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Williams FLASH Pinball Project


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Wow i purchased this pinball back in 2016 and stripped into parts and packed it up

Time goes so quickly and last night i carried it out of the garage into pin room ..

the major problem is that parts are in various boxes..

pics are as puchased..

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This one is going to take some time to get it up and running

deadline is April 2019 wildball meet ..:rolleyes

so there is no pressure ..

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Cool, a Flash. Most died through a very hard life. They made shitloads of cash in there day and would have made a lot more if the targets would work reliably and for extended periods of time..

 

You may be interested in this mod for those targets ...

https://www.aussiearcade.com/showthread.php/88475-It-s-Time-To-Build-A-Homebrew?p=1157661#post1157661

 

When I did that mod I was thinking of Flash and Time Warp machines mainly although they failed on all the Williams machines.

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Looks nice @pinofski .

 

Don’t know why Flash doesn’t get more love. 8 drop targets, spinner, upper Flipper and repeatable loop shot, lane shot and saucer. Fantastic flow. One of Ritchie’s first and a layout he repeated pretty much his entire career - Star Wars, Rollergames, Getaway, AC/DC, Spiderman, Star Trek.

 

All I can think is they made so many (almost 20000!!!!) that it doesn’t have the snob collector factor like Fathom, EBD etc. But there’s a reason they sold so many - it’s a great game.

 

Ok, the art isn’t crash hit compared to some from that era.

 

 

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Well worth saving I think as there aren't that many about. Like I said, they were driven in the ground and playfield paint is usually the cost.

 

Because there were so many made, people simply got sick of playing them. They literally were everywhere.

 

The left outlane was brutal for some reason and you sort of got sick of that being the way you lost 3 out of 4 balls.

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Searching through some pics at the time i got this

I spent the friday afternoon to the early saturday morning stripping the playfield of parts

This is a common playfield wear as flipper rubing on playfield

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as every one knows art work is not the best

this is a classic pic with very little ball swirl

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middle of the playfield is in good condition ..

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and even the spinier has little wear

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overall this pin is in great condition for a sited pin back in the day..:)

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Searching through some pics at the time i got this

I spent the friday afternoon to the early saturday morning stripping the playfield of parts

This is a common playfield wear as flipper rubing on playfield

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That part on the playfield suffers from flipper wear because the ball is constantly hitting the end of that flipper and on those flipper mechs, the flipper shaft bushing is screwed directly to the wood of the playfield, not into a dedicated flipper mounting bracket like used from FirePower on.

 

These constant impacts from the ball either broke these screws, broke the bushing or bend the flipper shaft.

 

Usually it was the bushings that broke and that allowed the flipper to scrap on the playfield. This was extremely common on Flash.

 

I'd swap out those old mechs and put in the far superior later style mounting plates and use FirePower flipper coils but this will require being creative with the playfield lights in the way.

 

Other things Flash suffered from are these posts circled in red in this picture. Either from hits of the upper flipper or the plunger shots, these posts were never thick enough and would bend or snap regularly. Larger gauge later model parts is an easy fix.

 

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Looks to be in pretty decent shape.. should scrub up nicely!!

 

I've had and sold a total of FOUR Flash's in the last six years.. i kind of regret not keeping and restoring at least one of them! The last two that went a couple of months ago were in really rough shape and no where near as good as yours but still could have been saved.

 

I look forward to seeing how yours comes up!

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She is nice and Clean inside the cabinet

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Pic of inside coin door was suprised that all parts are still there

Must remember to replace the middle switch as it is faulty.

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I'm watching this with interest. My Flash, along with the rest of my pins, have been in storage for 3 years. Hopefully our renos will be completed in the next couple of months so I can get the old girls out. Can't wait to play Flash again.

 

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I remember how much i liked this pin

 

credit button burnt back in the day ...

bloody smokers :p ...have a new one to install

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Just think of keeping the locking bar mech on the front

just to keep some history

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great to see the colour of how it was when new ...

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Sent Boards to Ken

they were not in the best condition as battery had leaked over the driver board ..:(

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there is a noticeable heat band where the boards are

cleaned the apron up had a business card stuck to it

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after

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Please Note that I new the condition of the boards / machine at the time of purchase...

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Nice work Dave. [emoji108]

 

 

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When I have it back together I will probably need your help again

As I really don't like playing with electrical stuff

Really just a excuse to catch up and go to the Chinese restaurant...

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Playfield is back in the house....

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wife just needs to colour match so we can progress

here is another pic of the front of this pin after i polished / waxed it

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was looking at repainting it

happy with keeping it original atm...:)

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