Great tip! I didn’t want to sacrifice one of my power packs so I took a chance with my Radio Shack DC utility power supply which puts out 14V. Worked great 👍

I performed this tip exactly as you described and it worked great on my Haunted House and Volcano! The displays look much better now! Thanks so much!

@tntamusements

8 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

Ingenious! you and Frank are hilarious! Glad I found ya!

That's an amazing tip! Thanks Todd!

@tntamusements

9 жыл бұрын

WARRIOR4CHRIST70 KZ4LIFE Thanks!

There's no need to reverse the polarity. The main thing is to heat the filaments up until they glow gently to burn the crud off their surface. A battery does work too.

@tntamusements

9 жыл бұрын

bigclivedotcom Frank surprised me with that, but a second ten second "soaking" doesn;t hurt!

Great informative video, Let's have more like this.

@tntamusements

9 жыл бұрын

Stuart Mclaren Thanks!

Any tips when all 4 are dim? One display was super bright and all 8’s, I touched the edge connector checking for lose wire. Something popped (can’t find a fuse) and now all four show scores but are super dim.

Genius!!! Is there something similar you can do for the HV Bally/Williams displays?

@tntamusements

7 жыл бұрын

sadly, no....the Gottlieb displays are a different nature!

Great tip. Another tip to add about these displays. The 1MFD 100v orange capacitor should be replaced as standard practice especially when using a Pascal board as when these caps go a bit out of range due to age, they can cause HV fuse to blow.

@tntamusements

6 жыл бұрын

Great idea! The capacitors just get older every year anyway!! Thanks for sharing!

Great video. Love watching all your videos! Do you know if this works for the System 80B 20 digit displays? Top one is fine but the bottom one is dim on my Excalibur.

@tntamusements

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Gary....we never tried that, to be honest!

@danijelcar5184

5 жыл бұрын

Gary Wolfe Hi Gary I have a same display MA 999 that have dim displays have you try this method and fix it?

awesome thanks for the tip!

@tntamusements

5 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

What a great tip. Now I need a pinball machine. And room for one.

@tntamusements

6 жыл бұрын

We got plenty of 'em!

@murrij

6 жыл бұрын

TNT Amusements Inc let me tell ya, when I can get a pinball machine it'll be from you friend. A Todd's Bargain Bin one that I can refinish and rebuild would be perfect. Right now it's pinball (or another hobby) or spouse. Hmmm.

@tntamusements

6 жыл бұрын

:-)

That's an easy fix, good tip.

@tntamusements

9 жыл бұрын

Riz2336 Thanks!

Nice Tip *.*

@tntamusements

9 жыл бұрын

***** Thanks!

Nice! I wish I could download that fan music song, that was pretty nice too... I would listen to that on my lunch break! =)

@tntamusements

9 жыл бұрын

heath ashley The full length version with words will be in a video we are making real soon! Then you will be able to download it!

@bheasy1

9 жыл бұрын

TNT Amusements Inc Sweet! Thank you guys for all you do! =)

Hi man, that was awesome ! I have troubles with my Gottlieb Genie: While playing, the points are counted on counter1, then with the same ball it changes with no reason to count on counter 2, counter 3, counter4. If the switch "ball back at home" would be false tripped, it would count the bonus points, but it doesnt. It looks like a software bug.

@tntamusements

2 жыл бұрын

there were no software updates to Genie...it only had that one Rom all these years...I suppose the ROM could have gone bad, but usually it wont work at all. I would put it into a switch test and bang on playfield to see if another switch comes up. Also...very important...you can get odd switch readings if the COIN SWITCH BLADES in the coin door get entagled with the fishhook wire that blocks the coins whe game is turned off. Check those two switches to make sure they are not touching anything. We cut that fish hook wire off completely on every game we sell as its been n othing but trouble when game lands in a home.

@denismatt1752

2 жыл бұрын

@@tntamusements Many thanks you, I'll try this. I also suspect that it could be a bad contact.

Can this also bee performd on a Gottlieb sys 80B display MA999 and how ?

@tntamusements

5 жыл бұрын

I am not sure.....I will ask our guy!

HA! Loved the video! "A child could do it!" Seriously, thanks for the vid!

@tntamusements

7 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

How many amps was that 9v power plug?

@tntamusements

9 жыл бұрын

DarkStarPDX 700ma.

Does it work on 16digit alphanumeric displays? Williams?

@tntamusements

9 жыл бұрын

Midway-Man I very, very highly doubt it...different display and construction.

@merkurfan98

9 жыл бұрын

:( who can help me with that?

@tntamusements

9 жыл бұрын

Midway-Man I don;t know....those glasses cannot be recharged...you will probably have to buy a new one.

“Of course... a 👶🏻 child could do it.... a 👶🏻 child could do it!” Haha 😆

@tntamusements

2 жыл бұрын

An Iconic remark by Dr McCoy!

@retroamusementsnl4780

2 жыл бұрын

@@tntamusements yes from Bones!

Hey Todd. I've become addicted to these videos. I've watched at least 70 so far (I jumped around a bit at first to get tips on my favorite machines)... at this point, I'm just working my way backwards. And let me tell you, I *had* to leave a comment here on this video. Imagine the angry guy pressing buttons all fastlike (well, I'm on my phone)... Go back and look what you did towards the end... you opened the door from the right side of the machine WITHOUT A CARE IN THE WORLD!! I caught this, because I'd just watched video #975, and at 19:13, you instruct people to be careful with the internal wires because you have to HELP THEM in order to not mess things up!! YOU DID NOT SHOW THAT KIND OF CARE IN THIS VIDEO!! SHAME!! SHAME!! SHAME!! Ok, enough of the finger-wagging (I couldn't help myself!!). Keep up the great work. I hope to one day buy a machine from your shop. You should be proud of the excellent job you all do on these precious machines. Take care!!

@deralfenderson

9 жыл бұрын

Look at the 4 minute mark and CRINGE!! ;-)

Can you do it on stearin machine

@tntamusements

9 жыл бұрын

Joey Kuzinski No...ONLY on Gottlieb machines with the blue florescent displays.

A+ music !

@tntamusements

9 жыл бұрын

GFkilla17 Thanks!!

This is dc voltage?

@tntamusements

9 жыл бұрын

MrVinamp Yes it is....

This is a great help - Thanks. WEhen i used a 9V 1.5A adapter, the grid wires didnt get as red as i thought they would. The displays are brighter but not by a lot - Can you leave the DC voltage on longer?

@tntamusements

2 жыл бұрын

Yes...fifteen extra seconds

hola maestro soy de argentina tengo me callo a mi taller un flipper gottlieb sisten 1 genie el cual vino muy maltratado el flipper prende pero no enciende la pantalla de los creditos y en las dos pantallas de arriba aparecen solo numeros 222222222 2222222222 y en las de abajo todos ceros asi 0000000000 0000000000 no hace el bucle de 5 segundos nada solo aparece apenas se prende la maquina esos numeros podria darme una orientacion de lo q puede estar sucediendo yo soy tecnico electronico pero no conosco bien el sistema sisten 1 espero su respuesta muchas gracias y saludos desde argentina

@tntamusements

5 жыл бұрын

We always install a new power supply...to insure the logic board is getting the correct voltages....but this sound like the logic board is bad...and they are very difficult to repair.

@newplayer7177

5 жыл бұрын

@@tntamusements LE AGRADEZCO POR SU RESPUESTA LA FUENTE DE ALIMENTACION LARGA LOS VOLTAJES CORRECTOS AL MEDIRLOS CON MI TEXTER.AL MIRAR LAS BOVINAS DEL FLIPPER O SOLENOIDES ENCONTRE 2 BOVINAS TRABADAS Y UNA DE ELLAS QUE MANEJA EL DROP TARJET COMPLETAMENTE QUEMADA.QUISIERA SABER SI DESCONECTARA LA PLACA DE POTENCIA DE LA CPU DEBERIA INICIAR LA CPU?DE HECHO LE DESCONECTE LA PLACA DE POTENCIA PERO LA CPU SE COMPORTA IGUAL LE ENVIARE UN VIDEO AGRADEZCO SU CORDIALIDAD.

@newplayer7177

5 жыл бұрын

@@tntamusements estimados colegas ustedes podrian facilitarme la hoja de datos de los chips de rotweel necesito la hoja de datos del procesador araña y de los demas chips arañas los que manejan las pantallas de puntuacion etc.agradezco su colaboracion muchas gracias

Still works in 2020, y'all.

@tntamusements

4 жыл бұрын

yes...this tip got lots of people running again!

One must wonder how many pins just got trashed in the garbage when it could be fixed lol

@tntamusements

9 жыл бұрын

uniroyalbarrie Many fslks threw these displays out because they were dim!

it wasn't pretty, good tips

@tntamusements

9 жыл бұрын

Wesley C Thanks!!

wouldn't say a child could do it unless it's with a 9 volt battery. hows the tongue. a child would probably see what happens if they touch the pins to their leg ouch. Safety first :) think nowadays when I replace outlets in the house knowing the clodhoppers that wire houses. I just turn the house power off. negats a nice jolt for idiotic wiring.

@tntamusements

9 жыл бұрын

Lee Bartholomew A child could do it....there I said it!

@SagePatrynXX

9 жыл бұрын

TNT Amusements Inc ZZZAP this would be like good parenting don't touch that (fireworks? hmmmm) still need trick , fairly good with electrical items to code..