Author Topic: "No Body Escapes " The Black Hole , repair and cleanup  (Read 7622 times)

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Offline goodolddays

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Your thread is making me want to get stuck back into fixing mine up, but have 2 other games higher in the queue ..
I have a new playfield window for mine too, makes a huge difference  ^^^
I need more room ! and more $$$

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Black Hole and Spirit were the only 2 late SS Gottlieb games I played frequently on site when they were released.  BH has the best ever designed lower playfield - genius.
This one is coming up nice and brings back memories.
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Looking Good , The new window looks great , Don't forget the globes that light up the Lower Playfield are 24V!! , Use #313 lamps. Mounted around the underside of the  new window.
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Looking Good , The new window looks great , Don't forget the globes that light up the Lower Playfield are 24V!! , Use #313 lamps. Mounted around the underside of the  new window.

Yep already done.

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Oh good , I blew up a few 44"s before i worked out what was going on %.%
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Yes I know there were 24v lamps on the game took me a while to trace which were which , followed the power cable to the solenoids.

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Yes I know there were 24v lamps on the game took me a while to trace which were which , followed the power cable to the solenoids.

When I finally get around to the restoration of my game, I plan to convert that lower playfield illumination to 6 volt - info here http://www.pinwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Gottlieb_System_80#Replacing_Black_Hole_Lower_Playfield_Illumination_Lamps_with_.2344_Lamps

Pretty simple and effective mod.
“If you wanna escape, go up to a pinball machine. There’s a magic button on the front that takes you to a world under the glass and makes the the rest of the universe disappear.”

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Just catching up again on your progress Dan, it's really coming along beautifully. Such a cool game, I'm jealous.

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Machine is now almost 100%

Youtube video


http://youtu.be/-SHvsiuOBwM

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Looks fantastic, well done!  ^^^
“If you wanna escape, go up to a pinball machine. There’s a magic button on the front that takes you to a world under the glass and makes the the rest of the universe disappear.”

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"No Body Escapes " The Black Hole , repair and cleanup
« Reply #40 on: February 09, 2015, 09:52:17 AM »
Thanks, another video
Take a look at this video on YouTube:

http://youtu.be/reEmQffd1tM


Dan Arico

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Very nice work Dan . Congrats on resurrecting your game  ^^^
I need more room ! and more $$$

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looks great

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Really really nice Dan! Well done, you have to be happy with that.  ^^^

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« Reply #44 on: February 09, 2015, 09:12:37 PM »
Yeh real happy, was a much  easier fix in the end. Very happy. The pascal mpu and swemmer sound/speech board are awesome. The spinner motor is noisier than i had hoped, but is ok.

Bloody hard game, or just my poor pinball skills.