Working On A Williams Grand Prix Electromechanical Pinball Machine, One Of The Most Complex Ever! -1
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My favorite pinball growing up !!!
I really enjoyed watching this one played during one of the PAPA competitions.
Wow. …. In the weeds on the first video! … Great to re-visit this old classic. … the pops seem real good on this, right from the get go. Good luck with Grand Prix.
Fond memories.
Wow that’s a complicated beast!
I like the minimal editing on your videos, it makes them closer to a live stream but still allows to jump over the long repetitive sections (like cleaning dozens and dozens of switches).
Thanks for all your work and thanks for sharing it with us.
Thank you Fred we like to think we have a unique style of doing it, we appreciate you watching!
@@LyonsArcade It feels wrong to be thanked for doing something that benefits me... but your welcome.
As I'm stuck in hospital for the next few days your videos are a welcomed escape from the boredom of looking at my wardroom walls (even the paint on them is long dry so I can't even watch that).
Another fantastic video with some hints on solving my next problem. Thank you again for all you do.
Thank you Pauz, we appreciate you watching as always!
5:10 That's why I've always cleaned TVs and computer monitors, especially laptop screens, by spraying the cleaner on the rag, never spray on the screen. Liquids and electronics behind the bezel don't mix.
Ain't that the truth! Thank you for watching CO Jones!
I’ve become addicted to your videos. Thanks for going into so much detail. I really enjoy these and this one especially since this is my dream machine.
Thank you for watching Eric!
How ironic is it that just before the notification of this video, I found one of these on Facebook marketplace for free? Unfortunately it's hours away and I can't get it.
BUT your video is here now and I get to learn all about it :)
I think my favorite part of your videos is when you take the time to "walk" us thru the what and how of the way the machine works. I might even be learning something.
I’ve enjoyed all the latest videos but I really really like the EM’s!!
Found out my boss bought a busted EM game and your videos helped him fix it heh
Very cool, glad he got it working :)
I always download the schematic so can follow along. Always try to beat you to diagnosis. Love these videos, If you cleaned and adjusted before playing you would miss out on providing all this great content.
Looking forward to this one!
Joe I just want to thank you for repairing pinball memories for me. I played every machine you have repaired (not the ones you actually repaired ha) keep up the good work.
Thank you Mr Sam, we appreciate you hanging out with us and watching :)
Wow i loved this game reminds of the single player Blue Chip also
Great video! I always like that Williams logo. Looks just like an upside down Motorola logo. Or vice-versa! lol
Holy crap that explains my back glass issues in the same exact spot. I will for sure change how I clean the back glass. I have triple thicked mine but I am sure thats how the damage got there before it came to me. Another great video.
yeah it makes perfect sense if you think about it. Thanks for watching Jason!
Drooling over this, miss e.ms soo much. Williams Bally were always my fave to play & repair how I miss them Interesting vid
Loved this game. It was one of the first pinball machines to have the 100,000 plus score display.
Cool
Cool video, I've worked on that game in the past, fun game and super complicated. I'm looking forward to seeing the next one in this series. Have a great day. -David
this was the machine that started it all for me. shortly after you did your last grand prix series. I saved one from a scrappers junk pile. got it to work pretty well. now 2 years or so later I have 4 pinball machines. 2 hybrids ( baby pacman & granny and the gators) a huge arcade machine and a megatouch... It's a disease Ron. at least your making some money all mine is going one way!
Compared to the condition some of the machines have been in, this system is almost pristine!
Such a shame the previous owners didn't fix the flippers and left them to damage the machine.
At least it's where it will be taken care of now.
We'll get it figured out, this is a really fun game!
You ever come across a RockMakers EM pinball? I traded my minibike for one as a kid in the 80s. It’s long gone and I’ve never seen another one until once at the pinball museum in banning, CA. It was unique where the flippers would squeeze in so you could catch the ball.
I actually have a Rock Makers but it's destroyed, we drug it out of a guy's basement about 10 years ago and he had let it sit on the ground back in the corner, it got a lot of water damage to the cabinet. Eventually we'll bring it in and repair it but we have some other ones in front of it! Thanks for watching Sideburn Studios, those flippers are called "Zipper Flippers", check this one out - th-cam.com/video/1Nn05FKpCuA/w-d-xo.html
@@LyonsArcade wow cool! I’ve been watching for yeeears. My friend lives in NC. I keep telling him to drop by.
Still looks like it would be awesome to play once it's up and running.
fascinating‼️®™️ 👏👏
Thank you for watching Rory
Capacitor is a nice addition. I haven't looked at Schematics on this one, but they could be using a Capacitor Discharge system, which would make all the solenoids working on DC extra snappy as they don't have the same voltage drops as non-capacitor systems.
I love seeing you work on EM's, and this is, what I may suggest as the king of EM games
Not sure I think this was Williams last mechanical pinball. They started making solid state machines in 77
There were a couple more but this one kind of bridged the gap, the first Williams solid state game was a prototype Grand Prix but they never released it and kept working through the prototypes until they got it reliable
Oh man! i have seen the bingo machines backboxes... they are complex as heck with rotating cards and lights and stuff....
and to be honest, they do not seem as fun as a pinball machine :P
I just thought of something. If someone uses window cleaner on the back glass, maybe use a quick-release tape at the bottom to keep the cleanser from pooling and soaking into the other side.
Not sure why this came to mind. Some farmer had a lesion on his arm, and he thought he'd dig out the lesion. And he actually got a fair to good cosmetic result from his DIY surgery. He didn't live long after that. He died of brain cancer. What happened was that he broke off some of the tumor that was on his arm and it went into the bloodstream. Now, one might ask, how did it become a brain tumor if there is the blood-brain barrier? The tumor grew into the barrier and grew to the other side of it into the brain. A different scenario from the glass and cleaner seepage, but somewhat similar.
Great video Ron! I love pinball machines from any era, & deserve to be saved. I loved the Bride of Pin-Bot series, I was wondering if there was going to be a playthrough video coming, or has the machine been returned to the owner? As always, keep up the good work!
Hello from Phoenix Arizona!🔥
Hi Pinball 541, we're still working on the Bride the customer wants all kinds of stuff done to it so it's a big project, we still have a lot of cosmetic stuff to do. I don't really enjoy making the gameplay videos for many reasons. They get less views than the other videos.... they got lots of negative comments... they get tons of people telling me I can't play as good as them.... they get people nitpicking every little thing that isn't perfect, or they imagine isn't perfect with the game.... they get lots of people complaining the game doesn't play fair, or the left outlane is too wide, or they designer made the hole between the flippers too big, or whatever.... they get people telling me I'm not filming it right, they get people telling me they can't see because of the glare, or that the flippers are weak, or that they like this game better than that game, etc. I should put LED's in it, I shouldn't put LED's in it, I put the wrong color LED's in it, ..... I don't enjoy filming them anymore mainly because of that so I'm not going to film as much gameplay moving forward. I still play them and have a ton of fun with them but not on camera
@@LyonsArcade- No problem Ron I understand. I love what you & Joe do to save these machines so they don't get junked. The Flight 2000 episodes are just a showcase of your talents. I look forward to all of your videos, & Donnie's videos also. Heep up the good work! I heard that Adam The Woo from the Daily Woo channel is doing a backroad tour of South Carolina. The last episode he was in Columbia. That would be epic if there was a 3 channel collaboration if he came through your neck of the woods!👍
Ron, again love what you, Joe, & Donnie do, & look forward to new videos when they come out!
Hello from Phoenix Arizona!🔥
Please don’t give in to the jerks Ronnie. … the gameplay video is an integral part of how you show each machine, from as you got it right through to playing the machine all fixed up. Your videos are #1 at presentation of machines in an individual way. Your videos are unique, they are thorough, and they are very special. …. including the gameplay video. …. which moron decided he was gonna be the judge of pinball players?. …. as the old sign says “For Amusement Only”.
@@markjackson1444- I am in 100% agreement with you. I enjoy Ron's videos, even the gameplay episodes. It is a pity the anonymous keyboard warriors can be so savage. Next time Ron should call his brother Donnie & order them a attitude adjustment!
“Living well is my best revenge” ….. Do not, do not let the haters change what you do. The gameplay videos are an important and integral part of each series. Please keep them going for the thousands of folks who do love them. You play just fine for me and millions of others.
I remember when I was a kid.
My local arcade was selling a few EM machines to make room for solid state games.
Like Grand Prix space Odyssey Tommy Captain fantastic and a few others.
But they were set up in the middle of the game room for sale While the new solid state games were on the wall.
But at the time the EM machines were still active to be played with quarters while being sold.
So I was looking at the Grand Prix had two to three free games on it so I played that.
But I noticed there was a little glitch in the system. I can't remember exactly which saucer it had to land.
But when the ball went into the saucer all he had to do was flip the flippers and it would rack up more points then it was supposed to score.
So after about 10 minutes I ended up with like 30 free games.
So yeah I was taking advantage of the system.
I would imagine that "Balls A-Poppin" is also a very complex machine- even more complex than this one- as it has variable multiball (the first flipper game to have multiball) and a tabular score chart similar to the bingo machines Bally made back then.
Im working my way through all of the Grand Prix videos now, as mine will be showing up in the next couple weeks. One thing I haven't seen touched on yet - any tips for discharging the capacitor? Thanks!
There's no capacitor on Grand Prix that needs discharged, nothing to worry about.
@@LyonsArcade Thanks!
Did you show gameplay on the machine bride of pinbot?
I must have missed it somehow.
I said everything works the moving ramp moves a little in test mode when you move it by hand then it fires and holds the ramp maybe the switch?
JOES CLASSIC, Both the Left & right bonus unit "reset switch or zero position switches" need to be OPEN for the outhole relay to turn ON?
Ron, is Bride finished? I did not see a final video??
Where do you look up the schematics?
Ron, may I ask: at 25:12, what is the "ANTI-CHEAT SW(itch)" on the schematic? (Its next to the 25cent switch)
There is a weighted switch on the front door that opens if you beat on the door... people used to beat the hell out of the doors hoping it would make the coin switches bounce and give you a free credit, but they put a weighted switch on the door that opens when you do that, killing the coin switches, LOL Keeping people from getting free games was a big problem they ran into over the years....
@@LyonsArcade Was "pimpling" (a fone-phreaking method) efficient in some of the machines?
@@LyonsArcade Uh huh! Commonly known as a slam switch. Located on coin doors, playboard and in the head.
@@LyonsArcade Thank you!
@@RR-xg1cm I wonder if it turns off the power?
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Little Old Lady Who?
Joe i am trying to fix a system 3 waterworld the lower upkicker doesn't fire everything else works in the machine flashers lights all other motors even all the optos.Everyone keeps says its a transistor.I saw your video on the sf 2 and its not that.Any help or video on a related issue would be helpful.Or if you can suggest a good board repair guy.👍
First❕ here we go‼️®™️ 😎😎
Lil Everette beat you to it by a split second :)
@@LyonsArcade Oh well watching it right now‼️®™️👏👏
Wait?!?! What's all this pinball nonsense?!?! We want more content like yesterday...we want A SHRUBBERY!!!
Nih!