Week of 6/29
Skee Ball
I adjusted the ball count switch on the one lane.  It went surprisingly well and I had it adjusted in under ten minutes.  Of course, I need to wait and see how it works for everyone else as those switches tend to be tough to get adjust right so they don't bounce and count multiple times.  While I was at it, I also replaced a couple of bulbs that were out on the display.  I need to order more bulbs as I am down to just three left.

Hot Shots
I found the game off, reseating the power cord brought it back to life.  About ten minutes later, it was off again.  I reseated the power cord and it came back on and stayed on the whole time I was at the location.  I want to replace the power cord and see if that is the issue as the patrons at this location tend to slam games into the walls and crush the power cords and it sometimes causes odd things like this to happen.

SilverBall Mania
I finished the gluing and clamping and it looks pretty good.  I was told it was a moving accident that caused the damage but I found some pry marks.  I think someone may have lost the key and tried to get the backglass out the hard way.  I need to get some white paint that matches the game and do some painting.  I haven't decided if I am going to do more work to get the trim perfect or not.  The rest of the game is a bit dinged up and it may not be worth the time and effort.

Game Delivery
I dropped of three more games at the new location.  I found out that I didn't replace the coin mechs like I thought I did on one game.  I need to make a trip up and install the coin mechs so the game will be operational.  Other than that, the delivery went pretty well.

Big Shot
This is one of the games I bought from another operator a few weeks back.  I brought it back to the shop and got it cleaned up and ready to go back on location.  One strange thing happened.  There is a board with posts in it that the quarters slide down and bounce around before they fall into the slot.  One of the larger pins fell out and caused a coin jam.  It took some major surgery to get to that part to put it back into place.  I applied a healthy coat of super glue onto it and put it back in.  I think I had around four hours into putting that pin back in.  It was pretty obvious that the manufacturer didn't think you would ever need to take that part of the game apart.

Skee Ball
Moved three balls back into the proper lanes.  One lane is miscounting the number of balls that are played.  I didn't have the time to tear into it but I will on my next trip to the location.

Western Train
The motor I ordered finally arrived.  I scheduled a time to install it with the location. 

Cyclone
It had an out of order sign on it.  I found and cleared a ticket jam on the blue station.

Tic Tac Toe
I replaced one of the Coin mechs with one of the new Imonex as it was getting a lot of coin jams.  As I was testing I found that the crimp on the wiring for the coin switch was intermittent.  I crimped it together and after that it worked fine but I will replace the connector on my next visit. I didn't have any of that size along with me on this trip.

Western Train
I installed the motor, it went pretty well and other having to contort into odd body positions and being a little sore from that no problems.

Multi Game
Installed the coin mechs I had forgotten when I delivered it.

Ticket Eater
While doing the counts this week, I noticed that the report says hole only for all the tickets read.  I need to investigate and fix that before the kids at the location figure it out.

Game Pickup
I picked up a game from a home.  There were stairs involved.  Luckily, the game only had to go down them.  But even that was a chore, there was an obstruction at the bottom of the stairs that made
it impossible to use the hand truck.  Luckily, the homeowner had some help on hand and we muscled the game down the stairs.  Hopefully, I won't be doing that again for a while.

Silverball Mania
I got this Pinball in a trade deal a while back and overall it is in good shape.  The major flaw is that the wood frame that holds the back glass in was broken, all four parts were damaged.  A friend of mine had a compatible head from a game he had parted out so I pulled the trim parts off.  The parts have a lot of routed sections and other difficult wood working done to them so getting the parts was a huge help.  Even with the parts, I have a lot of time into putting them back on.  I've been gluing and clamping, sanding and filing to get the tolerances right.

Rowe Change Machine
I found it out of order with a hopper error.  I swapped in the spare hopper and the problem continued.  I then cleaned the original hopper and installed it and it worked fine after that.  I spent some time cleaning the other hoppers as obviously they are past due for cleaning.

Jackpot Crossing
I found it with a ticket jam.  I cleared the jam and it was working fine again.

Ticket Eater
The parts arrived quickly and I installed them.  I had to adjust the sensors a slight bit to get them to work but after setting the options the ticket eater worked great.  The location liked the new customized text on the bottom of the tickets.  The only complaint I had is that the software to manage the ticket eater was not included with the new board.  The manual does state that the software is extra so I need to find out how much the software is.  If it is reasonable I will pick it up as it does take some time to configure the ticket eaters and set up the bar code.  

Gravity Hill
I pulled this one out of storage and started to clean it up. None of the lights are working on it.  I found that the extension cord for one was bad but the rope light needs replaced.  Several of the clamps that hold the rope light are broken and they are riveted to the machine so I may just remove the rope light for now.  I spent a while pulling out the gumballs that were in it.  Apparently gumballs have a lifespan of shorter than six months or so.  It was a rather sticky mess but it cleaned up easy enough.  I've done a lot of testing on the game and it is working fine other than the lights and needing a good cleaning.

Board Inventory
I had some free time so I worked on inventorying the boards I have laying around.  I found several that I didn't realize that I had and I also realized that I enough of some titles that I can sell off a few and still have more than I will ever use.  Once I get done and get them into a spreadsheet or Database, I will have a better idea of what I have. 

Week of 6/8
Skee Ball
I found one lane had both spot lights out.  I had one bulb so I replaced just one. 

New Location
I got a call from the new location, their current game supplier had stopped in and pulled out most of thier games.  They were wondering if I could bring some games up right away.  Unfortanetly the only one that was ready and tested was a Cyclone.  So I took that up for them.  I am still working on converting the games from token play and making sure that they are ready to go back out. 

Jurassic Park 3
I was getting this one ready to go back on out location.  I thought it needed a new gun and it would be ready.  I opened the coin door and it fell off.  So I need to get that fixed now.  I have no idea what happened as I pulled it off location recently and the coin door was firmly attached when it left the prior location.

Ticket Eater
I found that it wasn't counting all the tickets.  I pulled the boards out and shipped them to Deltronics for repair.  I got a call the following day that they had found that the Barcode board was fine but the CPU board needed replaced.  So I ordered a new CPU board.  Apparently the new board has a lot of upgrades over the one that was originally there so maybe the failure wasn't all bad.

Drill O Matic
I found it with garbled displays.  Rebooting it didn't change the situation and it wouldn't even go through the start up sequence.  I did the standard reseating routine and it improved a bit but it still wasn't booting the whole way.  I tried reseating the power cables again and it sprang back into life and worked fine.  I plan to bring my soldering tools along and pull the main board out and touch up the solder joints on the connectors to see if it solves the issue permanently. 

Big Bug Zapper
The one coin slot wasn't accepting quarters.  I found a redemption ticket in the slot.  Removing the ticket solved the issue.

Parts order
I placed an order for a new motor for the Western Train game I have.  I need to get some redemption games together for the new location and this one just needs a cleaning and the motor replaced before it can go back out.

Game Delivery
Dropped off the first few games at the new location.  Went really well, I had the games placed, tested and running in about half an hour

Tokyo Drift
I reseated the cables and tightened down the screws on the I/O board and the problem didn't occur while I was at the location.  I will wait and see if it shows up again.

Week of 6/1
Dr Who
I had some free time so I finished installing the motor and put it back in the game.  I turned it on and it seemed to work fine but the test mode kept showing errors. Eventually after turning it off and back on, the message showed up that the expander had both a CW and CCW error.  It took me a few minutes of head scratching to figure out that the motor was wired backwards.  I had soldered the wires to the new motor exactly like they were on the old one but apparently the motor was rotated 180 degrees.  I resoldered the wires the opposite way and it worked fine and logged no errors after that.  I soldered the wires on the motor while it was installed in the game.  I wouldn't sugest doing that if you can avoid it as it took a lot effort to accomplish.

Rowe Change Machine
The service light was on and I found a ticket in the bill acceptor.  I removed the ticket and the changer worked fine.

Skee Ball
I moved nine balls back into the proper lanes.

Air Hockey
There was a coin jam caused by a redemption ticket, I removed the ticket and the table worked fine.

Touchtunes Jukebox
I had set it to free play for testing.  Apparently I was mistaken on how much the charge is for doing that.  I got my statement and found out that I was charged $100 for "background music fees".  So my free play testing has ended.  I put it back into pay for play and will drop money into it for testing.  It will be cheaper that way!

New Location
I got a referral from one of my locations.  I spoke to them about putting games in and it appears that I have a new location.  I need to get some games cleaned up and ready to go on site

Ticket Eater
I got a call from the location that the ticket eater was accepting tickets but not counting them.  I spent a couple of hours making adjustments, wiggling cables and changing settings to try to get it to work.  I called Deltronics and they offered the advice that the middle sensor must be perfectly perpendicular with the board or there will be problems.  I followed their advice and sure enough it started working again.  The one set of leads on the sensor seem like they may be broken so I'm not sure how long it is going to stay working.

Tokyo Drift
While I was working on the ticket eater, one of the location patrons informed me that there was some sort of steering control issue with one of the Tokyo Drifts. I played a few games on it and eventually the Input control board error cropped up. The location was too packed with people to pull the game out and work on it so I put an out of order sign on it and will take a look at it when I get back to the location in a couple of days.