rkeefer
Pinball Wizard
- Joined
- Jan 12, 2018
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- Reaction score
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- Favorite Pinball Machine
- Back to the Future
Hey everyone,
I'm new to the forum, and unfortunately, my first post has to do with repair.
I bought a Back to the Future pinball machine about a year after I graduated from college, back in 2001. It's a German re-import. The coin slots take Deutschmarks. Anyway, pinball machine worked pretty well, but every once in awhile would reset if jostled wrong. I had a guy come in and look at it, and he put too large of fuses into the machine, and it fried a bunch of components.
I've slowly replaced the faulty stuff including the power supply, and just last month, the main CPU board with a new Rottendog MPU.
Machine powered up for the first time in like 15 years! But, it's not without problems. The first is the original score display:
The ribbon cable is seated properly, and pins are the right way at both ends. Should I try buying a new cable, or do you think the display is damaged and I just should replace it with a LED display?
Thanks, everyone. Appreciate any help, and appreciate the forum.
It's in pretty good shape for its age and lack of maintenance over the past 15 years, but here are the other things I need to do it in short order:
1. Diagnose and repair the weak right flipper
2. Left top ramp doesn't seem to be registering balls going through
3. Do a thorough cleaning of the cabinet and playfield.
4. Eventually, figure out the intermittent resetting it's done since way back when.
I'm new to the forum, and unfortunately, my first post has to do with repair.
I bought a Back to the Future pinball machine about a year after I graduated from college, back in 2001. It's a German re-import. The coin slots take Deutschmarks. Anyway, pinball machine worked pretty well, but every once in awhile would reset if jostled wrong. I had a guy come in and look at it, and he put too large of fuses into the machine, and it fried a bunch of components.
I've slowly replaced the faulty stuff including the power supply, and just last month, the main CPU board with a new Rottendog MPU.
Machine powered up for the first time in like 15 years! But, it's not without problems. The first is the original score display:
The ribbon cable is seated properly, and pins are the right way at both ends. Should I try buying a new cable, or do you think the display is damaged and I just should replace it with a LED display?
Thanks, everyone. Appreciate any help, and appreciate the forum.
It's in pretty good shape for its age and lack of maintenance over the past 15 years, but here are the other things I need to do it in short order:
1. Diagnose and repair the weak right flipper
2. Left top ramp doesn't seem to be registering balls going through
3. Do a thorough cleaning of the cabinet and playfield.
4. Eventually, figure out the intermittent resetting it's done since way back when.
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