What pins have been coming thru the Dedshed

Ok. This could be classed as silly oversight.... or not. At least I’ve found lots of other little issues in wiring and dodgy opto board hacks.

 

Anyway.

Found my spare opto harness and swapped out.

 

 

The old ones were overheated when resoldered at some point.

 

 

I did find some worse hacked ones.

 

So tested and still not working.

 

Scratch head, then pull switch matrix, do full switch test .... no row 1 or 2.

Now starts to make more sense. Up to the cpu and switch matrix.

 

2 pins on the cpu 209 pins 1&2 were bent up and not actually in the connector.

So straighten pins , reconnect switch connector, bam. All switches test good, bar the couple with a few broken wires.

 

 

That’s 2 bad problems sorted.

 

Next the topper lights.

 

 

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Ok.

The topper lights were simple. Eventually.

 

No 12v.

 

The chase light board led was lit, but upon further inspection, it was the 18v AC input.

 

Chase back through the harness and no continuity.

 

Ended up being an extra plug mid harness that was unplugged and hiding.

 

 

So now the lights work.

 

 

So next up

 

Install a shooter rod

Install topper dome

Install glass rear channel

 

Playtest.

 

 

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The old ones were overheated when resoldered at some point.

 

 

I did find some worse hacked ones.

 

 

Probably used one of these soldering irons...

 

 

Shame because if he had the latest soldering iron from Weller like this one it would have made the job so much easier...

 

Need them for Spike games:)

Put in the shooter rod and 3 balls.

 

 

Plays pretty good, top flipper stays up sometimes so need to sort the flippers opto. Very touchy.

 

First game seems really smooth.

 

Now to finish dialing in insert LEDs

 

 

 

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LED’s tweaked and looking nice now.

 

This game is now classed as done.

 

Just needs some play testing to sort out tweaks.

 

Whitewater Finished.

 

 

 

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Couple of leftovers

 

 

 

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What pins have been coming thru the Dedshed

 

Ahhh.

 

So switch columns 3and4 were shorted together.

The 5 “river” targets and 3bank stand ups were coming up as the left, right light lock stand ups and ramp entrances.

 

Checked all the wiring and it’s all good.

 

Pulled the cpu and bam. Test U20 and sure enough, shorting.

Pull the chip and chip is good.

 

So whoever has hacked this board before and burnt tracks

or

Whoever tried to fix it, looks like they jumpered the tracks wrong.

FFS.

 

 

Michael

We’ve told you before “never buy a fkn ‘........’ machine”.

 

 

 

 

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Wh2o has now moved to testing row.

 

 

Next up is TAF playfield swap. Also a quick BSD clean and tweak.

 

 

 

 

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BSD is just a quick clean and re rubber plus get up and running.

 

First job

Line filter to make it playable. No more blowing mains fuse.

Done [emoji736]

 

Then basic strip/clean, change blown bulbs and flashers.

 

Rubber kit installed.

 

Ramps back on.

 

Just need 2 replacement lane guides and re install the coffin.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Don’t forget under the filthy clear ramp.

 

Looks weird without LEDs. But that’s what he wants.

 

 

 

 

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What pins have been coming thru the Dedshed

 

BSD finished and out.

 

Gearing up for The Addams Family next.

 

New playfield

New ramps

New plastics

New thing box + decal

Stonewall and bookcase decals

Mirror blades

Cliffy set

 

just to start off with.

 

 

 

 

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But before I start.

 

Quick strip clean and repair on Jurassic Park.

Needed a heap of board work, new flipper plungers, new motor/coil wiring on the Dino head as it was broken.

 

Came up nice and playfield is in beautiful condition.

 

So that’s another one down. Now have more space when it goes.

 

 

 

 

 

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Come up well I think. Not a real fan of the brand but these things did earn good coin when the dinosaur worked and the flippers links were good.

I only used to operate Data East. Found them the most reliable.

But I fix and clean my games which may have something to do with it.

 

 

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Just had a last minute rush job come in for the night.

 

Jack in the box target bank rebuild with new targets.

 

 

 

 

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I only used to operate Data East. Found them the most reliable.

But I fix and clean my games which may have something to do with it.

 

Might have been there downfall. They were reliable and as a result usually got driven into the ground.

 

Tell me, have you ever tried a Williams board in a Data East or vice versa?.

 

It was one of there selling points that the MPU board was interchangeable with Williams either system 9 or 11 however one has the sound amp on board and the other doesn't.

 

This info came from a DE convention when DE were just getting started that I went to but I never tried it myself or bothered to look.

 

It may be earlier DE machines if JP doesn't or I simply may have been just to long ago to remember correctly.

In the “cradle” ready to go.

 

 

Might have been there downfall. They were reliable and as a result usually got driven into the ground.

 

Tell me, have you ever tried a Williams board in a Data East or vice versa?.

 

It was one of there selling points that the MPU board was interchangeable with Williams either system 9 or 11 however one has the sound amp on board and the other doesn't.

 

This info came from a DE convention when DE were just getting started that I went to but I never tried it myself or bothered to look.

 

It may be earlier DE machines if JP doesn't or I simply may have been just to long ago to remember correctly.

 

Nope. Never had to.

 

Yeah System 11 boards are good

 

 

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This one was filthy and gunked up, even the switches.

 

Disassembled, clean and polished.

 

Had to file the reset arms as they were smashed and well worn.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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What pins have been coming thru the Dedshed

 

In the need to make more space and clean up parts off the floor, quickly putting back together Cleopatra ready to sell.

 

Install new coils for the bumpers, target reset and outhole kicker.

 

 

 

 

 

Box of new bits to go on. New posts, bumper assemblies,plastics, rubbers, flipper bats.

 

 

 

 

 

That’s it for now.

 

 

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Added thru playfield posts with t-nuts for the target bank plastic posts.

 

 

Coils replaced and wired in.

 

 

Flipper bats changed and plastics chromed acorn nuts polished and installed.

 

 

 

 

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Top arch and new bits added

 

 

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Time to start on TAF.

 

 

 

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Old playfield removed

 

Magnets and a few parts swapped

 

Bookcase decals done (what a pain)

 

Time for bed. [emoji99][emoji41]

 

 

 

 

 

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Started to strip the top of playfield and box up.

 

Install stonewall decals to plunger ramp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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