Where can I source those red block thingys that you use to hold the playfield up when it’s pulled out a few inches?? I could really use a couple of those!!

Great job. Great machine. One of Bally’s best. I love mine. I noticed your lane rollovers and some other sounds sound different. I wonder if it’s caps on the sound board.

Turned out looking great. As for that topper, I would leave it loose. And I wouldn't really use it as a topper, but a nice piece of desk art.

I love that game it is the only 8 ball I really liked. I used to own the Bally 8 ball with Fonzi on it but I really did not like that 8 ball. I called it the drain game, because the ball drained so much.

A good trick for getting glue down into a crack is use a piece of paper or a business card if the crack is big enough. It works great ! Also the wooden sticks people use to make skewers and kabobs work perfect for the screw and other holes on playfields . They fit nice and snug . That playfield shined up pretty nice considering where you started with it , great job 👍🏼

F21 fuse is hanging out of the holder

That old board is not toast sir, cool video though!

The data east or Sega games always say open coin door when you replace the rom . But because your display wasn’t working you couldn’t read that . After the initial boot you’re good to go . Glad you got it going !

Coin door open ?

Coin door open. Added that comment right after you said to because I've definitely been there before 😆. Then got back to watching the rest. Awesome work on this one. Thanks for making the video.

I was wondering how you were able to program those chips, I always found that very cool

Aaah Gorf, Space Captain! 🤙🏻🕹️🎮💪🏻

It’s a pirates life for me! 😂 Nice video !

Good stuff 👍

Hi, great job 👍 I also have a de Star Wars and my force hole is also shooting the ball to the middle. Did u solve the problem?

That was AWESOME this has always been one of my favorite games along with Space Zap

Love all your videos man. You craftsmanship is inspiring!

Great video! I agree the boiler door needs adjusted. The last one I shopped, I had to play with it for a bit before I got it right. Nice work!

I had one. Fun game with limited rules. I had boiler room issues that needed work. The bracket that has the optos was not quite aligned so I had to correct that. Nice video.

Cornholio mode for Beavis 😂

What a great video, I’ve always wanted to play a Freddy . I thought about buying one but I think people ask more for them than they are really worth. Game play seems kind of simple and repetitive . Nice job getting it back up and running again. At one time you couldn’t get the claw so nice to see they are making new ones . Thanks for posting , enjoy every video !

Interesting, that looks like it may be the Heathkit version, which allowed you to build the boards yourself. I'm basing this on the HEATH sticker. This was sold in their catalog as a kit to build at home. COOL!

Really great job on the restoration!

1978 Kiss was released, classic pinball machine. Bally had some great games.

Great video. I could feel your pain in the beginning. It seems like I have thing go like that every time. Thank you 😊

I’m looking for a cheaper pinball cart, any ideas of where to get one?

Pretty sure somebody was rolling blunts with those cigars and having themselves a good old time playing 8-ball . Would explain the shoddy work and the cigars all being fruit flavors . 😂

Don’t need to replace aux lamp board. Those larger SCRs shouldn’t flicker with LEDs. In my experience.

Just watched Ron fix an asteroids board and now an Hour of 8-Ball . Best Friday ever ! Hope you had a great Thanksgiving!

We just inherited this machine and have some questions: How does the machine retain memory after taking out the batteries? Why not just put some new AA batteries in it?

Should have titled the video "Ever have one of those days?" Batting 1000 the whole way through it seemed. And I agree with Jesse, I'm glad you put the original on it. It is the way I remember playing it and sometimes extra doodads detract from the experience when they are so in your face like those flashers were. By the way if you haven't looked it up, "SC Time Test" is a measure of how well the Super Charger is working. It runs a ball through continually and gives you a number result for each circuit. It can tell you if one of the opto sensors is not working which results in one of the coils not firing when it should. Leebo has a pretty good video about it here. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2K5qp93hsSmpa8

Thanks for your video! Helped me track my black knight problem!

If you run into the pin problem again in a pinch I’ve shaved down the wire insulation a little bit and then they fit much better . I know they make the pins that are supposed to be for bigger gauges but usually I just have the regular ones and struggle like you did 😂

I’m glad you changed it back to the original, the ones they put on there were so dam bright it was distracting. Original is usually the way to go !

Getting home from a long day and seeing you posted a video made my day ! Thank you 😊

Hehe that was funny!

I have a JJP Guns LE and I bought it lightly used and replaced both spotlight assemblies (all servos were burned out, one literally melted through the plastic) with factory ones from JJP and after a few months the replacement left spotlight housing broke so I bought the same aftermarket housings you did on eBay that are printed and so far it has held up great.

How much evaporust do you need to be able to entirely cover the legs. Do you put it in like a tote? Also evaporust is reusable correct?

I’ve got a little chief pinball to work on. Would be a good combo to have a big Indian and little chief😂

I think that’s either heavily leaded solder or straight up lead wire . Maybe they thought it would act like a fuse if it got hot ? God forbid someone gets a glass fuse for it , lucky it didn’t cause a fire

Yay ! East Tennessee pinball and Joe and Ron in one day !!!! What’s better than that ??? Nothing !

This is why we find these games with a bunch of questionable repairs in them . When operators had to fix these in the field they had to get creative with their fixes and sometimes they just never got them back to the shop to fix them properly. I’ve seen some very colorful repairs over the years 😂. Well done , especially doing this with customers everywhere and hardly any light!

And you fix it and something else will break. I really need to get over there and check that place out sometime. It has been decades since I have had my paws on a Firepower.

Great long video and great job on this machine. Thanks for making the videos.

I’ve tinted linseed oil with color before to revive areas and it worked great

I’ve found that when something isn’t working right in a pinball there’s a good chance it just needs to be cleaned properly. Great work on this one , enjoyed watching this on a nice relaxing Sunday !

Great Video ! I just bought “ The Shadow “ and someone had completely removed the knocker and bracket from the back box . I hate when people do that ! I love the sound of the knocker when you match or get the high score or the special! I was thinking when you started , I hope he gets the GeeToh board for this game , it’s awesome and adds a lot to the game !

Congratulations. I'm on the hunt for a Spanish Eyes or a Kings of Diamonds

Good deal!

Awesome that you got it. I'll be interested to see how it turns out.