May 5, 2008:
For the last 2 evenings I pulled the playfield apart and cleaned it. Reinstalled all parts, installed new bumper bodies, caps and flipper bats. However, one of the bumpers doesn't work now, the left kicker doesn't work and the game resets when the right kickout hole switch is pressed. I must have shorted something when I fought with installing those bulbs under the playfield! My hands were cramping up like never before. Sure looks nice now, it made a big difference.Next entry:Monte Carlo sound worksI cut off the ground return connectors off and soldered eyelets to the wires. They are fastened to the transformer base to achieve a better connection. This was causing alot of problems and will make the game work more reliably. I still have to install a storage cap, fix the 5v (remove the potentiometer), adjust a couple of switches. The game plays well. The sound works now as well, see video. This one will be listed for $1200 because of the amount of work I put into it and it is a pretty elaborate game. IT ONLY MAKES THE SIREN SOUND WHEN THE WHEEL LANDS ON A NUMBER THAT YOU HAVE LIT UP. IT DOESN'T DO THAT ALL THE TIME.May 22, 2008:Last night I added the ground wires from the 5v board as well as the solenoid driver board. I noticed that since I fixed the ground connections last time, the game boots everytime. I also installed a fixed resistor on the 5v supply.Tonight I cleaned up the targets and adjusted the switches that were not working well. I also installed a storage cap on the MPU to hold the high scores.As I stated earlier, this has been a big project but it turned out very well.
September 20, 2008: Game would not boot on a couple of occasions this summer. There wasn't any 5 volts. Found that there was oxidation on the 12v fuse holder and connection to the fuse was open. I therefore replaced the entire 8 fuse holders.
After hearing from Dave (guy who bought my Williams Contact project) that the glass he found for it on ebay came with half the paint missing, I was nervous about finding out how my Force 2 backglass was going to arrive. It was packed very well but the UPS charge of $33.oo sucked. Luckily all was well. It has a few spots but it is many times better than the original. Will be a nice improvement on that game.
Got this one on the weekend. It looks pretty cool, the glass has plastic on the back and is in great condition. There is 2 small wear spots by the kick out holes and the cabinet might be a candidate for a repaint. The coin door is perfect. Takes 5, 10, 25 cents. I will have to research the webbing paint technique. It works awesome and will be nice when its done.
This one was alot of work. It was missing boards and the transformer when I got it. I hand traced the graphics, made stencils and repainted the cabinet. See the before and after pics above. It turned out great. It has great sound and it talks. The drop targets need to go down in sequence. The playfield does have some wear and has been touched up. The backglass does have usual flaking for this game.
This is a cool sports theme game. These guys were very popular in the 70's. This machine plays their theme song at start up. The playfield does have some wear and has been touched up.