Theres a Whirlwind on eBay at the moment. No GI in thebackbox, little playfield GI and the slingshot plastics are on the wrong way.... but its “just had a service!” 
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Whirlwind has consistently been rated as the best System 11 for a long time.
It is a great choice for someone open minded about buying a pre-dmd game, and its game play is head and shoulders above most alpha-numerics.
Shame that the pics are so cr@p and you can't really assess the condition. That will put some folk off.
When a Taxi goes for £1,700, this Whirly might be worth a punt
It is a great choice for someone open minded about buying a pre-dmd game, and its game play is head and shoulders above most alpha-numerics.
Shame that the pics are so cr@p and you can't really assess the condition. That will put some folk off.
When a Taxi goes for £1,700, this Whirly might be worth a punt
Just finished full rebuild of 4 flippers and replacing their coils on an F14. There was definitely grease or vaseline in some of the coil sleeves. At least I think that's what it was. Glad I had gloves on.
Get that **** cleaned off before it turns to a black sticky mess
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It was a she who replied and why would she goto the effort of replying with quite a long reply if she hadn't used him?
Sold my twilight zone to a good few years back (Wishing I hadnt now of course.. he ho)
He decided one of the flippers was sticking... so he put a bit of vegetable oil on the plunger...
"You put what ?"
"Vegetable oil"
"Sorry, what do you normally use that for ?"..
"Well cooking... but... oh.. I see what you mean"
Flippers fully rebuilt with new sleeves, plungers, coils etc - that stuff is in the bin...
I’ve somehow never played a Whirwind, always fancied getting one though i love the artwork and seems like a fun ruleset for a system 11. The service is questionable though, gives me a lot of hope for my work when i get into servicing seeing the quality of what some others are doing. Those slingshot plastics are rediculous.
Whirly is a stone cold classic. Play one. If it ain't your thing, it ain't your thing
Lawlor designed Whirly. He did Addams, the best selling game of all time
Whirly had three spinning discs. Addams had three pulsing magnets
Same net result, different means
Lawlor designed Whirly. He did Addams, the best selling game of all time
Whirly had three spinning discs. Addams had three pulsing magnets
Same net result, different means
Hi
the reality is i was told by the owners
'upper right flipper works once then not again till next game – both lower flippers OK
drop targets not resetting but do at beginning of new game'
what i found when i turned up was all flippers working, so never touched them
fitted a remote battery holder and replaced an opto on drop target bank
that was the extent of my work
I think those that know me would vouch for my quality of work.
here's a couple of photos i took
Cheers Bob
the reality is i was told by the owners
'upper right flipper works once then not again till next game – both lower flippers OK
drop targets not resetting but do at beginning of new game'
what i found when i turned up was all flippers working, so never touched them
fitted a remote battery holder and replaced an opto on drop target bank
that was the extent of my work
I think those that know me would vouch for my quality of work.
here's a couple of photos i took
Cheers Bob
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As bob said he only carried out the work he was instructed to do
People call you out to fix a non working flipper for example you see lots of other problems but they don’t want to spend the money then when it comes up on e bay it’s been fully serviced by a pinball engineer
People call you out to fix a non working flipper for example you see lots of other problems but they don’t want to spend the money then when it comes up on e bay it’s been fully serviced by a pinball engineer
More than likely burned conectors on inter connection board always the same with system 11 games not the end of the world
I don't really get that. The biggest chunck of cost tends to be the call out charge (covering the travelling cost). What is being done afterwards is usually worth less than that so you might as well get as much fixed as possible? That's my logic anyway. I tend to wait until several things need fixing and i get andy n to come and have a look and fix them all. Never disappointed.
Yes
IDC connector yes, but it’s best to replace it with a molex connector and crimp terminals
Probably all the pins are damaged on it too you won’t know till you see it
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