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Though pinball is stressed the most in this document, this information applies to most em arcade games made from the 1930s to 1978. But kids dont have the patience for one flipper pinball, so. If there are any lane change switches and wires ganged up with the eos switch, label and unsolder those too. Most i see are on the basics, maintenance, setup,etc. Flipper pinball, pulp fiction comics, bartop arcade, pinball wizard, 70s sci fi art, penny arcade, vintage video games, retro arcade, lowbrow art. Prior to opening a pinball machine, be certain to unplug it, then turn it on to insure that it was actually unplugged. Judge dredd pinball restoration part 5 new flippers and opto board repair i repaired all 4 flippers on the game and changed out the old opto. This includes pinball games, pitch and bats baseballs, bowlers, gun games, etc. Bally electronic pinball games repair manual pdf download. That time i tried to fix a decadesold pinball machine. This is the old larry biezias price guide taken over and updated by pinballeric. Bally bingo pinball machine repair course 11 videos 5 hours of instruction. This document is a repair guide for electromechanical em coin opertated games made up to about 1978.
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