It's All Your Fault FARSIGHT

[SKILL_SHOT]

I gotta tear it down again but now I know what and how so it should be quick. Playing with the lights will be fun but time consuming, trying to find that perfect combo I'll maybe make a poll yeah wicth looks best? so within a week I'll get parts and then proceed to tear it down. take more pics by request if anybody wants.

 

[Kevlar]

Hey Skillshot, next time you have your playfield up in the air can you take a photo of the latch bars for holding the playfield up please? Somethings up with mine, they jam on the underside of the playfield. I just want to see what they are supposed to look like. Thx.

 

[SKILL_SHOT]

I posted a photo on here already of that...you mean the bolts that go through the sides of the cabinet that the table hinges on? I post some more 1 sec.

 

[SKILL_SHOT]

Im still not sure what latch bars your talking about but if it the bolts that go through the table mine were a little loose but the nut on the end wasnt tightend allowing the table to shift from side to side when I opend it.
Hers the lever that just raises up and down and the table just rest on it.
DOWN

UP

I hope this helps and if not post a photo of what you got going on and maybe I can see a problem.

 

[Kevlar]

Thanks Skillshot, I meant the other end, on mine there are 2 skids and 2 latch bars about 6 inches long with a hook on one end. These are what's jamming on mine.

 

[SKILL_SHOT]

Hmm I dont know if mine has what your describing....post a pic on your table page I'm curious to know

 

[Fuseball]

I think what Kevlar's referring to is a different kind of hinge that's on the later games. They should allow the operator to pull the playfield forward along some rails until it locks the hinge in position and you can lift the playfield up.

Some pics of the locking hinge in this thread...

http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/safe-to-leave-wh2o-board-in-vertical-position-for-days

 

[Kevlar]

That sounds about right Fuseball, mine are a bit bent out of shape and useless as they are.

 

[Fuseball]

That sounds about right Fuseball, mine are a bit bent out of shape and useless as they are.

Pics of some here... http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/safe-to-leave-wh2o-board-in-vertical-position-for-days

 

[Kevlar]

I see what's wrong with mine now, on mine the 2 bars that are supposed to be perpendicular to the playfield are bend forwards approx 45 degrees like skids. Nothing lines up like this, I'll straighten them tomorrow. Thanks Fuseball.

 

[SKILL_SHOT]

Thanks Fuseball. Yeah my tables older I figured that much.

 

[karl]

I Know nothing about this table but it looks like a ton of fun. (from your video) Some incredible restoring also Skill Shot, It looks brand new. There should be a list of people Farsight motivated into buying the real deal, something like buy a real table and get a special ball skin(or something else) on the pinball arcade. After all they said the reason for making tpa was to keep the pinball dream alive. Keep it rolling!

 

[SKILL_SHOT]

I'd love that, but I find myself playing older tables to make mine feel NEWER, and this "LAG" people speek of I can see after playing a REAL table.
TY. and alot more to come. Funny FS cant do this.

 

[SKILL_SHOT]

Got some parts in

a battery relocator because I have a little corrosion on one of the leads so im just going to snip it off and solder this on.
some little rubbers that wernt in the kit and all new star posts.

stapled to the invoice was a little bag of jelly belly jellybeans, the funny thing is Im closer to the factory then where I orderd them from I wonder if it was for halloween.

 

[SKILL_SHOT]

Going to hold off tearing it down until I get my LEDs some time next week then the FUN BEGINS!

 

[Kevlar]

Are you fitting LED flashers SS?

 

[SKILL_SHOT]

Yeah but not all of them I think I'll keep the incandescent 89's in the ball shooting cannons we'll see as I orderd some super bright red and oranges and regular oranges and a bunch of orange blue green red yellow to try around the backglass besides the colord bulbs under same color lenses.

 

[Kevlar]

I'm sure the result will be impressive, can't wait to see the pics.

 

[SKILL_SHOT]

After watching a short DIY video on youtube I decided to install my battery re-locator except first I needed to add length to the wire because it only came with a 6"inch lead so I added about a foot to do this you must first "tin" your wire witch is basically coating the raw wire with solder, after both ends of wire a coated they are solderd together then wrap a piec of electrical tape around the exposed solder connections.

This is where and what I removed.

with a pair of diagonal cutters I snipped the 6 pins connected to the battery holder.

 

[SKILL_SHOT]

So following the instructions from the video I solderd the positive to the first + and the negative to the last - completing a circuit.

after i was happy with my soldering I put adhesive backed velcro on the battery holder and let it hang over the edge a little because there is an ON/OFF switch that didnt allow it to lay flush and the vecro will let le take it down for easier access.

very easy to do and it all works with no corrosion