How you were ever able to fix this is pretty amazing. You pretty much were on the assembly floor at Williams in the early 80's or late 70's. I would say this is probably the most complex repair I have watched from your channel. Pretty amazing skill set you have. I would recommend everyone take their pinballs to you!!!!
(Ball drains down the middle for the 3rd time.) "We got to do better than that, people!" says the man who took around 2 hours just to start multi-ball on another Firepower video. That sure looked like a tough one to get back together. Glad to see another Firepower brought back to life, even if it is a Frankenpin. I can sympathize with trying reassemble something that you didn't take apart with too short wires and missing parts. I used to do aviation maintenance and once I had to reassemble a small aircraft that was already partially put together by someone else but half was done wrong and half the small parts were missing. What a headache!
You know when you hear.... "I didn't have time to film it" you have about reached your limit. LOL It had roms from a different game the eprom was bad... The volume pot is missing... LOL Reminds me of the scene in Road Warrior when they ask what is wrong with the Mack semi. The shorter list was what was right. That playfield looked like an engine pull at the local U-Pull A Part lot. Nice work as always.
Fantastic! I recently bought a project Firepower as my first pinball. No boards, some missing displays and what's there had issues, missing switches etc. Poor thing was delivered to Italy and looks like it sat in storage gathering dirt and filth for the last 20 years before being imported to Australia and making it's way to my place. Still says 200 Lire per play so it's pre Euro. All now working but waiting on a repro sound board. This series has been invaluable to me. Thanks!
It’s incredible you were able to figure all that out! It’s one thing to repair a machine that’s original but it’s a completely different ball game to repair one that has missing parts, wrong parts, incomplete parts, parts installed incorrectly, ect, ect. INCREDIBLE!
Great work as usual Ronnie. …I’ve done two playfield swaps (both em machines). …. My best tip is to not unsolder anything you don’t have to. It gets to where you can just lift the whole wiring loom from the old to the new. …so things like kicking rubber switches can be left connected, and just screwed straight onto the new playfield…. Watching you on this machine was like watching a good mystery. Outstanding!
Your boss better give you some payed time off after all the work you did on this baby. You are JUST AMAZING Ron. You just never give up and perceiver. You are one special guy to share all your work with us in the peanut gallery. THREE CHEERS FOR RON!!!
Fantastic job, Ron. I forget how many quarters I dropped into the Firepower machine at Silverball arcade. It's no surprise to me that this machine is so popular among collectors.
I took the kiddos to the local pinball arcade museum. They loved it! Going to get my dad’s Sega Harley Davidson machine out of his basement and fix it up and bring it to my house so they can play.
Wow, what a great job you did. I can not believe on those cut wires. Man that was crazy. Great job in fixing all those wires. Now many days did it take from start to finish? Now many other machines did it take to rebuild Firepower? That was something to see. Thanks Ronnie, you are the best. See you on the next video.
Complimenti per la riparazione .Io mi accontento di giocare ai vecchi flipper su Wii o PC con i tavoli della Williams e Gottlieb Pinball Classics , gran peccato non averne uno a casa originale è il mio sogno nel cassetto averne uno .Il miei preferiti sono ...Space Shuttle , Sorcerer , Space Station , Funhouse .Ciao 👍
Nice work Ron. That really looked like a challenge. i wonder if the owner cut the wires like they did because they were going to use barrel connectors to fix it later. Much better the way you did it - re-soldering right to the terminals. You left us hanging at the end "Make sure to check out my Brother Donnie and..." And what? We may never know.
The sound on that really turns it up a notch. If I tried to replace a whole play field it would have the same results lol. It would never be the same. I would be better off just buying a whole new one
Always thought it was weird that that cool shot through the bumpers doesn't do anything but score some points. It looks like it should be much more important. I love Firepower though. It was right at the transition point when they figured out that solid-state machines could do much more complicated things, but it's still pretty simple.
How many labor hours did it take to get it to this point versus a normal video with a few faults? I imagine the stripping and soldering. pre-drilling and installing screws time was brutal. It must have been pretty high compared to the other machines. Do you still feel strongly about playfield swaps being a pain? You didn't really give any final thoughts so was very curious. You're a master of your craft and this video proves that.
I never keep track of the labor hours because I don't work on them non stop, so I might only work on it for 5 minutes one day and 4 hours the next day.... it was a LOT though, I would usually never do a playfield swap, in my opinion they're not usually necessary but this one he told me was in really rough shape so it had to have one back in the day.
JOE CLASSIC, The GI lamps are connected "in parallel" so it will measure like a short circuit very low resistance on a DVM but if you pull out each bulb one by one with applied GBI voltage until you find the bad shorted socket or shorted bulb or you can use you finger to feel which socket is the hottest highest temperature will be the bad socket?
Seriously -- what is THE OLDEST pinball machine Joe's Classic Video Games has ever repaired? what is THE OLDEST pinball machine that passed through the shop but wasn't necessarily a fixer-up machine?
How you were ever able to fix this is pretty amazing. You pretty much were on the assembly floor at Williams in the early 80's or late 70's. I would say this is probably the most complex repair I have watched from your channel. Pretty amazing skill set you have. I would recommend everyone take their pinballs to you!!!!
I thought the same. What Joe does in one video would take me a lifetime of trial and error and I'd still mess it up!
(Ball drains down the middle for the 3rd time.) "We got to do better than that, people!" says the man who took around 2 hours just to start multi-ball on another Firepower video. That sure looked like a tough one to get back together. Glad to see another Firepower brought back to life, even if it is a Frankenpin.
I can sympathize with trying reassemble something that you didn't take apart with too short wires and missing parts. I used to do aviation maintenance and once I had to reassemble a small aircraft that was already partially put together by someone else but half was done wrong and half the small parts were missing. What a headache!
You know when you hear.... "I didn't have time to film it" you have about reached your limit. LOL It had roms from a different game the eprom was bad... The volume pot is missing... LOL Reminds me of the scene in Road Warrior when they ask what is wrong with the Mack semi. The shorter list was what was right. That playfield looked like an engine pull at the local U-Pull A Part lot. Nice work as always.
"...and these three ROMs were for a Gorgar." Priceless.
Fantastic! I recently bought a project Firepower as my first pinball. No boards, some missing displays and what's there had issues, missing switches etc. Poor thing was delivered to Italy and looks like it sat in storage gathering dirt and filth for the last 20 years before being imported to Australia and making it's way to my place. Still says 200 Lire per play so it's pre Euro. All now working but waiting on a repro sound board. This series has been invaluable to me. Thanks!
Firepower is one of my favorites, I played it a lot here in a room in my country next to Space invaders
I can tell you put a lot of hours into this machine. Jump cut mania on the filming 🤣 FUDGING EXCELLENT JOB 👍
It’s incredible you were able to figure all that out! It’s one thing to repair a machine that’s original but it’s a completely different ball game to repair one that has missing parts, wrong parts, incomplete parts, parts installed incorrectly, ect, ect. INCREDIBLE!
We got there eventually! Thanks for watcihng Gregg, glad you enjoyed it!
Great work as usual Ronnie. …I’ve done two playfield swaps (both em machines). …. My best tip is to not unsolder anything you don’t have to. It gets to where you can just lift the whole wiring loom from the old to the new. …so things like kicking rubber switches can be left connected, and just screwed straight onto the new playfield…. Watching you on this machine was like watching a good mystery. Outstanding!
Nice fix Ron.
What a cool game, my old motto was $75/hour labour rate, $100 if you messed with it first! Great work figuring out this basket case.
Your boss better give you some payed time off after all the work you did on this baby. You are JUST AMAZING Ron. You just never give up and perceiver. You are one special guy to share all your work with us in the peanut gallery. THREE CHEERS FOR RON!!!
Fantastic job, Ron. I forget how many quarters I dropped into the Firepower machine at Silverball arcade. It's no surprise to me that this machine is so popular among collectors.
James must be a happy man! Fantastic as always... 🌑😁
There is nothing on the planet like the Vintage William's sounds! Enjoyed the video Ron! That is one awesome machine.
I love seeing old equipment being brought back to life! What an insane repair on this table - you might as well have built it from scratch.
OUTSTANDING work on this series. Especially what you had to start with. Maybe you can walk me through the Taxi that I'm suppose to fix from a friend 😄
Nothing usually goes according to plan. But this looks amazing! Great job!
You're a patient man Ron, I would have pulled my hair out working on a game with clipped wires and incorrect parts...fantastic job once again🙂
Wow! That was a lot of work. Nice to see you go through each problem and fix it!
I took the kiddos to the local pinball arcade museum. They loved it! Going to get my dad’s Sega Harley Davidson machine out of his basement and fix it up and bring it to my house so they can play.
Well done sir. Looking forward to the next repair.
Success! Persistence pays off. It plays very rapidly - those balls speed around!
Wow, what a great job you did. I can not believe on those cut wires. Man that was crazy. Great job in fixing all those wires. Now many days did it take from start to finish? Now many other machines did it take to rebuild Firepower? That was something to see. Thanks Ronnie, you are the best. See you on the next video.
Gotta love those Williams sound effects. Sounds just like Defender and Robotron.
One of your tougher repair jobs. I’m impressed!
Thank you for watching Sean!
Nicely done. The amount of time that goes into figuring stuff out is so much.
Especially if you are shooting a video in the meantime.
Amazing detective work. Great job!
Great job. This machine was always a 💰maker in our arcade.
Complimenti per la riparazione .Io mi accontento di giocare ai vecchi flipper su Wii o PC con i tavoli della Williams e Gottlieb Pinball Classics , gran peccato non averne uno a casa originale è il mio sogno nel cassetto averne uno .Il miei preferiti sono ...Space Shuttle , Sorcerer , Space Station , Funhouse .Ciao 👍
Nice work Ron. That really looked like a challenge. i wonder if the owner cut the wires like they did because they were going to use barrel connectors to fix it later. Much better the way you did it - re-soldering right to the terminals. You left us hanging at the end "Make sure to check out my Brother Donnie and..." And what? We may never know.
@@Calamity_Jack ah that makes sense, thanks.
The sound on that really turns it up a notch. If I tried to replace a whole play field it would have the same results lol. It would never be the same. I would be better off just buying a whole new one
I don't always comment, but fair do's, you did a great job on that!!
Always thought it was weird that that cool shot through the bumpers doesn't do anything but score some points. It looks like it should be much more important.
I love Firepower though. It was right at the transition point when they figured out that solid-state machines could do much more complicated things, but it's still pretty simple.
GOOD MORNING RON.
Oh how I loved playing that machine!!
actually, when start playfield replacement, i think one should have old and new side by side and transfer one piece at a time.
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Hello!
Great Job.
How many labor hours did it take to get it to this point versus a normal video with a few faults? I imagine the stripping and soldering. pre-drilling and installing screws time was brutal. It must have been pretty high compared to the other machines. Do you still feel strongly about playfield swaps being a pain? You didn't really give any final thoughts so was very curious. You're a master of your craft and this video proves that.
I never keep track of the labor hours because I don't work on them non stop, so I might only work on it for 5 minutes one day and 4 hours the next day.... it was a LOT though, I would usually never do a playfield swap, in my opinion they're not usually necessary but this one he told me was in really rough shape so it had to have one back in the day.
Looking good!
JOE CLASSIC, The GI lamps are connected "in parallel" so it will measure like a short circuit very low resistance on a DVM but if you pull out each bulb one by one with applied GBI voltage until you find the bad shorted socket or shorted bulb or you can use you finger to feel which socket is the hottest highest temperature will be the bad socket?
How did you determine that the ROM and RAM were bad?
I won't tell you it was a great job or a great video. You and Joe know.
This is like building a machine from scratch
great job but man what a mess.
Fiyahhhh Powahhhhh!!!
Whats the machine next to it with the spartan roman theme?
I figured it out it's Medusa
The two banks of three targets in front of the poppers do not look right to me.The spacing between them looks to wide.
Hey Ron!!
Nice work - certainly didn’t make it easy for you. There will be a hefty invoice for that one.
Seriously --
what is THE OLDEST pinball machine Joe's Classic Video Games has ever repaired?
what is THE OLDEST pinball machine that passed through the shop but wasn't necessarily a fixer-up machine?
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and what? :-)