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And everything was going so good.... I hate pop bumpers!

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Shredso

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Jan 16, 2010, 10:34:07 PM1/16/10
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I was finishing up my pop bumper rebuild as part of my Fish Tales
restoration. Everything is stapled and soldered in and I'm ready to
drop in the metal bumper rings. First one drops in no problem. 2 and
3 don't line up. I didn't position the skirt correctly! This is
obviously a pretty stupid mistake but give me some slack, it's the
first time I rebuilt one of these. It looks to me like the only for
me to rotate it is complete disassembly of the pop bumper again.
Between stapling and soldering in that confined area I think pop
bumpers might be the biggest pain I've run into so far. Boy am I
tempted to just drill a couple new holes... Any tips other than pay
more attention next time?

Lloyd Olson

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Jan 16, 2010, 10:36:41 PM1/16/10
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Thast is the best and only tip right there. Don't feel bad, all part of the
education. LTG :)

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seymour.shabow

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Jan 16, 2010, 10:45:49 PM1/16/10
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Don't drill the new holes - that's hacky. It's not too bad once you do
these a lot, it sucks a little bit, but you might as well correct it
properly while you have the opportunity.

It's good practice if anything.....

-scott CARGPB#29

mikeo

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Jan 17, 2010, 12:31:02 AM1/17/10
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Don't feel bad. I did something less critical that was unacceptable
to me. The first time I did a pop bumper it was on my first game, an
Out of Sight. The Gottlieb pop bumper skirt has a tip on it that is
supposed to point up and keep a ball from getting stuck there. I
reinstalled it the first time pointing down. Soldered the lamp socket
in and everything. Had to undo/redo everything.

Mike O.
Team-EM

btrip

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Jan 17, 2010, 1:39:35 AM1/17/10
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So THAT'S what those are for...

Chris Hibler

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Jan 17, 2010, 11:16:54 AM1/17/10
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On Jan 16, 9:34 pm, Shredso <shre...@gmail.com> wrote:

I think the good news is that you aren't likely to make that mistake
again... :-)
--
Chris Hibler - CARGPB #31
www.Team-EM.com
http://webpages.charter.net/chibler/Pinball/index.htm

John Schlarb

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Jan 17, 2010, 11:19:32 AM1/17/10
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After a few more games you'll be able to do pop bumpers blindfolded. I
do prefer the early Bally design though - the whole assembly comes
out!

John

cody chunn

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Jan 17, 2010, 12:08:52 PM1/17/10
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On one of my first thumper jobs I used a skirt with too-few holes in it, so
there weren't even holes for the rods to go through! Ooops!!

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-cody
--CARGPB4
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Eddie

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Jan 17, 2010, 12:17:27 PM1/17/10
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On Jan 17, 12:08 pm, "cody chunn" <cchu...@comcast.net> wrote:
> On one of my first thumper jobs I used a skirt with too-few holes in it, so
> there weren't even holes for the rods to go through! Ooops!!
>
> --
> -cody
> --CARGPB4
> [Note: Following any advice given in this message
>  may result in property damage, minor injury, serious injury or death.
>  Follow advice at your own peril.]
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> "Shredso" <shre...@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> news:8ec82840-e48a-4fd9...@o28g2000yqh.googlegroups.com...
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> >I was finishing up my pop bumper rebuild as part of my Fish Tales
> > restoration.  Everything is stapled and soldered in and I'm ready to
> > drop in the metal bumper rings.  First one drops in no problem.  2 and
> > 3 don't line up.  I didn't position the skirt correctly!  This is
> > obviously a pretty stupid mistake but give me some slack, it's the
> > first time I rebuilt one of these.  It looks to me like the only for
> > me to rotate it is complete disassembly of the pop bumper again.
> > Between stapling and soldering in that confined area I think pop
> > bumpers might be the biggest pain I've run into so far.  Boy am I
> > tempted to just drill a couple new holes...  Any tips other than pay
> > more attention next time?

The best tip I ever got on popbumper rebuilds is this one from Ed
Cheungs site

Use Hex head screws with washers in place of the staples

http://www.edcheung.com/album/album08/pinball/tz.htm

Shredso

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Jan 17, 2010, 10:27:32 PM1/17/10
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Thanks. Someone else mentioned that but seeing it documented makes me
feel less hack going that route. I'm almost glad I had to re-do it
because my first job was a little sloppy. Next pop bumper job I will
definitely use this method again or maybe try the stranded wire
version unless I strip the bottom of the playfield. Fish Tales is
almost back to life....

Big12bus

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Jan 17, 2010, 11:21:09 PM1/17/10
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I always mount the complete assembly before putting back in. Also one
other tip is when you remove the light socket lead below the playfield
just lift the staple on one side and remove the wire. Then when you
get ready for reassembly use the old stable and some needle nose, get
the new lamp socket in position, put the end of the staple back in the
original hole with needle nose, then use a small hammer and punch and
put the staple back where it was. If done properly you cannot tell
you replaced anything and looks factory fresh.

Bill

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