Mr. Pinball Repair Tip Archive
Playfield Tips A better way to fix stripped playfield screw holes! A bucket of sand A worn flipper link can burn out your coil Adjust flipper tension spring with cotter pin Adjustment of the Flipper End Of Stroke Switch (EOS) Another handy restoration tool Ball Feed Problems with WMS Opto Trough Ball hits glass too much Ball removal Bally drop targets resetting too high Bally solid state standup targets sometimes fail to score Best use of mylar Bolt head polishing Bulb removal Bumper cap keeps coming off Burnish switch contacts Cap nuts on playfield plastics Changing AC flippers to DC flippers Cheap Glass Cleaner Check all flipper plungers for mushrooming to prevent solenoid burn out Clean-cut slingshot mylars Clean solenoids Clean your playfield completely Cleaning Prior To Clearcoating A Playfield Cleaning enclosed areas Cleaning metal and plastic parts easily Cleaning metal ball guides Cleaning metal parts Cleaning metal parts Cleaning nylon acorn nuts Cleaning playfield metal easily Cleaning playfield posts and other parts Cleaning playfield rails Cleaning playfield rubber rings Cleaning playfields including Diamond Plate Cleaning rubber rings Color matching comparisons Color mixing guide Common Gottlieb flipper problem Determining rubber ring sizes Dim lamps Do not overtighten lock nuts Do not use playfield prop sticks Doubled rubber rings Dress up your Gottlieb or Bally with new white posts Drop target decal preservation Drop target painting Easy access to under playfield components Easy flipper alignment Eject holes eject too strong Electromechanical AC flippers buzzing loudly Emergency flipper rubber repair Emergency rubber repair Emergency rubber ring cleaner Faster game Finding pinball balls locally for your machine Fixing (and preventing) broken ramp entrances and diverter problems Fixing Stripped Screw Holes On Playfield Fixing slipping belts Flattening warped plastics Flattening warped plastics slowly Flipper bushings Flipper causes points to score Flipper causes reset or game over Flipper chatter Fractured Plastics? Gluing flat playfield plastics Gottlieb roto-target restoration Gottlieb rubber part numbers Gottlieb speed nut application Keep cabinet mechanics clean while restoring playfield Keep from stripping hole threads Keep old bumper caps from rotating Keeping playfield clean longer Lazy Data East/Sega/Stern pop bumpers Long lasting lamps Making mylar more invisible Making replacement one-way gates using ski lift ticket wire Mixing epoxy My game keeps resetting the drop targets and clicking at the outhole My machine kicks out two balls to the ball shooter Mylar thickness New bumper caps No more toothpicks Novus Other excellent on-line pinball repair guide Outlanes too wide Overheating lamp cause Pitch and bat game has weak or non-functioning bat Playfield Illumination Options Playfield Preservation Playfield angle Playfield changeover Playfield changeover labels help Playfield insert touchup Playfield lights and inserts Playfield painting Playfield post liberal vs conservative positions Playfield restoration Playfield shipping box Plunger repair Polish balls in a rock tumbler Poslishing playfield posts Preventing mylar from lifting over playfield inserts Protect hard to reach areas Protecting Theatre of Magic magic trunk sticker Protecting playfield around pop bumpers Protecting score and instruction cards Quick fix to stripped screw holes Re-inking flipper lettering Realigning misaligned flippers Relettering playfield Removing all playfield pieces Removing dark half-circles from playfield Removing flipper rubber residue Removing flipper rubber stains Removing playfield inserts Removing playfield mylar Removing sticky tape residue Repairing plastics Repairing rollover buttons Replace playfield screws with bolts Replacing Bally mushroom bumper rubber rings Replacing a playfield insert Replacing one way gate wires Restoring playfield insert labels Restoring playfield plastics shine Restoring scratched plastic Reusing stickers Rubber Cleaner Rubber parts substitute Rubber ring sizing Save your old toothbrush Shortage of bulbs Socket screwdriver Standup target foam replacement Sticking pop bumpers Sticky coils can be a bad coil stop Stop those loose screws! Straightening a warped playfield Stripping playfield wax Stripping playfield wax and shellac Stronger Gottlieb flipper coils Substitutes for Novus Tip to help avoid damage to the playfield Tool for cleaning drop target faces Touching up plastic parts and playfields with markers Use E-clips on plunger Use cooler lamps Warped inserts Waxing/cleaning playfield Weak EM flippers Where did this screw come from? Williams 60s and 70s flipper jumpers Williams solid state flipper coil relative strengths Wire ties rule (when cardboard doesn't work) Worn balls kill playfields cleaning hard to reach spots on playfield playfield cleaning Tip Archive click
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