Happy New Year to everyone. Yesterday (1/1/11) was one of the most exciting days in pinball restoration that I have ever had. I had been re-wiring the head that I made for Kings & Queens, and yesterday I finished, and decided to give it a run on the K & Q machine to see how I went. All worked fine, which was a bloody great shock, and a very pleasant surprise for me.
I still have 2 small problems ...1. The units reel does not activate the tens reel when it gets past 9. Units reel works fine but doesn't change the tens reel when it should. 2. The thousands light does not come on when it should. .... But apart from those two little things, the rest works just like the other K & Q head.
I couldn't believe that I actually made a whole head and that it worked!! This was always going to be the hardest part of this project, and now it's 'finished'. I'm going to tie the wiring with the waxy string (when I get some), and leave this new head on the machine for a few weeks so I can find the 2 small things that are not working as they should. Also, just to run this head in, as these parts all come from another machine, and have not been in a working state for many years, until I rounded them up for the head I made.
For some of you, this might have been easy, but for me, this was the most extensive thing I've tried to do in pinball restoration. I still can't believe that I pulled it off. As they say, ...'Luck's a fortune). Cheers, Mark
