Actually, these games post date that type of insulation. The wires have what I understand to be a cloth covered woven insulation, which, while not ideal, holds up fairly well over time as long as it doesn't get wet.
The worst thing that happens to these machines is lack of use. My Gottlieb single player machine is a perfect example of that... While it did have some minor electrical and mechanical issues when I got it, I fixed the mission critical items and left the rest alone. Then I encouraged everyone to play it as often as possible. Within a week the majority of the functions were working as intended. This is a perfect example of what I used to refer to as "basement machines" - the family pinball machine that was abandoned in the basement and left to sit unused. When someone finally did turn it on and try to play it, things were all wonky. I would get a call about repairing it, and pretty much tossed up my hands or offered to take it off their hands. Most of these that I can recall would "come back to life" after some aggressive playing for several days or a week. Dan --- On Sat, 8/29/09, Craig McCluskey <diese...@pisquared.net> wrote: > From: Craig McCluskey <diese...@pisquared.net> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Latest Project - NOT MB > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Saturday, August 29, 2009, 8:29 PM > On Sat, 29 Aug 2009 16:43:52 -0700 > (PDT) LWB250 <lwb...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > 1968, to be exact. > > > > http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?gid=704 > > > > Williams did not build a lot of single player games > like Gottlieb, so > > it's fairly rare even with the production numbers it > had. > > > > Most single player EM (electromechanical) games only > went to 9999. > > Lots of old-time electro-mechanical stuff. And, from the > looks of it, some > cracking varnished-cambric insulation. > > > Craig > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
