What a sweet pinball machine. If that was mine, I'd be playing it all the time. I'm 53 years old and remember the heyday of arcades. I had an Atari 2600 when they first came out in America. I remember playing pinball machines in diners when I was a kid. In the mid to late 80s I gravitated towards the multilevel multiball machines, but any pinball machine is cool.
Great work Ron, thanks for sharing. I repaired lots of traces in TV, Stereo, and VCR work as well, mostly caused by physical damage like being dropped or something.... the result being hairline cracks in the board(s) that would run across, and sever, the traces. If you can get a bright light on one side of the board and view it from the other, hairline cracks are fairly straight forward to find. For a few years GE used a mechanical rivet in their TVs, at the trace vias, to make the actual electrical connection from one side of the board to the other. They called them griplets. Over time, they would work slightly loose and all sorts of intermittent problems would show up. You could literally slap the side of the TV and have a different problem each time, lol. They were fun to fix though, just solder every griplet you could find, ususally 200-300 of them, and the set was solid again.
Ohhh... love me a good wide body pinball machine. It looks great too. Thank you for sharing all your work Ron. Always enjoyable to see what you are fighting thru.
Very interesting video as usual! If you have the chance, next time you troubleshoot traces with jumpers, may I ask you to show more of the hunting down the traces process please? My JPDE has some jumpers made by someone else in the past and I dread the day that I'll have to hunt down what might go wrong. However I keep learning on every video, thank you so much!
Ok we may have went a little crazy with your Amazon link for Prime Day 😂 Got a new iPad Air, a kitchen island, airbrush kit & Frisket (for touching up playfields), a clay pottery wheel, drawing tablet, socks & shirts, an outdoor smart timer, and a few other items. I sure hope we used your code right because Ron & Joe you deserve it for helping me repair all these pins the last 3 years! 🎉
Great stuff as usual. Thanks for recording it Ronnie. I remember the back glass is supposed to be Paul Farris and his wife, but I bet the two other figures are caricatures of other Bally staff. Anyone got any ideas out of curiosity? Regards
That battery alkaline really messes up a board. I bought a Firepower a few years ago that would not play but would boot if only one of the two 6810 ram chips were in the board. Upon inspection with a magnifying headset you could see what looked like a black line across two of the data line traces between the chips. A quick continuity check showed they were both open. A bit of sanding and a little solder to bridge the gap completed the repair. Interestingly the game would no longer boot with just the one ram installed. Replaced the second chip and was back in business.
Awesome game! I remember playing one of those in a Dance Hall in Tennessee during the 90s. Also was wondering Ronnie if you guys have a video up for that Gottlieb super Mario pinball game in the back???
You can modify them to use a button cell. If you don't use a rechargeable style, you just need to put a diode in line to stop it charging, though some MPU's don't charge the batteries, so check that. Button cells are generally abouvt 3volts, which is slightly lower than the original battery pack, but they will generally work for storing the data okay. The other option is to just remotely mount the battery and run two wires back to the MPU. Again, a diode in line if you need to stop the MPU charging the battery pack. A lot of home collectors will do the remote battery mount. Some purists will want to keep the original design, but I would not risk that, even with modern batteries.
I have a 1979 model. There are 32 on off switches on the mpu board. Could you do a video on what those 32 switches do each time you change one? I have no idea what they all do and have nothing to reference.
I've never done a video on one, but I will in the future. I have one there that's pretty close, it had a gear acting up in it but I think Joey and I could figure it out, i'll be working on it sometime this year. We're trying to work through everything in this room!
I love this kind of video where you do some really good error hunting. Thanks a lot for your effort of filming it. 😊
What a sweet pinball machine. If that was mine, I'd be playing it all the time. I'm 53 years old and remember the heyday of arcades. I had an Atari 2600 when they first came out in America. I remember playing pinball machines in diners when I was a kid. In the mid to late 80s I gravitated towards the multilevel multiball machines, but any pinball machine is cool.
you are the #1, congrats from Argenina
Nice work!
Great video Ron keep em' coming
Great work Ron, thanks for sharing. I repaired lots of traces in TV, Stereo, and VCR work as well, mostly caused by physical damage like being dropped or something.... the result being hairline cracks in the board(s) that would run across, and sever, the traces. If you can get a bright light on one side of the board and view it from the other, hairline cracks are fairly straight forward to find. For a few years GE used a mechanical rivet in their TVs, at the trace vias, to make the actual electrical connection from one side of the board to the other. They called them griplets. Over time, they would work slightly loose and all sorts of intermittent problems would show up. You could literally slap the side of the TV and have a different problem each time, lol. They were fun to fix though, just solder every griplet you could find, ususally 200-300 of them, and the set was solid again.
Watching the detective is always lots of fun. Great work Ronnie. Nice looking machine and backglass.
Ronnie!!!!!! Appreciate the video! Keep it up!
That's not Donnie
Ohhh... love me a good wide body pinball machine. It looks great too.
Thank you for sharing all your work Ron. Always enjoyable to see what you are fighting thru.
Think its a good video, very , PSU schematic and all, thanks for posting.
Another great machine by Bally....As you mentioned ,the wide bodies are special ! Played them all on site when new...Happy dayz :) x
Great video Ron, as always
Very interesting video as usual!
If you have the chance, next time you troubleshoot traces with jumpers, may I ask you to show more of the hunting down the traces process please?
My JPDE has some jumpers made by someone else in the past and I dread the day that I'll have to hunt down what might go wrong.
However I keep learning on every video, thank you so much!
Wow that machine is super clean
Very cool Ron. Always learning. Thanks much. Catch you on Friday! Hey to Joe!
Did my first hardtop on a future spa….it looks great!
I am going to call it... A good video.
Future Spa rules!!!
Ok we may have went a little crazy with your Amazon link for Prime Day 😂
Got a new iPad Air, a kitchen island, airbrush kit & Frisket (for touching up playfields), a clay pottery wheel, drawing tablet, socks & shirts, an outdoor smart timer, and a few other items. I sure hope we used your code right because Ron & Joe you deserve it for helping me repair all these pins the last 3 years! 🎉
I just checked, It all worked! Thanks so much, This has been one of our best months on amazon. We really appreciate it! enjoy all your new toys!
Great stuff as usual. Thanks for recording it Ronnie. I remember the back glass is supposed to be Paul Farris and his wife, but I bet the two other figures are caricatures of other Bally staff. Anyone got any ideas out of curiosity? Regards
Flashy🎉
ASK your Brother, POWER supply, power supply power supply
@@williamcooper2368 Molex connectors,connectors, connectors 😂
"If you don't agree - get of my channel." - Still here for sure, nice video as always. Keep em' coming !
More amateur repair time videos PLEASE 😊
That battery alkaline really messes up a board. I bought a Firepower a few years ago that would not play but would boot if only one of the two 6810 ram chips were in the board. Upon inspection with a magnifying headset you could see what looked like a black line across two of the data line traces between the chips. A quick continuity check showed they were both open. A bit of sanding and a little solder to bridge the gap completed the repair. Interestingly the game would no longer boot with just the one ram installed. Replaced the second chip and was back in business.
Awesome game! I remember playing one of those in a Dance Hall in Tennessee during the 90s. Also was wondering Ronnie if you guys have a video up for that Gottlieb super Mario pinball game in the back???
Not yet, We've been saving that one for awhile but one day we will do a video on it!
To prevent the corrosion issue do they make a battery holder that uses the button batteries?
You can modify them to use a button cell. If you don't use a rechargeable style, you just need to put a diode in line to stop it charging, though some MPU's don't charge the batteries, so check that.
Button cells are generally abouvt 3volts, which is slightly lower than the original battery pack, but they will generally work for storing the data okay.
The other option is to just remotely mount the battery and run two wires back to the MPU. Again, a diode in line if you need to stop the MPU charging the battery pack. A lot of home collectors will do the remote battery mount. Some purists will want to keep the original design, but I would not risk that, even with modern batteries.
Hey Ron!!
Hey Jason!
I have a 1979 model. There are 32 on off switches on the mpu board. Could you do a video on what those 32 switches do each time you change one? I have no idea what they all do and have nothing to reference.
They're all listed in the manual
@@LyonsArcade it’s a GamePlay, I haven’t found a manual yet. The seller said he couldn’t find one. I’ll keep looking.
As your brother would say, replace capacitor, capacitor, capacitor
i see a em gun game in the back on the first part of this video. ddid you ever make a repair video on a gun game..
I've never done a video on one, but I will in the future. I have one there that's pretty close, it had a gear acting up in it but I think Joey and I could figure it out, i'll be working on it sometime this year. We're trying to work through everything in this room!
I have seen way to many energizer batteries leak , seem way more than any other brand imo
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Hello Lil Everette!
I didnt know until this video that a pinball company ran a spa.
Are you funning with me?
Nope! Bally Pro Fitness, etc. is owned by the pinball company Bally. Compare the logos....
ballytotalfitness.com/
ballytotalfitness.com/
Come on we know why Ron thinks its cool... look at those ladies. LOL
@@kenlanier2131 ball swirling = hairy broads 💋
ITS BROKE!
Great video like @rickwensel2313 said I always learn something