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Poibug

Poibug

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Put a dirty rag to a Centaur,added a billion missing lamps,put new rubber on.
still countless fixes like stuck on lamps,non working switches,sound problems,display problems,locked on coil etc still to be fixed

All good eh:oops:
 
Having seen the machine it looks like it will scrub up good.
Just need to get the bugger going first.
 
Now at playable stage but still have locked on lamps - will have to get some SCR's for that as don't have any of them here,may get some from pinball mania,tho I do have a board I could rob them off here.
About 6 dozen lamps added/replaced.Used up most my stock of bolts/screws to attach the posts to the game.
Changed all four top rollovers as 3 of the 4 were damaged/cracked.Changed four components to fix the locked on coil:)And now have displays all working without flicker,and got the sound working!
Re-rubbered-in black.Most do white,as I normally do with most games,tho think it MAY be better in black.

Upon closer inspection a fair bit of playfield wear but pretty good touch up tbh,two areas just blacked out,but not too bad.

Main problems now are just star rollovers being temperamental, but still have 3 locked on lamps - will have to get some SCR's for that as don't have any of them here,may get some from pinball mania,tho I do have a board I could rob them off here,plus 4 lamps not working.
Also drop targets need work doing,but it is deffo playable:clap:

Need some metal posts and bumper caps,but will do a wanted thread for that
 
What was wrong with the sound in the end?
 
Yeah it's not the same without pictures.
We all like to see some pinball porn.
 
Chris I have the bits here, remember to shoot me an email and will bring to Play
 
Arv said:
What was wrong with the sound in the end?
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connectors and settings

now all oksound wise barring tweaking of reverb

nearly ****meself before when it did the attract mode"fireoutalltheballsandscarethe****outof poibug" setting TM
 
TYHO said:
connectors and settings

now all oksound wise barring tweaking of reverb

nearly ****meself before when it did the attract mode"fireoutalltheballsandscarethe****outof poibug" setting TM
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Not what ya wanna hear when in the house on your own whilst chatting to @JMP about Gottliebs!!
 
TYHO said:
nearly ****meself before when it did the attract mode"fireoutalltheballsandscarethe****outof poibug" setting TM
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That feature used to set our dog off when the machine was left idling. She was smart enough to realise that none of the family was playing the machine.
 
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Now just have two problems to fix after changing U1 fixed a load of lamp problems(cheers Chester Pete:thumbs:).
One should be easy the 40k bonus

Other problem:hmm: - when lh flipper is activated have sound crackle interference.Guesses are changing diodes or adding caps to flipper?
 
TYHO said:
Other problem:hmm: - when lh flipper is activated have sound crackle interference.Guesses are changing diodes or adding caps to flipper?
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Plus maybe re-route the speaker cable(s). Perhaps disconnect each speaker in turn to see if it's on all speakers or just the one...? Caps on speakers?
 
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