I put brand new flippers in my Black Pyramid today and both flippers kept getting stuck in the up position every time. I had to loosen the grub acrews and slightly lift up each flipper away from the playfield a little bit while I tightened the grub screws.
Yes, that is important. They make a flipper gauge that slips between the flipper shaft and bushing so you get the correct spacing. You should also replace the bushings when rebuilding the flippers. Some kits include them but most do not.
@@BradsManCaveArcade I only replaced the flippers as they were cracked and looked unappealing. Where did you buy your rebuild kit from? Should I replace the solenoid coils too? I might do a flipper kit replacement in the future.
@@OilBaron100 Marco or pinball life sells them. www.pinballlife.com/williams-flipper-rebuild-kit-041969-to-121979.html No need to replace the coils if they are not bad, the rebuild kit comes with new coil sleeves.
I just applied some Brasilian carnauba wax to my playfield. It’s made a big improvement to the gameplay. The ball glides along the surface and moves alot quicker arpund the playfield. I didn’t take all the parts off it though like you did. Does your machine play music?
I just bought this machine recently. Your playfield has come up really nice. Did you touch it up with some paint? What did you use? My playfield is a bit in some spots and it needs a good clean. It stopped playing the musical theme, do you have any idea on what I should check to get it to work?
Yes, I did some minor touch up paint with createx airbrush paint but this game had a really nice playfield so it didn't require much touch up paint. Congrats on your purchase, this is a great pinball and its lots of fun!
@@BradsManCaveArcadethanks :-) Some of the lights on the playfield don’t work, and after looking at wiring diagrams I’ve realised that it’s all of the lights driven by the auxiliary-lamp driver so I’ll have to troubleshoot that electrical board.
Do you repair these as a business or just hobby and have an arcade? I have this exact machine my parents bought in the mid 80's and I used to play it as a kid. It's been sitting for probably 15 years but I'd love to get it to where yours is!
I have an arcade in town and also my personal collection at my house. I mainly just repair/restore games for the Arcade and my private collection. Most of these videos are at my house in the garage because these restorations take a long time and I just work on them a little at a time in the evenings and weekends. I have another Tech that does the daily routine maintenance. This is a great game, I hope you get yours back in shape! It's a lot more fun to play when it plays properly.
@@BradsManCaveArcade I actually ended up finding a local guru that owns a restoration company. He came and picked it up and I showed him your video. He said say no more!
It looks great! Can't wait for the stuck flipper issue to return :) Maybe the flipper arm is installed a smidge too tight or something?
I put brand new flippers in my Black Pyramid today and both flippers kept getting stuck in the up position every time.
I had to loosen the grub acrews and slightly lift up each flipper away from the playfield a little bit while I tightened the grub screws.
Yes, that is important. They make a flipper gauge that slips between the flipper shaft and bushing so you get the correct spacing. You should also replace the bushings when rebuilding the flippers. Some kits include them but most do not.
@@BradsManCaveArcade I only replaced the flippers as they were cracked and looked unappealing.
Where did you buy your rebuild kit from? Should I replace the solenoid coils too?
I might do a flipper kit replacement in the future.
@@OilBaron100 Marco or pinball life sells them.
www.pinballlife.com/williams-flipper-rebuild-kit-041969-to-121979.html
No need to replace the coils if they are not bad, the rebuild kit comes with new coil sleeves.
I just applied some Brasilian carnauba wax to my playfield.
It’s made a big improvement to the gameplay. The ball glides along the surface and moves alot quicker arpund the playfield.
I didn’t take all the parts off it though like you did.
Does your machine play music?
Yes the sound effects are adjustable in the game settings, I turned the volume down for the video.
Where can you buy those electrical connectors and pins for Black Pyramid?
Marco pinball
I just bought this machine recently. Your playfield has come up really nice. Did you touch it up with some paint? What did you use?
My playfield is a bit in some spots and it needs a good clean.
It stopped playing the musical theme, do you have any idea on what I should check to get it to work?
Yes, I did some minor touch up paint with createx airbrush paint but this game had a really nice playfield so it didn't require much touch up paint. Congrats on your purchase, this is a great pinball and its lots of fun!
@@BradsManCaveArcadethanks :-)
Some of the lights on the playfield don’t work, and after looking at wiring diagrams I’ve realised that it’s all of the lights driven by the auxiliary-lamp driver so I’ll have to troubleshoot that electrical board.
Do you repair these as a business or just hobby and have an arcade? I have this exact machine my parents bought in the mid 80's and I used to play it as a kid. It's been sitting for probably 15 years but I'd love to get it to where yours is!
I have an arcade in town and also my personal collection at my house. I mainly just repair/restore games for the Arcade and my private collection. Most of these videos are at my house in the garage because these restorations take a long time and I just work on them a little at a time in the evenings and weekends. I have another Tech that does the daily routine maintenance. This is a great game, I hope you get yours back in shape! It's a lot more fun to play when it plays properly.
@@BradsManCaveArcade I actually ended up finding a local guru that owns a restoration company. He came and picked it up and I showed him your video. He said say no more!