Archive for October, 2003

Some ToTAN Work

Thursday, October 23rd, 2003
  • Fixed the left wire-ramp make switch. I found the wire-form portion of the switch floating around the playfield.
  • Fixed broken wire on left target bulbs.
  • Replaced bad blue triangle bulb

The oblong stationary target to the right of the magic carpet ramp is really loose. Looks like the mounting holes under the playfield need to be filled with toothpicks.

Everything else is great.

Some Shadow Work

Tuesday, October 21st, 2003

Test Report:

CHECK SWITCH 37 MINI LIMIT LEFT
CHECK SWITCH 38 MINI LIMIT RIGHT

Switches test out okay.

Changed and cleaned bulbs on the battlefield.

The left divertor ramp has a busted metal strap[1]. It seems like this is enough to cause the ball to bonk the side of the wire ramp when exiting the divertor and roll backwards. Occasionally, the ball will get stuck in a slight depression in the wire ramp directly behind the left divertor ramp. I put some washers under one of the wire ramp mounting screws to try and tilt it a bit more to the left. It didn’t really help.

Replaced left flasher bulb.

[1] Finally replaced this in the fall of 2006 – 12/29/2006

Some MB Work

Tuesday, October 21st, 2003
  • Replaced slingshot bulbs
  • Metal flap on right bride ramp appears to be curled up a bit.
  • Adjusted the right loop lower and upper switches for about an hour[1].
  • Replaced rubber on left flipper

[1] Didn’t write in my notebook if I fixed ‘em – 12/29/2006

Finished!

Sunday, October 19th, 2003

Behold the beauty!

One Last Thing

Sunday, October 19th, 2003

A little play-testing found that the ball gets wedged under the left slingshot.

Stuckie stuckie.

Adjusted the rubber so there wasn’t any slack at the bottom and now it’s fine.

Ruh-Roh

Saturday, October 18th, 2003

Crap.

Double crap.

I had to hunt around for a bit, but I found it. Can you spot the ground short?

It's in there.

Well, in case you can’t:

Pinch-o-rama.

Nothing says “Check out that pinched wire!” like a blurry photo:

Check out that pinched wire!

Reassembly Complete

Saturday, October 18th, 2003

Woo-hoo! Looks nice.

Woo-hoo!

Shadow ToDo

Wednesday, October 8th, 2003
  • Bunch of bulbs out on battlefield
  • Ball sometimes gets stuck on left divertor ramp or rolls backwards
  • Flippers are angled weird
  • Sanctum magnet lock has a giant divot in the playfield and the ball gets stuck in it. That’s gonna be a serious project to fix[1].

[1] This got fixed in the fall of 2006 – 12/29/2006

ST:TNG ToDo

Wednesday, October 8th, 2003
  • Machine thinks balls have drained when they haven’t. Phantom ball trough opto switching. Maybe ball trough connector is loose[1].
  • Flipper rebuild would be nice.

[1] Nope. That wasn’t it (FIXME – link). – 12/29/2006

MB ToDo

Wednesday, October 8th, 2003
  • Bulbs out – possibly whole GI circuit or something
  • Right bride ramp is loose or a little raised? Ball sometimes has trouble entering.
  • Wolf-man loop still unreliable
  • Need new rubber for left flipper
  • Mummy sarcophagus does not open reliably