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*Powers on but won't feed balls? Check fuses in top cabinet. Front 'glass' lifts up and out, panel swings to the left exposing electrics. | *Powers on but won't feed balls? Check fuses in top cabinet. Front 'glass' lifts up and out, panel swings to the left exposing electrics. | ||
*Sound volume control pot/knob is on the inside, left wall, about 12" in from the front door. | *Sound volume control pot/knob is on the inside, left wall, about 12" in from the front door. | ||
*TILT: The | *TILT: The tilt switch is a metal rod hanging inside a round hole in a piece of sheetmetal on the left side wall just inside the door. It may be jammed to one side by the manuals or other contents of the machine. | ||
*Please add more problems and solutions as time goes on! | *Please add more problems and solutions as time goes on! |
Revision as of 16:44, 11 February 2023
![]() The pinball machine, showing its location to the left of the large laser cutter. The laser cutter's honeycombs and a laser-cut skull are visible in the background. | |
Type | Pinball machine |
Make/Model | Williams Road Kings |
Serial number | ?? |
Original owner | Frollard |
Loan status | Long-term loan |
Arrival date | 2012 or earlier |
Location | Next to the large laser cutter |
Functional status | Working with a few things broken as of 2019-01-27 |
Usage permissions | Open to All |
Certification | Self-taught |
Wiki-ID | 129 |
Label | 1.0" 1.5" 2.0" |
Documents
Manual is available as a PDF online and on paper inside the machine.
Troubleshooting
- If pressing start button results in soft sound repeated three times "dugga dugga dugga" the machine can not find both balls. One may be stuck/hiding in the playing area or the limit switches that detect the balls near the launcher may be dirty or damaged.
- Powers on but won't feed balls? Check fuses in top cabinet. Front 'glass' lifts up and out, panel swings to the left exposing electrics.
- Sound volume control pot/knob is on the inside, left wall, about 12" in from the front door.
- TILT: The tilt switch is a metal rod hanging inside a round hole in a piece of sheetmetal on the left side wall just inside the door. It may be jammed to one side by the manuals or other contents of the machine.
- Please add more problems and solutions as time goes on!
To do
Functional
- Diagnose fuse blowing problem
- Likely culprit: bad solenoid on jet bumper (already disassembled - discoloured)
- Replace left flipper solenoid
- This is the cause of the left flipper sticking on the down-stroke, and the repeated blowing of at least one fuse.
- Order new solenoid
- Replace all rubber bumpers
- Order new bumpers
- Realign flippers
- They keep getting out of alignment no matter how much they are tightened. Maybe threadlocker would help?
- Descale copper contacts
- Better current flow = better power from flippers
- Ian did one in Feb 2016.
- Consider replacing with a different type of switches
- [Optional] Replace lights with LED equivalents/rewire motherboard to work with LEDs
- Rutger wants to do this pretty much immediately (as of Feb 2016).
- Frollard is not so optimistic, because the existing matrix depends on the incandescent bulbs' resistance, making LED replacement complicated and likely not at all power-saving.
- Resolder top front speaker wires
- Only internal speaker works; top disconnected
- Find replacement coin rejector
- Player 2 quarter slot rejector missing
Formal
- Redo exterior paint job; replace decals on side
- Repaint?
- Vinyl decal?
- Image original artwork
- Vectorize artwork
- Sand down to wood
- Prime and seal
- Reapply artwork