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Offline pinnies4me

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Re: Williams Firepower 1980
« Reply #105 on: March 22, 2012, 01:01:20 PM »
I'm going to replace them with shorter ones I think to avoid this risk.
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Re: Williams Firepower 1980
« Reply #106 on: March 22, 2012, 01:26:41 PM »
Quote from: pinnies4me on March 22, 2012, 01:01:20 PM
I'm going to replace them with shorter ones I think to avoid this risk.

Me too
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Re: Williams Firepower 1980
« Reply #107 on: March 22, 2012, 01:33:07 PM »
Replace with 25mm would be the go, they would be a couple of mm shorter.
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Re: Williams Firepower 1980
« Reply #108 on: March 25, 2012, 06:19:31 PM »
Finally finished  $#$

One flipper didn't work, just had to clean eos switch ( new, but must have had some crap between contacts).
One display was dragging the master and another down, replaced with a donor from Gorgar, all good.
Adjusted a couple of switches and it was game on, getting my arse kicked at the moment, very fast and I keep going for the magna save, lol.

Need to get a couple of lamp holders for the flashers, mine were missing but did not realize till I went to sort out the flasher resistors (which were cooked), some new instruction cards and coin slot labels.

I tried to take a pic of the clear coat bulge from the loom screws but could not get a good shot, it's quite minor and with playfield in cabinet it's very hard to see, which is good.

I've put coin taker super bright LEDs in feature lamps and No47's in all GI.
Anyways here is some final pics.












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Re: Williams Firepower 1980
« Reply #109 on: March 25, 2012, 06:56:57 PM »
Wow, Thats Awesome   ^^^
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Re: Williams Firepower 1980
« Reply #110 on: March 25, 2012, 06:59:01 PM »
Well done Dave on an excellent resto  ^^^ .  ^^^
Your game looks brand new.  *%*
All your hard work and patience have sure paid off .
Must be a great feeling of satisfaction for you.
Thanks again for all your tips re the PF swap.
My scores on my FP usually suck badly (with the current PF) so I am a bit worried about how fast its going to  be with the new one installed .

Whats your best score so far on that new playfield ?
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Re: Williams Firepower 1980
« Reply #111 on: March 25, 2012, 09:06:32 PM »
Hey Dave,

Thanks for the kind words, it seems like ages since I started this and I am wrapped that it's finished.
Look forward to reading yours, and others threads, when you do your swaps, In hindsight it was a bigger job than I first expected, but I think you just need to be patient and spend the time documenting the pull down to make the rebuild more enjoyable.

Couple of things I thought I should add, I stuck adhesive Mylar down on the pop bumpers, don't notice it and the ball gets a serious workout in that area.
Make sure you invest in a contact adjuster if don't already have one, best $6 I've spent.

I had a blinder of a game this arvo, 687,800, high score with all settings standard.
I've been playing my Black Knight full on for over a year and still have not beaten the default high score of 2,000,000..








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Re: Williams Firepower 1980
« Reply #112 on: March 25, 2012, 11:08:55 PM »
Great work Dave,  your thread got me started on the tear down today, thanks for sharing yours.
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Re: Williams Firepower 1980
« Reply #113 on: March 26, 2012, 03:03:51 AM »
congratulation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!fantastic work,like new!! ^^^
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Re: Williams Firepower 1980
« Reply #114 on: March 26, 2012, 09:27:07 AM »
Looks bloody awesome  ^^^ ^^^ fantastic job Dave  @@* @@*

even the underside pf components look brand new!!
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Re: Williams Firepower 1980
« Reply #115 on: March 27, 2012, 12:22:55 AM »
Fantastic, that is a great result! Well done on the new high score, too!
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Re: Williams Firepower 1980
« Reply #116 on: March 27, 2012, 10:45:44 PM »
Dave I had to agree with the other comments    great job  ^^^    Howzat
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Re: Williams Firepower 1980
« Reply #117 on: March 30, 2012, 08:40:37 PM »
Awesome work.
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Re: Williams Firepower 1980
« Reply #118 on: August 21, 2012, 08:08:16 PM »
Just revisited your resto Dave nice work! Great to have it finished mate
Will have to get round to doing mine sooner or later....
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Re: Williams Firepower 1980
« Reply #119 on: August 21, 2012, 11:01:15 PM »
Just reread through this whole thread myself to refresh myself of the full picture..

Thats an amazing job Dave and the finished product looks absolutely stunning.
Bloody well done mate.. top top restoration.. ^^^ ^^^
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