FINISHING Repairing The Two DRACULA Pinball Machines Just In Time for Halloween!

[@CameronJust4064]

The shanties had me worried the "waxing music" was going to be changed..... whew. Thanks for all the enlightening and entertaining videos Ron and Joe. I came for arcade repair videos but stayed for the pinball repair videos.

[@paulclarke7571]

As always, great job on this Ronnie. The flow on this table is very impressive. Lots of cool shots. Thanks for all you do, taking the time to film these fixes, touch ups, etc...etc....There are so many of us who really appreciate your time and effort week in and week out. Cheers from Canada.

[@mikeprice2311]

One of the things I love about these videos is seeing the evolution of these machines over the decades. Like how this is an early solid state machine but still does EM things like counting back the bonus as it adds it to the score to ape having a bonus unit. And how it has the same kind of sound board that was added to the later EMs as a drop in replacement for the old fashioned chimes. Anyway, good series boys, both machines look great.

[@timbober1]

The Dracula face replacement on the cracked plastic cover on the ball pop up is genius. I have that pop up feature on my game I know you’ve seen the work around to protect the plastic, a small metal hood. I can imagine the operators cursing the manufacturers every time they had to shell out for replacement plastic pieces. I agree with your philosophy on game cosmetic appearances. I didn’t want to feed quarters into a pristine machine, it could mean it’s a dud.

[@boblow2186]

Great job guys. Bring back to life. 👍😁👍

[@TomMannCenturia]

Considering the 2nd one is the "less good" playfield, I struggle to tell the difference after the touch up, they both look fantastic now.

[@dnbreyen]

Thanks Joe, watching your work was very enlightening!

[@ReallifeBambiDeerattheFarm1]

I can't tell you did any repainting even though you showed that you did on camera. I think the future owner will be very happy with this fantastic pinball machine!

[@MRNBricks]

The two machines look great next to each other. Such a cool series.

[@LyonsArcade]

One of these days, you're gonna have both your Circuses up next to each other!

[@cliffordmaxwell9802]

Great job cleaning her up. lol at the cool dirk Diggler music during the time lapse.

[@PlumGurly]

Yeah, I guess the color is shifted a bit to avocado. As for diodes on solenoids, that is to keep the collapsing field from going back upstream since it is a DC unit. As for how that affects the switch matrix, I am not sure. Unless it causes bus contention or something.

[@toothlessdevildog80]

Great job bringing history back from barely functional ( it's broke ) to a playing machine !

[@irieman442]

That game has some unreal flow. It looks like a blast to play! Have a great weekend everyone!

[@DoctorDetroit100]

I can't wait for Halloween, will Ron wear his old Dracula costume? Will you be releasing the deleted scenes from this series, or will I have to wait for the DVD? Like the installation of the button battery. Love your videos on Friday afternoon, always something good to take me into the weekend. More Cowbell ! At 45:30 does the ghost of Harry Williams face appear on the playfield.

[@AvengerII]

We know Ron reflects in mirrors so it'd be better if he screwed bolts into his neck and went to a costume party as Frankenstein's Monster!

[@MrRandomposter]

You need to get a sponsorship from Windex!! Love the vids. Nice tunes!!!! Wax on wax off ;)

[@greglilly3866]

Ron, your touch ups are amazing!! You make it look easy.... and I know it's not! LOL. Those fine lines are the hardest to get to look original... unless you have a suiper fine brush or pen and a super steady hand!! Awesome work!! Looks amazing!

[@Jeroen_a]

@6:03 It's alive! it flipped the sponge!

[@grandpaseed]

Love is unconditional It knows no boundaries and can never be broken Always keep it alive

[@kevtris]

that lower right display's burn in pattern is because that was most likely the credits display. it spent most of its life displaying 00 00 which is why the center bars are fine but the "0" segments are burned in. Two of the digits don't get used at all and those two are like new still.

[@stevebowman2063]

Wow, you guys did such an amazing job! I have the Bally Doctor Who and have done a lot of work to it, I envy your skills!

[@roiberadcnoic5862]

Great repair video 😊

[@danijelcar5184]

Great job done on that two Dracula pinball😎👍

[@markjackson1444]

Another really entertaining series of videos. To me, this game, Stars and Meteor are all twin sons. They’re not the same but all have a similar vibe to me. I reckon this era of Stern games are just great games for anyone’s game room. Thanks for the continuing education Ronnie and Joe. Fantastic work on bringing both of these beauties back from the brink.

[@JephStahl]

Nice spooky effect!!! lol! That machine is possessed!!!

[@TreyVaswal]

Okay it's not just me, lol.

[@sside8]

It's frustrating when you put new drop targets in and 1 or more of them drop when resetting. Sometimes the target is hitting the rubber belt and the belt knocks it back down. It seems the old belts were thinner than the new ones made now. I've had to tighten the springs on the drop targets to try to solve that problem too.

[@Rep2369]

"Why thank you Thing!" brownie points right off the bat Ronnie! :D Thanks as always for the content!! :)

[@parker1ray]

I do a lot of airbrushing and have acrylic paint pens that would work really good for this type of thing!

[@LuvADuc]

Nice musical choices Ron!

[@MichaelWhitley-n9y]

Awesome job guys 😊

[@meltysquirrel2919]

🎶🎵 What do ya do with a broke pinball? What do ya do with a broke pinball? 🎵🎶 Ya fix it earl-i in tha mornin' 🙂 Not one but 2 machines good to go for years of fun! Thanks for sharing them with us! ❤

[@williamsudbrink4187]

Weigh hay and up she rises!

[@naytch2003]

What SHALL we do with sunken drailor indeed!!! 🤪🍺

[@nicoleking772]

Especially, If It's Early In The Morning?

[@naytch2003]

​@@nicoleking772😁

[@louisvillaescusa]

Would you recommend putting LED light bulbs in the pop up bumpers to prevent that browning in the centers of the pop up bumpers covers?

[@xprotimusx]

Looks like a really fun machine.

[@AvengerII]

So what was more effective in fixing these machines, Ron? Sweat and grease, or O-positive blood?

[@dnbreyen]

I like the creepy music Ron! Very fitting!

[@viewfromabove6578]

Thought I saw someone’s face reflected on the playfield during the last few seconds.

[@LyonsArcade]

That's Mr. Harry Williams

[@AvengerII]

@12:38 -- The Count would congratulate you on your art restoration, Ron. He STILL wants a BITE of the profits, though! He'll collect in cash or blood... O-positive, preference!

[@cadman10000]

The sound certainly sounds better after you tuned it.

[@MartysRandomStuff]

Crunchy glass sounds are never good, especially on something that's supposed to be sealed. Nice looking machines, and it is an interesting layout, just shows you can have fun flow on a play field that doesn't have ramps.

[@timitbiscuit3620]

I must admit i don't love anything lol. But I don't comment too much. I "like" the videos!!!

[@janderakaleroydavis]

Used to play pinball all the time. But there is no where to play around my area anymore. I worked in a bowling center. For pinball was the game to play. If I could own one, it would be Addams Family. Love the channel!!

[@kenlanier2131]

LOL! Some of you dont love anything.. aint that the truth. Ronnie, I like it alot! Please keep the vids coming.

[@eDoc2020]

The bad diode messing up the switch circuit is probably cross-talk. When you have a changing voltage on one wire a tiny amount of it gets coupled to nearby wires. Without the diode there's a _huge_ voltage spike on the coil and if the wire is close to a sensitive input line it will register. Why it was messing with one switch but not others on the same line I do not know. Maybe one of the outputs on the chips is weak or maybe a pull-up resistor is higher value than the others.

[@kingofl337]

Dancing a jig while you clean the playfield. Did you increase/decrease the speed proportional to the music speed?

[@Urko2005]

Great video.

[@sphiend]

Amazing job, as always! Still trying to figure out if the music I hear in the video is attract mode music generated by the machine or if you added that in post.

[@piratestation69]

I so want that neo geo.. love those things

[@ray73864]

What touchup? :P If you hadn't pointed it out, I would never have noticed it.

[@lileveretteyoakumiii]

Yodelayheehoo

[@dodoyumyum]

Do you use acetone on dirty playfield? What clear coat do you prefer?

[@ocsrc]

Nice action

[@Jeroen_a]

@13:00 WOW!! a camel in a bottle... is this how you milk a camel?🤭🤭

[@dnbreyen]

Nice Addam’s Family reference!

[@AdorkableDev]

Well, KZbin blocked me for using an ad blocker. See ya when they get enough complaints and reverse course.

[@dnbreyen]

What DO you do with a Drunken Sailor?

[@jankro1]

You're starting to sound like Joe :"It's broke"😂

[@Beaps73]

That music man ahhhhh ya killing me. Please stick to the old music. I had to fast forward most of this hahaha

[@LyonsArcade]

Anything else you'd like to complain about?

[@Beaps73]

@@LyonsArcade nope haha just music and that you talk funny (I’m from the UK)