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Here's a story you "pinballer's" will appreciate.
Everytime any of our 3 grandchildren are visiting us, they go straight to the Super Slugger. Six years ago, Kurtis and Madison (then 11 and 8 years old, respectively) were competing with each other....running up their scores on the machine. Suddenly, I hear them calling...."Grampie, Grampie " I run down to our lower garage to see (and smell) smoke emanating from the machine. Apparently, they had held down the Batting button too long; and, this caused the Bat actuator solenoid inside the machine to burn up. I had instructed them to always moment- arily press the Bat button. But the're just kids, these things do happen. My daughter Debbie was really upset, she knows how much I enjoy this pinball machine. I lifted the top of the machine and unsoldered the electromagnet coil that energized the bat mechanism. I acquired an exact replace- ment coil from a supplier in upstate New York. Soldered it into the machine and turned on the power. "SLAM-BAM".....now I really had a "Super Slugger", as the Bat was significantly more powerful than before. My grandchildren did me a great favor (although they sure didn't think so that day). Obviously, the original solenoid had lost some of its juice over the past 50+ years. What was more satisfying than realizing that I had revitalized my machine....was the glee on Kurtis' and Madison's faces, when I told them that they had inadvertently did us all a great favor. TED Z |
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