Mousin Around Pop Bumpers
jjanes
missing anything I need to replace the plastics on my Mousin Around
pop bumpers(3). The question I have has to do with the light inside it
it looks like the light socket is soldered to some metal strips on the
underside of the PF. Is this the normal way it is done, do I have to
unsolder these strips to get the socket out or am I missing something.
I am replacing the body and the skirt and it looks like the socket is
wired right through the middle of the body piece. I hope I am missing
something as those metal strips look as if they are stapled to the
lower side of the PF.
Please let me know if I am missing something really easy like
"just simply pull on the socket it and it pops out of the body
assembly"
or maybe not.
Thanks
Jeff
Mikey44
what your trying to do. You can reuse them, just be careful taking
them out. Or you can buy replacments. The ones with the wires are
easier than the ones with the metal leads.
raddroxx
You are correct. Those metal strips run through pop bumper body. A
good way I have found is to cut the metal strips with snips on the pf
by the closest staple to the pop bumper body. Using the same lamp
socket with metal strips inserted into the new body reattach the body
to the pf and solder the strips back together on the bottom of the pf.
Oh yeah, don't forget the skirt before attaching the body to the pf.
TheKorn
b9ead9...@x14g2000prn.googlegroups.com:
> Still a bit new to pinball repair so I want to make sure I am not
> missing anything I need to replace the plastics on my Mousin Around
> pop bumpers(3). The question I have has to do with the light inside it
> it looks like the light socket is soldered to some metal strips on the
> underside of the PF. Is this the normal way it is done, do I have to
> unsolder these strips to get the socket out or am I missing something.
Mmmmm, sort of. The metal strips are actually manufactured into the socket, like
so: http://www.pinballlife.com/images/products/thumbs/pbl_24-8776.jpg
Underneath, they usually are connected to wires, sometimes they're insulated,
sometimes not. Can't remember what MA uses off the top of my head.
> I am replacing the body and the skirt and it looks like the socket is
> wired right through the middle of the body piece. I hope I am missing
> something as those metal strips look as if they are stapled to the
> lower side of the PF.
Yup, typical. Cut socket leads, remove bumper body, rebuild, buy new sockets,
slap the whole mess back together.
You can try and re-use them, but I find it's just easier to buy new ones.
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David Gersic
> pop bumpers(3). The question I have has to do with the light inside it
> it looks like the light socket is soldered to some metal strips on the
> underside of the PF. Is this the normal way it is done, do I have to
> unsolder these strips to get the socket out or am I missing something.
Yes, that's normal.
> I am replacing the body and the skirt and it looks like the socket is
> wired right through the middle of the body piece. I hope I am missing
> something as those metal strips look as if they are stapled to the
> lower side of the PF.
Yep, they are.
> Please let me know if I am missing something really easy like
> "just simply pull on the socket it and it pops out of the body
> assembly"
>
> or maybe not.
Not. But it's not that bad either. This isn't for your game, specifically,
but you might find it helpful anyway:
http://www.zaccaria-pinball.com/how-to/rebuild-pop-bumper.html
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Frank Furhter
> On Thu, 1 Sep 2011 19:27:47 -0700 (PDT), jjanes<jja...@dmjhost.com> wrote:
>> pop bumpers(3). The question I have has to do with the light inside it
>> it looks like the light socket is soldered to some metal strips on the
>> underside of the PF. Is this the normal way it is done, do I have to
>> unsolder these strips to get the socket out or am I missing something.
>
> Yes, that's normal.
Unscrew the two flat head standard screws, remove with needle nose
pliers. Unsolder with recently mentioned solder gun (best to work under
the PF), and suck the solder or use wicking to absorb excess.
Finally bend straight with pliars and slide the entire construct off the
PF. Then you are good to go, reverse process with new bodies/sockets.
Takes about 5 minutes per pop if you are retarded and/or new to the
hobby. Don't fret, we all were/are retarded at one point.
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