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<mikep28@omuonline.net> wrote:
> Anyone ever saw a credit switch on a williams pin of this era that
> wasnt broken? They are all broken on my Gorgar, Black Knight Flash etc.
> All bent up and sprung. Wonder if theres an easy way to retro a small
> leaf switch like a Bally?
Well, they don't break on their own- some idiot had to get in there and mess
things up real good at some point.
Vintage Williams coin switches/trip wires are very delicate by design but if
the plastic covers are kept over them and someone doesn't get in there
messing around, then they can work for decades after decades.
I've had to straighten a lot of them out that had been messed up. Have had
a lot of service calls on these too where customers (or their kids) get in
the game and start messing around- either rendering the switch useless or
shorting the contacts out to ground which can mess up other game operation.
In this business, you tend to get a lot of "it just stopped working" service
calls that are related to problems that just happen to be within "elbow's
reach" of the front door... coin switches messed up, slam tilt switch mashed
closed, tilt mechanisms all screwed up, outhole switch all pulled out and
messed up, etc...
My advice is to fix them up right, make sure the plastic covers are over
them so they can't be "accidentally" bumped or bent, etc., set the game on
free play, and keep the coin door locked. And you should be fine for a
long, long time.
Ray J.
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