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Bingo Pinballs Created on 12-15-2015 Love of the games, new memories and old! Frank recently picked himself a Sweet Bingo! Had a bit of help from a guy out in New Jersey, who recently
has been helping to sell a few Bingos on Dianna’s …and with a little help from some Buddies, Frank fixed a
couple of bugs and is now Rock’in and Rolling _ Very Cool _ From: Frank Yantosca <frankcopyca To: 'Danny Leach' <bingopinball Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2015 3:53 PM Subject: RE: I Bought My First Golden Gate Bingo Machine Actually the “slick salesman” told me of your website. He said it was one of the best Bingo sites
online, so he can’t be all bad. It’s
a Bingo, he played it for hours before I got there and I played it for a few
hours after I arrived at the home in So. Jersey where the machine was located
_ So, I bought it! It played fine for both of us with only one bug; The Gate came
on along with the OK. He wasn’t sure
if that was correct and I hadn’t played one in 35 years so I couldn’t
remember either way. What good did
come of this came later when I asked a guy in my apt. building who I knew was
an electrician if he knew a pinball mechanic. Turns out his friend was but did not work on bingos but his
older partner had for 20 years and it was like riding a bike. Plus his partner was a mechanic who didn’t
mind explaining what he was doing and why it did what it did and in 15
minutes he noticed the control motor had stopped spinning. He pulled it and took it apart and found
the lead gear was a composite gear and had 1” section of teeth sheared
off. He explained that as my machine
was getting progressively more buggy once I got it home was most likely a few
more teeth would shear off creating havoc in some other feature that was run
by the control motor until it finally died. The supply house the new mechanic uses for juke boxes and
other pinball parts had been open 55 years and had a control motor sitting on
the shelf which he got for $70 so I’m up and running. He disconnected the GATE Purple Section so
I could play the OK and all is mostly ok now. He will come back after the new year and trace down the short
that is causing the Gate problem and assures me he will find and fix that as
well. He is also teaching me how to
trace shorts by reading the schematic and the .voltage meter which will be
helpful in the future. Now the
machine doesn’t seem so daunting like it did a month ago. I included a few pics of landing a 192-OK. Saw a 120 watching machines around town
but never saw a 192 until I owned my own machine. Now I get to play them! Later man….Frank
_ I wish I could have see the ball placement, before he cashed
out _ 3-in-Line in the Yellow _ Odds Maxed _ _ Sweet _ My guess: 13,21,3 Is this a quarter machine! _ Thanks Brother _ |
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