Great video, thank you! I just bought the same machine. I am getting ready to watch #2. Can you provide a link to the mod kit for the acrylic you bought? Is there a way to stop the "airball" problem or is it just a design flaw? Lastly, does yours have a hum?
@@brandonparrott5382 thank you and congrats! It’s a really fun game. I really recommend updating to the 3rd party “Chad Roms” which update some of the game rules, making it more balanced and fixing some of the audio glitches and other minor things. It’s a more enjoyable game with the update. You can buy the set (3 IC chips that need to be replaced) here, or sometimes you can find them on eBay or Pinside for cheaper: mattsbasementarcade.com/product/lethal-weapon-3-pinball-data-east-cpu-display-rom-chip-set/ The airballs are indeed a design flaw, but they can be stopped almost entirely with a piece of acrylic over the middle set of drop targets (you will see that mod in the finished shots later in my series). If you’re able to cut acrylic yourself you could make one pretty easily. I think the complete set of replacement plastics from CPR includes the protector, but that set is pretty expensive. I just bought a set of acrylic toppers for all the targets from somebody on pinside who was making them. You can try to reach out to them on pinside here and ask if they are still making them: pinside.com/pinball/community/pinsiders/willie68 And yeah mine has the audio hum as well. I bought a little add-on that was supposed to reduce hum but it didn’t actually do anything. That reminds me I was going to make a video about that…
@@ThePinballNoob no, it’s been solid ever since. I LED’d mine too so the drop in current loads will likely mean those connections will last indefinitely now. Always good to fix it right. It kinda puzzles me when I come across hack jobs like those soldered wires instead of fixing it right. Not really all that much more work to do it right and reliable.
I ordered mine from a pinsider who made a small run. You could ask if he will make any more: pinside.com/pinball/community/pinsiders/willie68 I think they are also included in the CPR plastic kit for LW3, but if you don't need to replace all your plastics, that kit isn't really worth it
Thanks for the advice, I actually ended up replacing that too after the fact (when I did the capacitor replacements at the very end follow-up bit). Not sure if it was bad enough to cause problems, but it's never a bad thing to replace it with a new one!
Great video, thank you! I just bought the same machine. I am getting ready to watch #2. Can you provide a link to the mod kit for the acrylic you bought? Is there a way to stop the "airball" problem or is it just a design flaw? Lastly, does yours have a hum?
@@brandonparrott5382 thank you and congrats! It’s a really fun game. I really recommend updating to the 3rd party “Chad Roms” which update some of the game rules, making it more balanced and fixing some of the audio glitches and other minor things. It’s a more enjoyable game with the update. You can buy the set (3 IC chips that need to be replaced) here, or sometimes you can find them on eBay or Pinside for cheaper: mattsbasementarcade.com/product/lethal-weapon-3-pinball-data-east-cpu-display-rom-chip-set/
The airballs are indeed a design flaw, but they can be stopped almost entirely with a piece of acrylic over the middle set of drop targets (you will see that mod in the finished shots later in my series). If you’re able to cut acrylic yourself you could make one pretty easily. I think the complete set of replacement plastics from CPR includes the protector, but that set is pretty expensive. I just bought a set of acrylic toppers for all the targets from somebody on pinside who was making them. You can try to reach out to them on pinside here and ask if they are still making them: pinside.com/pinball/community/pinsiders/willie68
And yeah mine has the audio hum as well. I bought a little add-on that was supposed to reduce hum but it didn’t actually do anything. That reminds me I was going to make a video about that…
Nice work! I had the same crispy connectors on my DE TMNT. Definitely satisfying when all fixed with fresh headers and connectors.
Yes, and a big improvement over soldering the wires straight to the boards! Have you had any trouble since fixing yours?
@@ThePinballNoob no, it’s been solid ever since. I LED’d mine too so the drop in current loads will likely mean those connections will last indefinitely now. Always good to fix it right. It kinda puzzles me when I come across hack jobs like those soldered wires instead of fixing it right. Not really all that much more work to do it right and reliable.
Can you tell me where you got the plastic protection mod kit on pinside to prevent the airballs?
I ordered mine from a pinsider who made a small run. You could ask if he will make any more: pinside.com/pinball/community/pinsiders/willie68
I think they are also included in the CPR plastic kit for LW3, but if you don't need to replace all your plastics, that kit isn't really worth it
Happy to help! Thank you!
You're the best when it comes to pinball repair!
Back in action!
This is proof that you watched the whole video
The transparent drop targets look so good it’s a shame they break
Gotta suffer for fashion
Have you looked into art blades? Like from Tilt Graphics? They’re pretty sweet.
There might be something along those lines coming up soon...
The 12 pin header looks a little crispy as well on your power supply.
Thanks for the advice, I actually ended up replacing that too after the fact (when I did the capacitor replacements at the very end follow-up bit). Not sure if it was bad enough to cause problems, but it's never a bad thing to replace it with a new one!
@ThePinballNoob good prevention. The DE PSU is pretty reliable once you replace the caps and headers you replaced.