1977 Gottlieb Jungle Queen Pinball Restoration Part 1: Using Schematics to Fix Problems!
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
- This restoration is one I am looking forward to because I have always had a soft spot for Gottlieb electromechanical machines because of the way they sound and look, and now I finally own one that I can work on and restore. In this first video of the 1977 Gottlieb Jungle Queen restoration series, we take a look at the machine and power it up so we can test it and see what needs to be fixed. The previous owner mentioned only one problem, but I ended up finding many more throughout the machine. So I turned to the schematics which ended up being a huge help when sorting out its issues.
Max has remarkable knowledge for someone so young.
Great channel - thanks! Especially like how you let viewer follow the logic of chasing down a problem.
Nice start on this. Glad you were able to find the player 1 issue quickly, the right saucer and the last ball problem. I'll also suggest that sometimes you have to power off and on Gottliebs if they don't reset properly. Because that player and ball count is one unit, if the game ends in a certain way, the reset process won't complete because the unit isn't in the correct position. Also, typical Slam tilt does end the game for everyone because it's really there to prevent someone from banging on the door. Roll tilt is to prevent lifting of the game to cheat. Lastly, and pretty important, if you tilt back the light box in the backbox, make sure you advance the player unit enough so the wiper is in the horizontal position so that it doesn't get broken by the bottom of the backbox. That metal stop bracket on the left should prevent it from going too far...but I still like to move it just in case. Great machine here. Looking forward to more videos of this and the other games you picked up.
It took me a bit to figure out that the player unit was also doing the ball count. Makes sense why it needs to be in the right position to reset correctly. I’ll be sure to watch the player unit when doing the LEDs in the backbox, that’s good to know.
you skipped the very part I need to know. How to get the glass off of the top of the playfield to access it! Otherwise, awesome. I have owned this machine for 45 years. Can't wait for part 2
There’s a metal lever just inside the coin door that releases the lockdown bar (bottom metal bar). Pull the bar up and out, then the glass slides out toward you. On these machines the metal lever has to be in the “released” position to raise the playfield. Watch the plunger when raising it, it may catch on the rubber that shoots the ball.
Hey where did you get the .pdf manual of the game?
@@colemangreen4191 Archive.org has a copy of the schematic. I couldn’t find a PDF of the manual so I had to buy it from Pinball Resource.
EM Gottlieb machines are my least favorite pinball machines to work on. They’re nice machines but the mechs and score reels can be a pain depending on the year it was made
So far this one has been easy so maybe by 1977 they had a better design.
@ yeah maybe, I’ve been working on a big Indian pinball which is a Gottlieb from 1974 and their decagon score reels are a real pain.
@@AnthonyPresley-l8f mine’s got the decagon reels too so I guess I will experience your pain once I clean them up.