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Not long after getting my Flash pinball machine, I found myself thinking about machine #2. For me, part of the fun of owning a pinball machine is tinkering around with it - learning how to fix anything that might break. I found several really good pinball repair websites -this is one that I used to work on Flash. Well, I was looking on Craig's list when I saw an old Bally Black Jack for sale. They were only asking $200, so Jacqui, the kids and I drove down to take a look. The backglass was in excellent condition, and the playfield and plastics were in pretty good shape too - though very dirty. Unfortunately, the guy selling it did not have the key, so I could not look inside. We plugged it in, and the GI lights would come on, but it would not boot into a new game. But hey, if nothing else, I figured it would be fun to work on - so we talked the guy down to $140.

I brought it home and put it in the garage. Over the next few months I worked to get it cleaned and repaired. I learned a lot in the process, and despite spending several times more in parts than I did for the machine itself, I'm still happy with my purchase.

Here are the first pics I took of the machine


Yuck, it's a bit dirty.

Check out the tax stamps.
It was in an arcade or bar somewhere in Houston between 1979 and 1981 (I found a 1979 stamp inside the machine)


In order to get inside the machine, I had to drill out the lock.


I was happy to see how complete, and clean it was inside.


Hmmm, it looks like someone else had been working on it.


The underside of the playfield was in great shape - no burned coils.


After taking off the backglass - one of the display units is missing.


Looking inside the backbox, its easy to see the problem.


Look at all that battery corrosion along the bottom of the MPU board.


I also noticed that someone before me had attempted to repair the power rectifier board (see the one new bridge rectifier).


Aside from the battery corrosion, the back back looked perfect.


Before attempting to repair any electronics, I figured I would clean up the playfield.
I mean - look at it - it's NASTY!!


Here we've removed the old rubbers, plastics and posts.


Stripping the playfield is fun (yeah, I'm geeky in that way)


You can't really see in this pic, but the medical tape found inside the machine was used to wrap the ball shooter.
The rubber tip was gone, and the end of the ball shooter had completely mushroomed.


To clean the plastics and posts - I just put everything in the dish washer for a couple cycles.


A little bit of Novus2 works wonders on the playfield.


The left side has been cleaned....


Again, notice left vs right.

Black


I also cleaned up the cabinet, though it really could use some touchup paint.


Starting to look good!

The playfield is CLEAN!


Wow, what a difference!

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So with the playfield cleaned, it was time to turn my attention to getting the game to work....


With all that battery corrosion, I knew I would have to replace the MPU.
You can also see how the corrosion has made it's way to the connectors - those will probably need to be rebuilt as well.

The new parts are here!!!


A brand new MPU board!


Out with the old corroded board....


...and in with the new!


New white rubbers make the game almost look brand new.


After plugging in the new MPU board, it still would not boot.
So I started to follow the excellent Bally on-line repair guide I found here.
The first thing they recommend is to rebuild the power rectifier board.
As I mentioned earlier, it seems someone already attempted this....hmmm....
Well, I decided to cut off their work and start from scratch.


New bridge rectifiers are soldered to the board.....


Once completed, I tried to fire up the game - but still no luck.


After struggling for a while, I figured it would just be easier (and probably better) to go ahead and buy a new power rectifier board.


Check out the cool LED status lights on the top of the new board.


So I started the process of switching all the wires from the transformer to the new board.
I also figured that I should go ahead and get a new solenoid driver board,
as I noticed a couple coils were 'locked on', and I wasn't getting clean high voltage for the displays.

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Well, even after putting in three new boards, the machine would still not boot.
I traced the problem to bad connectors. Based on the batter corrosion, I had known that I would probably have to rebuild them.


I only had to rebuild two of the four MPU connections, and one on the solenoid driver board.

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And that was it - it worked!!!
All that was left was to tweak a few switches, and replace a lot of bulbs, and a couple lamp sockets.


For

Here's the machine in our game room.

....and here are a few before and after pics - amazing how well it cleaned up.

And next? .....machine #3 may be coming soon.

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Avatar Pinball2010Sternn/aNew7500
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Cactus Canyon Pinball1998Bally9039.5Very Rare16950
Cactus Canyon Pinball1998Bally9039Very Rare13950
Cactus Canyon Pinball1998Bally9038.8Very Rare12500
Addams Family Gold Pinball #2191994Bally10009.6Very Rare13950
Medieval Madness Pinball1997Williams33009.4Rare11500
Medieval Madness Pinball1998Williams330110.411500
Monster Bash Pinball1998Williams33619.58500
Monster Bash Pinball1998Williams336287500
Championship Pub Pinball1997Bally10009Rare6950
Star Trek : The Next Generation Pinball1994Williams55008.55950
Theatre Of Magic Pinball1994Bally66009.36950
Attack From Mars Pinball1995Bally34508.87950
Road Show Pinball1994Williams625993950
Road Show Pinball1995Williams626083750
Diner Pinball1990Williams35528.53500
Black Knight 2000 Pinball1989Williams57038.73500
High Roller Casino Pinball2003Stern450093900
Earth Shaker Pinball1989Williams80008.83750
Buccaneer Pinball1976Gottlieb36507.52200SOLD
Black Hole Pinball1980Gottlieb87748.43950
Dracula Pinball1993Williams68018.53950
Corvette Pinball1995Williams50018.54950
Popeye Saves The World Pinball1994Bally421783950
Popeye Saves The World Pinball1995Bally421873650
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pinball1989Dataeast55009.53900
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pinball1989Data East55008.93350
Lethal Weapon 3 Pinball1992Data East35008.83250
Lethal Weapon 3 Pinball1992Data East350083000
Transporter The Rescue Pinball1989Bally8597.52500
Water World Pinball1995Gottlieb150083750
Raven Pinball1986Gottlieb35507.52200
FJ Pinball1978Hankin3308Super rare3500
Bugs Bunny's Birthday Bash Pinball1991Bally25008.53950
Road Kings Pinball1986Williams550071950
Star Gate Pinball1995Gottlieb600093500
Star Gate Pinball1996Gottlieb60008.53300
Batman Forever Pinball1995Sega25008.54750
F-14 Tomcat Pinball1987Williams1450272950
Cue Ball Wizard Pinball1992Gottlieb57007.53500
Jokerz! Pinball1988Williams350082900
Gold Wings Pinball1986Gottlieb326072500
High Speed Pinball1986Williams1708073000
Roller Games Pinball1990Williams70007.52500
Jack*Bot Pinball1995Williams242894500
Jack*Bot Pinball1995Williams242894250
Jack*Bot Pinball1995Williams242993950
No Good Gofers Pinball1997Williams271184950
Tommy Pinball1994Data East35008.53750
X's & O's Pinball1984Bally330071500
Hard Body Pinball1987Bally200071950
Pin*Bot Pinball1986Williams1200172950
Street Fighter II Pinball1993Gottlieb555082500
Cleopatra Pinball1977Gottlieb730071950
Beat The Clock Pinball1985Bally200071800
Clown Pinball1985Zaccaria150071500
The Raid Pinball1984Playmatic350071500
Flipper Football Pinball1996Capcom7508Very Rare1500
Jacks To Open Pinball1984Gottlieb235071500
Last Action Hero Pinball1993Data East550573500
Last Action Hero Pinball1993Data East550583500
Rapid Fire Pinball1982Bally500073000
Twilight Zone Pinball1993Bally152358.96500
Night Fever Pinball1979Sega20005750
Special Force Pinball1986Bally275081750
The Shadow Pinball1994Bally42478.54500
Lord of the rings blue Pinball2004Stern510096250
Lord of the rings blue Pinball2003Stern510096500
Family Guy Pinball2007Stern40009.85950
Indiana jones Pinball1993Williams80009.99000
World challenge soccer Pinball1993Gottlieb50007.53000
Fish tales Pinball1993Williams600083750
Lost world Pinball1999Sega400084500
Golden eye Pinball1996Sega400084500
Flinstones Pinball1995Williams60008.94500
Flinstones Pinball1995Williams60018.24500
Black rose Pinball1992Bally55008.53750
Who dunnit Pinball1994Bally600084500
Rescue 911 Pinball1992Gottlieb600083250
Star wars ep1 Pinball1999Williams600096500
Jhonny numonic Pinball1995Williams550094500
Wipeout Pinball1993Gottlieb500082950
Wipeout Pinball1993Gottlieb500082500
Terminator 2 Pinball1992Williams800094750
Terminator 2 Pinball1992Williams800084000
Worldcup soccer Pinball1994Bally750094500
Strikes n spares Pinball1995Gottlieb8009Very Rare3500
Teed off Pinball1995Gottlieb600093500
Nuggent Pinball1979Stern55008.52200
Getaway Pinball1992Williams770294950
Star wars 1992 D.E. Pinball1992DatA East800084500
SPACE RIDER Pinball1977Atari500061250
Tommy Pinball1994D>East600093950
Tommy Pinball1995D>East600193950
Southpark Pinball2003Stern40003950
Fj Pinball1980Stern30093950
Junkyard Pinball1995Williams450095500
World cup soccer Pinball1994Bally450094500
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Bobby or power play Pinball1979Bally650081950