Mr. Pinball Repair Tip Archive
Playfield Tips A better way to fix stripped playfield screw holes! A bucket of sand Adjust flipper tension spring with cotter pin Adjustment of the Flipper End Of Stroke Switch (EOS) Another handy restoration tool A worn flipper link can burn out your coil Ball Feed Problems with WMS Opto Trough Ball hits glass too much Ball removal Bally drop targets resetting too high Bally solid state standup targets sometimes fail to score Best use of mylar Bolt head polishing Bringing an old oxidized playfield back to life. Broken ball plunger spring Bulb removal Bumper cap keeps coming off Burnish switch contacts Cap nuts on playfield plastics Changing AC flippers to DC flippers Cheap Glass Cleaner Check all flipper plungers for mushrooming to prevent solenoid burn out Clean-cut slingshot mylars Cleaning enclosed areas cleaning hard to reach spots on playfield Cleaning metal and plastic parts easily Cleaning metal ball guides Cleaning metal parts Cleaning metal parts Cleaning nylon acorn nuts Cleaning playfield metal easily Cleaning playfield posts and other parts Cleaning playfield rails Cleaning playfield rubber rings Cleaning playfields including Diamond Plate Cleaning Prior To Clearcoating A Playfield Cleaning rubber rings Clean solenoids Clean your playfield completely Color matching comparisons Color mixing guide Common Gottlieb flipper problem Determining rubber ring sizes Dim lamps Do not overtighten lock nuts Do not use playfield prop sticks Doubled rubber rings Dress up your Gottlieb or Bally with new white posts Drop target decal preservation Drop target painting Easy access to under playfield components Easy flipper alignment Eject holes eject too strong Electromechanical AC flippers buzzing loudly Emergency flipper rubber repair Emergency rubber repair Emergency rubber ring cleaner Faster game Finding pinball balls locally for your machine Fixing (and preventing) broken ramp entrances and diverter problems Fixing slipping belts Fixing Stripped Screw Holes On Playfield Flattening warped plastics Flattening warped plastics slowly Flipper bushings Flipper causes points to score Flipper causes reset or game over Flipper chatter Fractured Plastics? Gluing flat playfield plastics Gottlieb roto-target restoration Gottlieb rubber part numbers Gottlieb speed nut application Inside cabinet protection. Keep cabinet mechanics clean while restoring playfield Keep from stripping hole threads Keeping playfield clean longer Keep old bumper caps from rotating Lazy Data East/Sega/Stern pop bumpers Long lasting lamps Making mylar more invisible Making replacement one-way gates using ski lift ticket wire Mixing epoxy My game keeps resetting the drop targets and clicking at the outhole Mylar thickness My machine kicks out two balls to the ball shooter New bumper caps No more toothpicks Novus Other excellent on-line pinball repair guide Outlanes too wide Overheating lamp cause Pitch and bat game has weak or non-functioning bat Playfield angle Playfield changeover Playfield changeover labels help playfield cleaning Playfield Illumination Options Playfield insert touchup Playfield lights and inserts Playfield painting Playfield post liberal vs conservative positions Playfield post modification STOPS several problems FOREVER--stuck ball, burned coil/transistor, etc. Playfield Preservation Playfield restoration Playfield shipping box Plunger repair Polish balls in a rock tumbler Pop bumper ring Poslishing playfield posts Preventing mylar from lifting over playfield inserts Protect hard to reach areas Protecting playfield around pop bumpers Protecting score and instruction cards Protecting Theatre of Magic magic trunk sticker Protecting Twilight Zone Magna-Flip sign Quick fix to stripped screw holes Realigning misaligned flippers Re-inking flipper lettering Relettering playfield Removing all playfield pieces Removing dark half-circles from playfield Removing flipper rubber residue Removing flipper rubber stains Removing mylar from playfield Removing playfield inserts Removing playfield mylar Removing sticky tape residue Repairing plastics Repairing rollover buttons Replace playfield screws with bolts Replacing a playfield insert Replacing Bally mushroom bumper rubber rings Replacing one way gate wires Restoring playfield insert labels Restoring playfield plastics shine Restoring scratched plastic Reusing stickers Rubber Cleaner Rubber parts substitute Rubber ring sizing Safely remove playfield inserts Save your old toothbrush Shooter tip removal Shortage of bulbs Socket screwdriver Standup target foam replacement Sticking pop bumpers Sticky coils can be a bad coil stop Stop those loose screws! Straightening a warped playfield Stripping playfield wax Stripping playfield wax and shellac Stronger Gottlieb flipper coils Substitutes for Novus Tip to help avoid damage to the playfield Tool for cleaning drop target faces Touching up plastic parts and playfields with markers Use cooler lamps Use E-clips on plunger Warped inserts Warped Playfield Plastic fix. Waxing/cleaning playfield Weak EM flippers Where did this screw come from? Williams 60s and 70s flipper jumpers Williams solid state flipper coil relative strengths Wire ties rule (when cardboard doesn't work) Worn balls kill playfields Tip Archive click
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