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A couple of weeks ago I was walking through Manchester and I noticed a bar with a pin - the bar is called Brew Dog (http://www.brewdog.com/bars/manchester) and the pin is Judge Dredd. Anyway, I popped in for a quick game and a cheeky half - the beer was lovely, but the pin needed attention. Trough optos playing up and 2 balls stuck on a ramp.
I spoke with the manager and said I'd be happy to have a look at the pin seeing as I collected and restored them - he agreed and suggested I come back as soon as possible.
Anyway, I went up today and this is the report from the site visit!
Inspection found the following issues:
1. Power on errors:
Switch 68 - Captive ball 3. Fixed by activating the switch, probably never gets hit.
Switch 75 - Top right ramp exit. Balls were stuck on the ramp before the switch.
Switch 82 - Trough 5. Resistor damage on sender board.
Switch 83 - Trough 4. Resistor damage on sender board.
2. Screen missing 1 row and 1 column.
3. Reset on both flippers - maybe not a big issue, I'll check with the manager later.
4. Flippers a bit wobbly, particularly the rods in the solenoids. No action taken as not that bad and needs a flipper rebuild.
5. Top right kick out continually firing - opto switch dirty. Cleaned with a QTip and all now okay.
6. Machine only had 3 balls in it! Added 3 extra ones.
7. Ball catching on the middle ramp just before it lands on the wireform. I added some shim washers onto the top ramp to lift it clear, balls run freely now.
8. Missing coin box - coins all over the inside of the cabinet! I nearly took a spare box with me, but decided not to when I was packing my tools, doh!
9. Trough opto board has incorrect resistors. Seems that someone has replaced 2 of the resistors with 2.7k ohm instead of 270 ohm - what's a few a hundred ohms between friends and LEDs! However, the optos seemed to be working.
I used the camera on my phone to verify the issues with the opto LEDs. I had to add some solder to a couple of the broken resistors. This is only a temporary fix - a new sender board is needed really. Shot of opto sender board...
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Anyway, I left it with no start up errors and it seemed to be playing okay. Get yourselves down there for a pint and a game - tell them Dr Pinball sent you. Cheers.
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I spoke with the manager and said I'd be happy to have a look at the pin seeing as I collected and restored them - he agreed and suggested I come back as soon as possible.
Anyway, I went up today and this is the report from the site visit!
Inspection found the following issues:
1. Power on errors:
Switch 68 - Captive ball 3. Fixed by activating the switch, probably never gets hit.
Switch 75 - Top right ramp exit. Balls were stuck on the ramp before the switch.
Switch 82 - Trough 5. Resistor damage on sender board.
Switch 83 - Trough 4. Resistor damage on sender board.
2. Screen missing 1 row and 1 column.
3. Reset on both flippers - maybe not a big issue, I'll check with the manager later.
4. Flippers a bit wobbly, particularly the rods in the solenoids. No action taken as not that bad and needs a flipper rebuild.
5. Top right kick out continually firing - opto switch dirty. Cleaned with a QTip and all now okay.
6. Machine only had 3 balls in it! Added 3 extra ones.
7. Ball catching on the middle ramp just before it lands on the wireform. I added some shim washers onto the top ramp to lift it clear, balls run freely now.
8. Missing coin box - coins all over the inside of the cabinet! I nearly took a spare box with me, but decided not to when I was packing my tools, doh!
9. Trough opto board has incorrect resistors. Seems that someone has replaced 2 of the resistors with 2.7k ohm instead of 270 ohm - what's a few a hundred ohms between friends and LEDs! However, the optos seemed to be working.
I used the camera on my phone to verify the issues with the opto LEDs. I had to add some solder to a couple of the broken resistors. This is only a temporary fix - a new sender board is needed really. Shot of opto sender board...
[attachment=985:IMAG0214.jpg]
Anyway, I left it with no start up errors and it seemed to be playing okay. Get yourselves down there for a pint and a game - tell them Dr Pinball sent you. Cheers.
[attachment=986:IMAG0215.jpg]
[attachment=987:IMAG0216.jpg]
