]

You're a machine Alan!

Ha ha you’re finishing it off sunday morning. all the bits that still don’t work.

 

[AlanJ]

Your uncle, cousin or brother (whoever it was) seems to have taught you well on the welding front. Looks very good

my cuz, i sent him a pic. he said it was ****e

 

[windoesnot]

Ha ha you’re finishing it off sunday morning. all the bits that still don’t work.

I’ll distract you with something else while I sneak Centaur into my car

 

[HomerRamone]

Is this the one that was on facecloth ?

 

[AlanJ]

Is this the one that was on facecloth ?

Yes it was one from the lot that Wes Hoyle has been selling.