Fixing A Hacked 1974 Gottlieb OUT OF SIGHT E.M. Pinball Machine - Beautiful Design Repair Video

[@thefixerofbrokenstuff]

Clean. No bullet holes, no squirrel nests that have been taken over by packrats, no snake skins, no black widows.

[@kevinw.3904]

The sponge found in the back looks to be a soldering tip cleaning sponge. Great video!

[@johnneilokowitz2682]

The sound effects that you do to illustrate what happens under different situations are great

[@LyonsArcade]

Thank you for watching John!

[@RedMorgan79]

That's me. I don't work on machines but I like hearing Ron work on the machines...

[@toddpagel344]

The ring shaped water stain looks like a beer or pop bottle was set inside the game while it was being worked on. I really enjoy your videos.

[@adrianmewis4287]

come on people i enjoy these videos very much keep up the great work Ron

[@markseeling1723]

I'm currently working a Jokerz with WACKO HACKERY... lol! The GI is all hardwired and jumpered directly to the 6vac. They used an extension cord and soldered directly to the pins on the interface board. wow... Anyway... great work... I watch all your pinball repairs. Really enjoy your calm attitude working through the troubleshooting. Don't get burned out!!!

[@wackyworldofwindios3476]

Hi down south. I been off line. I just got done replacing all the internet cable at my place. Saved myself a few bucks doing myself. I got all kinds of speed now. Have a good one.

[@LyonsArcade]

Wow I can tell it's faster from this end, now THAT'S FAST! Glad you got it worked out Dano now think how much better it's going to run in the future for you

[@cheeseparis1]

Love your videos Ron. The buzzing relay and the laser defense thing have amazing sound effects, deserve an Oscar.

[@colmornane5684]

Hi Ron, The beauty of these old mid 1970 games are they were in the process of being replaced in gaming locations when the electronic machines started coming out in the late 70's the old EM machines were being returned in favour of the more modern machines to attract the customers. I picked up a Gottlieb OUT OF SIGHT here in Australia in 1980, came into home use when the machine was only 6 years old. Like your machine, mine is in great condition also. Once again a great video. Regards a fan from Aus.

[@Allen6876]

I really enjoy your content and I learn alot from your videos. I can't close my hands to work on something like this and I'm in a power wheelchair and can't walk. Please keep making videos.

[@LyonsArcade]

I'm going to keep making videos Jayson, we appreciate you spending your time with us watching!

[@madbstard1]

I love these videos. Always interesting and funny and perfect for the end of the day to chill out to.

[@LyonsArcade]

I'm glad you catch them the way I'm trying to throw them John, everybody always takes everything so seriously, i'm just trying to have a fun time. Thanks for watching!

[@Pinball-Whizz]

Yep. Out of Sight indeed. Fantastic. Love this era - which explains my 'Beatnik' 10 Spot, 'Psychedelic' Op Pop Pop and 'Groovy' Minizag.. just cannot resist 'em. Thanks as always for the EM love. 🕉️

[@markjackson1444]

This machine looks like it’s gonna be lots of fun to play….Playfield and backglass are in great shape. Get after it Ronnie.

[@bigbadwolf4life887]

I want your phrase 'Come on people...." on a t shirt :)

[@LyonsArcade]

It's on our store page!

[@bigbadwolf4life887]

@@LyonsArcade no way how did I miss this. Excellent.

[@wdavem]

Looks like someone had a couple of cold ones while working in there!!

[@1976aztec]

It is a clean pinball machine backglass is in great shape

[@coule2406]

Love these pinball video's. Specially when joe leaves the note with the list of whats broken. Keep up the great work ron.

[@johnwhitworth9080]

Hey Joe, I have a Gottlieb Sinbad pinball machine. It's in my dad's garage

[@EsotericArctos]

Even on free play, I always feel removing the tilt function is cheating in a way. I had not seen an Out of Sight before. This looks like a really nice example of the game. Nice, clean and man those chimes sounded pretty good. I know they are well before my time, but I do enjoy Elvis and Costello :). You can incorporate Lou Costello any time you like.

[@LyonsArcade]

One of the funniest things I ever saw was when they did Abbot and Costello meet Frankenstein, and he couldn't tell 'chip' that he saw the monster, so he was trying to act it out and kept stuttering...

[@samuelcolvin4994]

Wasn't that abbot and Costello meet Frankenstein? I think I have that on tape!😱

[@InsanePsychoRabbit]

Whatever the back glass artist was on when he designed that, I want a hit of it.

[@briank.3629]

Hey Ron, I'm not sure exactly where you guys are, but I hope that storm was merciful to you and your family! Thanks for the video!

[@LyonsArcade]

It went right over us but by the time it got this far in from the coast it was but an average rain storm.... Thanks for watching Brian!

[@jankro1]

You would benefit from a set -70s telephone repair tools, they include very fine relay contact cleaners and contact adjusters for relays.

[@michaelflynn6163]

Great thanks again

[@davidhollfelder9940]

Back glass artwork has a sort of Peter Max look.

[@EDcase1]

Hey Ron, you should try some 'Servisol Super 10' to clean electrical contacts. Really great stuff

[@AvengerII]

Funky artwork on the back glass. Definitely from the late Hippie/disco era. It's a pinball machine you might have seen on HR Puff 'N Stuff or one of the other Sid & Marty Kroft TV series!

[@telletran2558]

Shenanigans! I do love a puzzle to figure out.

[@DonnyHooterHoot]

Sure the bowling lady is cute but remember she's somebodies grandmother now! LOL Great video again!

[@LyonsArcade]

I try not to think about i..... Donald, now you've got me thinking about it!

[@DonnyHooterHoot]

@@LyonsArcade I want you to think of it every time you see her now! Bwahaha!! Thanks for the reply, most celebrities like you guys don't talk to nobodies like me! Have fun!

[@marianogonzalez9760]

Just can't believe the reason for that wire 🤣🤣 makes me laugh too much

[@TheRealScooterGuy]

That wire, plus the disconnected tilt weight, plus whatever we find in the next video, makes me think that someone modded this so their kid would win more. Or so they would.

[@johnneilokowitz2682]

No matter what I am learning

[@mikequenzer9100]

Back glass is an acid trip!!!😅

[@jasonsteverson4609]

Hey Ron!!

[@ocsrc]

That is a nice game Simple play field I wonder how the ball rolls The action is so different on each machine. It is interesting to see how some games the ball tends to go in between the flippers a lot. Others it will constantly go down the sides. I always wondered if they designed the play field to do this and if they did, how did they figure out what design would cause it to happen. Some games the flippers seem small and you lose the ball more. Some have great action and seem fair with the way it plays, like Xenon seemed to play well. Has anyone ever done a documentary about the people who designed the games ? It would be awesome to have a good documentary on pinball machines. Maybe one of the companies they could talk to the designers, the artists, the technicians, the electrical engineers that actually figured out how to make it do what it does. To see the whole process, start to finish would be a great idea Maybe you can get a local college, like in Charlotte you could contact the film department and see if some of the students would like to do the documentary as their final project. I wonder if it's like science fiction writing where they have an artist who comes up with drawings for the cover of the book and the different writers figure out what the story will be to go along with that artwork. With pinball do they have the artist make the design for the back glass and go from there and design the playfield based on the original artwork design and how does each step happen. Does someone come up with this is where the bumpers will be this is where the drop targets will be this is where the lanes will be this is where the flipper Lanes will be etc And then once that is drawn up with the different pieces do they hand it off to the electrical engineer who then has to figure out exactly how to make all of the scoring and the lights and the drop targets and everything else work and do they have specific instructions as to how the scoring and everything goes or do they do their own artistry and figure out how they want the scoring to go and how much value each Target and rollover and flipper and everything else has and how they will score ? It really would make a great documentary. And they could use your shop as a segment, or all throughout the film, with you doing the repairs, and going back and forth between shots of you and shots of the designers and engineers and artists. Maybe you could have a documentary on pinball machines as the final project, with each team of film makers coming up with how they would do the film, the different types of films where one is chronological with your segment towards the end and another where they constantly jump back and forth between you and the people who originally made the games. Each film team could have the same raw film, or they could each do their own filming. And it would be great to see how each team's film editor would cut each piece and put them together. I think it would be a great project for a film school to assign or for a team in a film department at a local college to do as their final project. It would be a lot of fun and the audience would love it. Who doesn't like pinball machines

[@macdaddyns]

Ron, forgive me if you were the source of this tip, but, I seen somewhere someone use waxed dental floss to retie the looms to look period correct. Thanks for the vids!

[@LyonsArcade]

I didn't come up with that one but I'll bet it would work and look nice!

[@alabamacajun7791]

C'mon People - clean just means it's not "too" hacked up, full trash and dirt. The drink stains and dust are just the patina! ROFL, Great Video of machines I never saw but similar to what I worked on back in the 70s. And yes those machines looks exactly like that minus the drink stain.

[@glmoore001]

Great Videos! Is there a board repair video that shows you re-flowing and generally repairing the boards? I have seen the board diagnostic videos but have not seen the actual board repair. Keep them coming! Gary

[@ocsrc]

Those nuts look like they go to switches or rotary knobs like a car stereo in the old days that had the two knobs one for volume and one for tuning they used those exact type of nuts with washers to hold the studs the knobs attached to on to the dash

[@evilbeetlekustomscreations4965]

I have a 1973 Gottlieb Wildlife pinball these machines are totally similar

[@00Mandy00]

Not clean versus dirty, clean versus hot mess.😂

[@williamjensen8641]

Jungle Princess is the same spacing on the score reels.

[@chefrarestones1960]

Hey Ron do you have a black light? Some of these 70’s games art work reacts to black light and I think this is one of them. The checker pattern and the color of the drop targets makes me think so. Either way I bet it looks cool under black light! Would love to see a video of it.

[@TrapperAaron]

@Kwistenbiebel200 no that was watch faces and instruments. It was phased out by the 1940s. By the 70s they had safe glow in the dark paints that were not radioactive.

[@TheRealScooterGuy]

@Kwistenbiebel200 -- Radium paint was phased out in the 1960s, but the paint took about 10 years before it was completely unavailable, so it might have found it's way onto a pinball machine. That said, UV reactive paints don't rely on radioactivity to work, and given the "vibe" that we get from this machine, it would be worth trying a black light.

[@RobTheSquire]

You've got to be in the game to play the game...I've fixed up a few things over the years and i've found all kinds of things left inside.

[@seancurry2863]

Your routines aren't annoying - they make me laugh....

[@LyonsArcade]

Well that's because you're not an uptight A hole :)

[@naytch2003]

@@LyonsArcade Haha 😂

[@williamjensen8641]

Car gut

[@joemieszczur9735]

my theory is someone was adding cheats to the game, had some cold soda, prolly mountain dew, and spilled some at one point and cleaned that up. hence the odd smudge under the rings, then put the can back in the other spot. the sponge is most likely from a cheap soldering station, that they used to solder the hacks. but at one point they put it back together only to realize the hack didnt work as expected, or at all. so they opened it back up but were to lazy to bring back out the soldering station, or more q-tips, so they just broke that wire off the 1st solder point then just wrapped it around the dirty, was it the: right bumper switch? and called it a day. lol

[@LyonsArcade]

Joe you should have just turned the soldering iron back on while you were under there!!!!!

[@ThisSteveGuy]

I definitely prefer how this one looks compared to the 4 player one called Far Out. That one doesn't have the three ladies in yellow and everything seems kinda smooshed into the bottom half.

[@lascheque]

I wonder if Kraftwerk's song title "It's more fun to compute" was inspired by Gottliebs "It's more fun to compete" slogan?

[@LyonsArcade]

Kind of seems like it may have been!

[@matthewledbetter4085]

what your recommended paint for touching up playfields and cabinets? does it need some kind gloss on it? and a type of white primer ? you do great on your restorations.

[@TheRealScooterGuy]

Look for some of the other recent videos where he does playfield restorations, and specifically mentions the steps. :)

[@williamjensen8641]

That long S shape blade on top of the score motor, is it or is it not a timing for the machine?

[@cojones8518]

5:05 "I'm not sure why they did that..." I'm thinking the Devil's Lettuce or acid might have had something to do with it.

[@BFTAC0]

Hey, how would you recommend probing a part to see if it works when current is sent through it? Is there a way to do it while the machine is off? I got one that's still a spaghettie mess of modded madness. I want to undo everything and make it work as originally intended. Just can't tell what parts are and aren't bad. Both versions of "clean" don't apply for mine, not by a longshot. Thank for your time in advance if you reply!

[@familiehass9563]

When will you do the strikes and spares pinball from bally?

[@DonnyHooterHoot]

That's quite a bit of work for that cheat!!

[@teddybear8203]

They are called cordless hole puncher

[@wildmandon1]

Your hairpin clip looks similar the pins ladies would put into their hair. However, I used to work at amusement parks and we called them R keys because they are shaped like an R.

[@AerinRavage]

Huh, working on cars and such I always heard them called cotter pins.

[@williamjensen8641]

My 67 Gottlieb Super Score is also abstract blue and red art work that has nothing to due with the machine theme. 70s prodution cost cutting that worked for years?

[@pl5624]

Try adding "c'mon man!" In your shtick....it seems to be pretty popular right now...lol

[@LyonsArcade]

That guy is a buffoon hell bent on ruining the world, I have no intention of imitating him

[@naytch2003]

@@LyonsArcade There's a reason why Trump calls him Sleepy Joe..and a reason why most of us hate the social justice warrior PM here..

[@naytch2003]

Biden reminds me of Herbert the Pervert on Family guy

[@Ariannus]

Are we going to get a video on that Prospector?

[@dashcamandy2242]

37:17 - I believe the proper SusanTube-compatible phrase you are looking for is "pew-pew cleaner."

[@djmips]

🤓 Well ackchyually they are called hair pin clips because.... dang I don't know either!

[@williamjensen8641]

The relay tells you what its supposed to do.

[@russellhltn1396]

I can see vendors being paranoid about competition. There's only so many places in town for a pinball or jukebox. If a machine breaks, that's a temporary setback. But if you lose a spot, that's a permanent loss. It's hard to compete on service, so it quickly becomes a race to the bottom for margins.

[@LyonsArcade]

Exactly !

[@jasonudall8614]

That sort of diamond symbol.... I think is the square and compass. ∆V. Masonic emblem. The "chess board" squares lean to that to

[@williamjensen8641]

Hairpins that women used in the 50s an 60s looked just like those keeper pins. Then women had bobby pins.

[@patmcnally6]

The Game was Hacked BUT Not Butchered!!!!!

[@djmips]

I feel like the sun might be peering over the rings of Saturn. Maybe?

[@chipholland9]

What's the deal with the tax stamp? Does SC still charge operators for amusement games? I'm surprised that wasn't administered at the county level, but I suppose the state wanted control over the funds for their own palm-greasing purposes.

[@LyonsArcade]

Yeah they have a statewide tax license, I don't know what the deal was back in the day but when I was working for an operator they still had it and were very 'strenuous' with it, if you didn't have the license they confiscated your games. It was $250 for two years for video games and $100 for two years for non video games, as of about 15 years ago. There was a ton of money to be made at the beach, Myrtle Beach had games all over it and it may have been thought up to try to get some of the poker machine money that was being spent in the state. So an operator may have made 50k on a poker machine in a year, but not pay taxes on it, so the state would charge a tax sticker to make sure they got some of the money. Something like that. Some counties had stickers on top of the state ones, too.

[@aaronwadzinski5761]

Do you have owners that ever want the coin mechs re-installed? and if so, are parts available for units of this age? For myself, I kind of like the idea of paying for the games, even if it's in my own home... Kind of like a savings account or piggy bank sort of thing. Maybe even use the money I collect from myself to buy another machine, or keep the one I've got fixed up, lol.

[@SpearM3064]

New Old Stock (NOS) coin mechanisms are sometimes available, but your best bet is probably a website like Marco Specialties. However, the coin switches on these EM machines are easily bent out of shape. On most EM games, if the coin door switches are mangled, the game will never reset. This is because many sausage-fingered home owners try to start a game "manually" and accidentally bend the fragile coin switches together, sending the game into a non-operational mode. Bally used microswitches; these are nearly idiotproof. Williams are the worst when it comes to finicky coin switches. Gottleib is somewhere in the middle when it comes to reliable coin switches.

[@russellhltn1396]

If you install the coin box, would you be legally required to register it with some tax office? There was a tax sticker on the machine.

[@timitbiscuit3620]

You could get a jar a put a dollar in it every time u play a game

[@jasonudall8614]

As to cleaning brush.....in UK where ...well let's say less things allowed..I have found packets of non disposable stainless steel drinking straws have cleaning brushes.....

[@TheRealScooterGuy]

We can get those in the US too, but I'm in a state that is less picky about the thing he was hinting at, so I could just go into one of those stores for such a brush. Or a hardware store.

[@jasonudall8614]

@@TheRealScooterGuy I also think Ron has no difficulty in the brushes...just the odd effect mentioning such a thing has on the "algorithm "...its more a poke fun at the algorithm gag

[@williamjensen8641]

Cat gut

[@bluesman311]

I understand what you mean by "clean" but possibly a better word would be "unmolested'

[@LyonsArcade]

I dunno, I don't like using the word "Molested" I think i'd rather say clean!

[@grfeld84]

They cheated! "I'm a bad boy!" (Lou Costello)

[@jasonudall8614]

Why do I find the original tax ticket still there such a "find". Ephemera

[@lileveretteyoakumiii]

Hello Yodelayheehoo

[@naytch2003]

Hello lil Everette 🖖

[@Austin.D]

Out Of Sight Out Of Mind

[@Foxfatherracing]

It's a female Jones plug cleaner.

[@2011MoJo]

Hacks come on now people..........really Hahaha

[@russellhltn1396]

Where you say "clean" other channels say "unmolested". I think their verbiage is more descriptive.

[@LyonsArcade]

I don't use the word "unmolested" to Americans that sounds like a child that hasn't met Joe Biden yet. It's a very strong word that isn't used often

[@86FxBdyCpe]

The operators pulled the coin mechs because they were A-holes!!!

[@LyonsArcade]

I was an operator Steve

[@86FxBdyCpe]

@@LyonsArcade Well Ron, did you ruin the value of the machines by pulling the mechs? If not, then you need not be included, right?

[@SpearM3064]

@@86FxBdyCpe No, Steve, they probably pulled the coin mechs because the coin switches on those EM pinball machines were unreliable at best, and were too easy to accidentally bend shut, causing the game to never reset. Of the three biggest manufacturers, Williams had the worst coin switches and Bally had the best. Gottlieb was somewhere between the two.

[@every-istand-ophobe6320]

That water ring inside was from the last idiot that repaired it sat their cold soda or beer there and the condensation ran off the can.. it's pretty obvious.

[@irieman442]

I never heard of this machine. Very far out man.