Status changed: Good → Fixing
Status changed: Fixing → Good
On William P’s advice, used blue tack to try keeping bumper caps from falling off so easily
Replaced the power cord with a new one, though the ground is not connected.
Caleb W noted that previous owners bypassed coin door and tilt relays.
🎉🎊 Trade Winds has moved to the floor!
glass 41 x 21 x 1/4
It would be very difficult to repair this with metalwork. Instead I sliced the end off a shooter tip to create a sleeve that is just the right size. It may not last 80 years but I think we’ll get 5
Metal deformation in the wheel stopper hole of the score assembly. This causes the machine to hit max score, rather than zero score, on reset.
Spare backbox has this problem even worse.
Spider arm unit was installed π radians out of position (it has two mechanically possible positions due to the flat sides on the shaft. Removed the assembly, pulled off the arm, and repositioned it.
Found the wheel would not smoothly return with 2 1/2 spring winds. 3 1/2 seem fine.
We have a new problem with this score assembly. That will be a new problem report.
