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by johnstewart
Mon Oct 09, 2017 9:16 pm
Forum: Tech Help, Teardowns, and Refurbishments
Topic: Captain Fantastic - flipper EOS switch
Replies: 13
Views: 2220

Re: Captain Fantastic - flipper EOS switch

This is awesome, Chris. Thank you! This helps a lot. And yours looks nice and clean under there, much nicer than mine. This switch stack looks like a franken-stack similar to what was described in that forum post (but about the simpler one-flipper switch), not quite what I ordered, but I think it'll...
by johnstewart
Mon Oct 09, 2017 8:35 pm
Forum: Tech Help, Teardowns, and Refurbishments
Topic: Captain Fantastic - flipper EOS switch
Replies: 13
Views: 2220

Re: Captain Fantastic - flipper EOS switch

I'll take some pics of my flipper assemblies tonight, for some more points of reference. I've got one coil with a new switch stack from PBResource. Awesome; I think that might help a lot. Completely striking out on finding longer screws online. Dude at the hardware store said I had a #6, but fine t...
by johnstewart
Mon Oct 09, 2017 11:54 am
Forum: Tech Help, Teardowns, and Refurbishments
Topic: Captain Fantastic - flipper EOS switch
Replies: 13
Views: 2220

Re: Captain Fantastic - flipper EOS switch

After a run to the hardware store looking for longer screws, that route may be more difficult than I thought.

These are apparently #6 machine screws, but fine thread. I need, it looks like, 1" instead of 7/8" long
by johnstewart
Mon Oct 09, 2017 10:22 am
Forum: Tech Help, Teardowns, and Refurbishments
Topic: Captain Fantastic - flipper EOS switch
Replies: 13
Views: 2220

Re: Captain Fantastic - flipper EOS switch

Ralph - thank you, definitely will move the coil back to original. But I don't understand what you're saying on the switch - you're saying I should pull the new metal out of the new switch, and use the old, thinner, insulators? But even if I do this, the form factor on these switches seems wrong. I ...
by johnstewart
Sun Oct 08, 2017 8:49 pm
Forum: Tech Help, Teardowns, and Refurbishments
Topic: Captain Fantastic - flipper EOS switch
Replies: 13
Views: 2220

Captain Fantastic - flipper EOS switch

This is the first time I've been this deep into mucking about with an EM game. This one happens to be one my dad got when I was in high school, and has had ever since. When I bought my first pin last year, I added it to my collection. Captain Fantastic. Even when he first got it (sometime in the ear...
by johnstewart
Mon Oct 02, 2017 3:32 pm
Forum: Buy, Sell, Trade
Topic: Special Force price reduced...
Replies: 8
Views: 820

Re: Special Force price reduced...

If it weren't guns, I'd do it just to get a full stable of 4 in my dining room. But I have two young kids and ALREADY have 3 inappropriate-for-kids pinball machines, with either guns or scary images or scantily clad women (LW3, TFTC, CF).
by johnstewart
Mon Sep 18, 2017 9:46 am
Forum: Buy, Sell, Trade
Topic: Can I put my slot machine on here?
Replies: 4
Views: 886

Re: Can I put my slot machine on here?

Philo - I'd be curious to see pics/details on your slot machine.
by johnstewart
Tue Sep 05, 2017 9:21 am
Forum: Buy, Sell, Trade
Topic: WTB 4-way joystick arcade cabinet
Replies: 3
Views: 439

Re: WTB 4-way joystick arcade cabinet

I actually started my build with Mag Stik plusses... but: - No LED light available - No ball top (I prefer that form factor) - Hard to know whether in 4 or 8 way mode, and to explain how to switch it. - ALSO, the biggest thing, I didn't like the action on them - it is nigh-impossible to hit a cardin...
by johnstewart
Sat Sep 02, 2017 10:35 am
Forum: Buy, Sell, Trade
Topic: WTB 4-way joystick arcade cabinet
Replies: 3
Views: 439

WTB 4-way joystick arcade cabinet

I know it's not pinball, sorry! I hope this is okay to post regardless. I'm almost finished with my 4 player arcade cabinet running MAME in a SmashTV cabinet which I restored from pretty torn up shape. I'm looking now for another cabinet I can restore to handle the games this ones doesn't do well......
by johnstewart
Thu Jul 27, 2017 3:29 pm
Forum: Buy, Sell, Trade
Topic: Game Roms
Replies: 4
Views: 616

Re: Game Roms

I wonder... so I had an issue with my LW3 ROMs some months ago and ordered up a set from John. They were the latest version, which worked fine... except they have the "Tri-Ball" instead of "Multiball" notification. I guess this was some lawsuit Data East lost? Has anyone ever tri...
by johnstewart
Mon Apr 03, 2017 1:55 pm
Forum: Tech Help, Teardowns, and Refurbishments
Topic: TFtC Ball Launcher Issues
Replies: 7
Views: 1291

Re: TFtC Ball Launcher Issues

I'll take pics when I work on it, but when you pop up the playfield, they're all locked into a 6-ball caddy of some sort, so they don't flop out. I have to manually trigger the solenoid to get the 1st to eject (and then, when powered on, it seems to move them all up a spot).
by johnstewart
Mon Apr 03, 2017 1:37 pm
Forum: Tech Help, Teardowns, and Refurbishments
Topic: TFtC Ball Launcher Issues
Replies: 7
Views: 1291

Re: TFtC Ball Launcher Issues

I don't know what type of switches this thing has. I will say it's a pain in the arse to get the balls out of that 6-ball holder... have to keep manually ejecting, power cycle, manually ejecting.

I will try to do some switch testing; thanks, gents!
by johnstewart
Mon Apr 03, 2017 11:09 am
Forum: Tech Help, Teardowns, and Refurbishments
Topic: TFtC Ball Launcher Issues
Replies: 7
Views: 1291

TFtC Ball Launcher Issues

I have had this Tales From the Crypt for a month or two. It's mostly been okay (had some loose screws on a VUK causing issues, but that I sorted). This weekend I had a party and it was failing. Basically, when the ball is supposed to feed into the launch area, it doesn't. It thinks it's shot the bal...
by johnstewart
Wed Feb 08, 2017 9:03 am
Forum: Tech Help, Teardowns, and Refurbishments
Topic: DMD for Data East pin?
Replies: 28
Views: 3964

Re: DMD for Data East pin?

johnstewart wrote:https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic ... corruption

It sounds like this is fix-able with an updated ROMset!
FYI the updated ROMs fixed the issue. Sadly, also, it went from "MULTI-BALL" to "TRI-BALL". Does not have the same ring to it. =)
by johnstewart
Tue Jan 24, 2017 11:18 am
Forum: Tech Help, Teardowns, and Refurbishments
Topic: DMD for Data East pin?
Replies: 28
Views: 3964

Re: DMD for Data East pin?

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic ... corruption

It sounds like this is fix-able with an updated ROMset!