How to Replace Your Pop Bumpers & How They Work - 1969 Gottlieb AIRPORT Pinball Machine Repair

[@markjackson1444]

It ‘s always exciting when a pbr order arrives. There’s a lot more to fixing these than just swapping parts, but it feels great when you replace the old and tired parts with some fresh new ones. ….I’ve used the Mylar trim platters on the pop bumpers for years. I don’t think they are much of a problem if you keep the machine clean. ….If you never clean it and never maintain the machine, …then nothing will save it anyway. Wipe them once a year or so and they work great. Thanks for the videos.

[@pauz2175]

The Klein nut drive screw drivers are awesome. Especially the magnetized ones. Love mine. And great to point out the hollow shaft. Very handy with posts. Great vid.

[@AdrianMewis]

great joes classic video games and coffee keep them coming love the vids

[@bobmonzo3137]

Pinball Resource is the best!

[@jameskenney5623]

Another great video!

[@kenlanier2131]

Always fun stuff Ron! Cant wait to see the touch up on this one. Thanks for taking the time to share.

[@miniskunk]

I looked for a playfield image online.....the pop bumper color looks like it matches the gold striping. I think they got discolored instead of fading. If you look around the edges of the circles on yours, it looks like it was gold originally.

[@cheeseparis1]

I love it when you talk about your tools. It's so satisfying to work with well thought gear. I need to work on this post, yeah I could use a wrench but look, my screwdriver has a hollow shaft. I love it. Come on people!

[@scottbrady7499]

nice vintage look to it, and pastel colors. neat one to examine

[@pin-monkeypinball3548]

In doing some research on my Airport and one that I grew up with, thr gottlieb logo isn't faded much. I thought the same thing a few yrs ago. That's how they are.

[@djtoxiz]

The nut you use with the nylon inside is called Nylock, another kind of lock nut is made from full aluminium and is made in an oval shape on the inside and can only used once (Nylock prolly aswell).

[@Cool_Retro]

I'll take it. It's a nice vintage EM. Looking forward to the next video.

[@harrypapas8710]

Double thumbs up guys

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks Harry!

[@MRNBricks]

Beautiful machine, Ronnie. Mama is a looker.

[@mcpozzm6321]

It seems to me that the sensitivity of the pop bumpers could be greatly improved by making sure that the tip of the plastic rod that works against the spoon (see 20:17) has the proper round profile, is clean and polished with plastic polish, and perhaps lubricated with a bit of powdered graphite or Teflon powder. What do you think?

[@snowpea809]

So much information on everything. About the only thing I have yet to hear is how they taste!

[@LyonsArcade]

Like Chicken!

[@jasonsteverson4609]

Hey Ron!!

[@LandrysPinball]

Ron - Enjoyed the video! Thanks for sharing.

[@waynegram8907]

JOE, You mentioned that the Wafer Fiber Piece on the pop bumper plunger if its not installed in the correct orientation direction of the Wafer Fiber piece that it will short out the 6vdc lamps to the 32vdc coil line rail, is this because the 32vdc coil voltage is running through the metal hardware? They are running voltage through the metal hardware like screws and metal rods links

[@LyonsArcade]

Yes that is correct but it would only happen if the 6 volts was shorted to the frame too. So the metal wafer would touch the switch which definitely has 32 volts running through it, and if the line for the lamp was touching the frame (which it often is) it would short the two together.... thank you for watching Wayne like always!!!!

[@waynegram8907]

@@LyonsArcade Thanks for the info. Now I know what to look out for as a common problem.

[@davidstallworth4800]

Joe- Different topic as I have just bought a rockola 464 and am following your great repair vids on it. Question: What is the best way to clean the the gear assembly now that i have i apart?

[@LyonsArcade]

Brake or carbureator cleaner (outside) works really well...

[@EsotericArctos]

Are they replica part if it is made on the original equipment that made the parts when the game was released, or are they just genuine spare parts? They say it is only original once, but genuine spares would keep it original? Maybe not NOS original, but original equipment orignal none the less

[@LyonsArcade]

I would just consider it a high quality replica :)

[@restwellcloud-ix8ee]

You need a head bandanna cam so you can use two hands

[@ocsrc]

Paper is good for packing some stuff, but I think they should invest in padded envelopes for their parts.

[@b2gills]

The color under the pop bumper is likely very close to the original color.

[@ocsrc]

I wonder if they use the original plastic beads in the injection mold. The old plastic from the 60s and 70s is different than the plastic from the 80s and 90s and melts at a different temp and feels different. Now they use a low temperature plastic bead that melts at a really low temperature because they use much smaller, lighter aluminum injection molders The old machines were huge They were steel and weighed more than a truck. I remember the old magazine and book printing " press " from the 70s and 80s This printing company had rented out an entire strip mall and the printing press ran the entire length sideways through the walls. Each sheet of " slick " ( the special thick high quality glossy paper used for custom magazines that were more like a book ) these sheets were 4 pages of the magazine The pages were loaded in each section and each section was for that page of 4 And it would have the two sides of the print plates and there were 3 plates for each page because they had 3 colors. And it was LOUD and shook the building. And it was fast It printed each page with the 3 colors and it heated the ink to dry it and each page would be put on the bottom of the previous page and at the end of the press if had this huge hydraulic press that would actually fold the pages over and it somehow did the square edge on the really thick magazines. In the 70s and the early 80s there were a lot of local printers like this and local magazines Usually photographers would get together with a Jobs type guy who knew nothing about photography, but wanted to make money and he would buy the photos from the photographers and use a printer that did the mock ups, which were not hard because most of the pages were just photos, no text. The cost to make these were about 5 dollars a piece in 1970s money. Min wage was 2.50, so about 15.00 in today's money to print out each one. The black and white paperbacks are a lot cheaper to print, but you need to sell a lot to make money. Where these magazines might have 5000 made and they made 25,000 a month off each name Now everything is corporations and we lost a lot because the individual people who made unique things no longer get a chance But back in 1980 this company went out of business that had this press and they put it for sale in some business trade paper and investors entrepreneurs would see different things for sale and I happen to know the person that bought this massive press and saw an opportunity and they found a strip mall that was in a rural place that wasn't getting any customers and the builder was just sitting paying taxes on it and the person I know went to them and said I need the entire building and I need to knock out the walls in between to be able to put this press through the entire building and I could go somewhere else like a warehouse that specifically designed for this type of equipment but I know you've been sitting on this place for 5 years and never had one tenant and you're right next to the highway where the tractor trailers need to come in and out and if you work with me on a price I will rent your strip mall and for 5 years this building set quietly with no one knowing that there was a printing company inside because there was no signage at all and nobody saw people coming and going and the trucks would come and drop off at night and pick up at night and it was a different time But it was so cool to see this machine run and how fast it spit out the magazines and the guys that were working were blue collar guys and it was a dirty job running these things and they would put the magazines in boxes and tape them up and sometimes they would get on to pallets and be shipped out by truck to New York City for distribution but usually it was a guy with a small box truck or a large van that would come and pick up his run of magazines for the month and he would have a mail order list or word of mouth and people would come and pick up the magazines from his garage And in the state I was in we were one of the bible thumper states where even Playboy was not allowed on the shelves so the adult community was underground and the demand was very high and I was shocked to find out this person I knew was involved in the adult industry in this way and it was crazy😮 But very very exciting Unfortunately the internet really destroyed the industry The early 90s, every in late 80s people were dialing into BBSs But the 70s and early 80s were really amazing I miss those days

[@naytch2003]

I can hear a chirping noise..sounds like a smoke alarm battery needing to be replaced 🥸

[@kenhorvath796]

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[@lileveretteyoakumiii]

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