Saving A Williams 1963 Major League Pitch & Bat Arcade Machine!

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[@TDax]

The original company still supporting a 60+ year old product is truly mind blowing

[@justjoe942]

I love that there is a dedicated group of individuals keeping these machines alive. Warms my old heart.

[@LyonsArcade]

We're gonna do the whole number on this one, it's going to look very nice when it's done...

[@tomkatt2321]

Thank god for folks like Steve at Pinball Resource !!! They are literally keeping our hobby alive almost single-handedly. If the day ever comes that he retires and closes his shop, we will really be struggling to find replacement parts for many of these old machines. And thanks Ron for another great video! (as always lol)

[@LyonsArcade]

Thank you for watching!

[@gnrrailroad1531]

Hey Ron, I can’t believe you found a replacement gear! Now it’s not broke haha. Looking forward to the next video!

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks! I had to find something!

[@markjackson1444]

Great work Ronnie. You just gotta love Steve Young and the Pinball Resource. They ‘ve saved me many times when things got tricky or just plain difficult. Support them when you can folks….they are the lifeblood of the pinball repair and restoration caper. ….great skills Ronnie.

[@LyonsArcade]

Ain't that the truth!

[@Jesselovespinball]

Really been enjoying you guys cleaning out the back room . A lot of hidden gems back there !

[@LyonsArcade]

Many more to come!

[@JamesUK-je4ew]

Me too! Regards

[@materialsguy2002]

Ron, I remember your series on the other baseball game. This one will be very interesting since the game is unmodified. Thanks and all the best in 2025!

[@JamesUK-je4ew]

What a wonderful example of a company honouring it’s servicing! Almost unbelievable had I not heard it from you! Thanks for sharing. Wish a few more companies were like that. Regards

[@carlstanland5333]

I’m born, and still live, in Wilmington NC and remember playing these in Myrtle when we would take a day trip when I was young. Thanks for the memories!

[@LyonsArcade]

I used to go play pinball down at Johnnie Mercer's pier house!

[@carlstanland5333]

@@LyonsArcadeBeen remodeled but it’s still there! Concrete pier now after all the hurricanes.

[@MichaelWhitley-n9y]

Awesome job Ron, I'm glad you got the motor fixed.

[@ukxvc]

What a fantastic video! Thanks for taking the time, it's a big thumbs up from me 👍

[@LyonsArcade]

Many thanks!

[@FishDS9]

Great video Ron. You didn't have to get your hands covered in gear grease for us. Big thanks to PBResource!

[@richardasitler9897]

MultiProducts is an awesome company. They will gladly look up parts and give you the info you need. A first class operation. And PBR is who they refer you to for parts. An American company that still takes pride in what they make and have made for decades.

[@LyonsArcade]

They’re good people for sure!

[@frankgagliano9677]

Wow, great video Ronnie. Thats great you found the exact part, thanks to the pinball resource. We hope you, Joe, and Donnie have a great new year. Thanks for filming, see you on the next video.

[@LyonsArcade]

Thank you Frank! Happy New Year!

[@macdaddyns]

Thanks for guys like you with the passion and love of the tech, and to guys like Steve at the Pinball Resource. Without either of you this art form would be forgotten and in the Landfills!

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks for watching!

[@binkman853]

This is gonna be a fun one. That was great there is a US company that cares about their products from over 50+ years ago. Thanks

[@devilmaster73]

always love the pitch and bats! 👍👍

[@ShawnBernard70]

I will go happily into the new year knowing that Ronnie is on task.. That self wiping action is where its at!!!

[@LyonsArcade]

Absolutely

[@JamesUK-je4ew]

Going to enjoy this series, especially the differences between this and the modded earlier one. Thanks again for taking the time to film these gems. Happy New Year to you all. Regards

[@zyxxy]

Joe's note is missing, it just said "it's broke!" Happy new year Ron, Don, Joe and your families. 🎉🎉🎉

[@LyonsArcade]

Happy New Year!

[@photosbychristensen]

i remember playing this at a bar and a lodge.in the 70s early 80s.Thank for sharing.

[@MichaelWhitley-n9y]

I like these old classic games. Happy New Year to you both and many more to come.

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks! Happy New Year to you as well!

[@OdyBeRidin]

Hey Ron, first time poster, I was flabbergasted when you found that reduction gear! Also you will just kick yourself if you finish the game and dont repair that slow ball function. These EM Baseball games were before my time, I came into pinball around 1975, I remember playing the wedge heads not even realizing 50 years later I would be watching them getting brought back to life. Cant wait to see final product.Love what you do, keep it up

[@LyonsArcade]

Unfortunately the slow ball won't be there, nobody has the parts that are missing. So this one's just going to throw fast balls.

[@MonstaKoreArkade]

Sweet game! Hey batter saaaawing batter! We own a SLUGFEST & it is so kool! Great save. Monsta' 2k25 everyone!

[@LyonsArcade]

Slug Fest is great!

[@stevesyverson8625]

Good stuff Joe and Ron. Played many of the baseball machines in the 60s. Always took a pitch to see if the ball would bounce off the bat and hit the right side of the cabinet and come to a stop on the bat. Easy to hit singles ad hominem. Had 65 runs to beat the high score at The Pike in Long Beach, CA. There was a prize of a small plastic batting helmet facsimile. When I brought my score to the attention of the attendant he said, “go away son, you brother me!”. Don’t mess with the carnies was a lesson that I learned. I had many machines powered off as I was playing because they couldn’t make money off of me.

[@simondempsey1]

Brilliant video, i love taking things apart and seeing how they work. i watched this after New Year celebrations. Best thing to watch.👍

[@leighannedawson9335]

You guys did a great job getting the t shirt here before Christmas. Thank you. Happy new year

[@LyonsArcade]

Happy new year!!

[@pezjohnson]

That's awesome information about the motor company and Pinball Resource. That might actually make fixing our Doctor Who motor a little easier. Thanks for the video. And here's to a prosperous new year.

[@SuperDave1426]

I haven't even started to watch this one yet, but I'm so happy to see it! Back in the early-to-mid 70's, I remember seeing (and wasting a LOT of dimes lol) on this game that was in a small arcade in the general store of a campground that my family was staying at. I'm looking forward to seeing the inside of this, and what you have to do to get it running again (I'm assuming from the title that it's not 😆).

[@Cool_Retro]

Baseball machines were very popular when I was a kid.

[@SpaceAce57201]

Nice find on the gear! That’s pretty awesome! ✌️

[@LyonsArcade]

It sure is!

[@fallwitch]

Back in the 80s I remember seeing a few of these in Santa Cruz, CA. They were fun.

[@mistermac56]

Nice work on that pitching unit. It is going to be fun watching the series of videos working on this great game. This game brings back a lot of great memories for me, as there was a neighborhood short order diner that had two of these machines in their dining room when I was growing up in the 60's. Played the Hell out of them! The diner was in business from 1963 until 1975. I was going to buy one of the games when they closed for good, but the son of the late owner had sold both of them about a hour before I called. What a bummer!

[@LyonsArcade]

That sucks but at least you got to play them!

[@mistermac56]

@@LyonsArcade that's true!

[@MrButtonpresser]

I remember these as a kid. I wasn't tall enough to see the action!

[@busabrye]

Steve young rocks, helped me out before

[@Newberntrains]

I love these things very addicting to play every time i go to MB

[@malcellery1538]

Great video, looking forward to the next installment. Happy New Year to you and yours.

[@LyonsArcade]

Happy New Year to you too!

[@williamnutley5509]

Great machine Ron, thanks. The guys at Pinball Resorce are the best! Helped me out a couple of times. Happy New Year to you and Joe! Catch you on Friday!

[@LyonsArcade]

Happy New Year to you too!

[@cratecruncher4974]

Cool pitch an bat and fun video. That missing slow ball bracket looks like a fabrication starting with a 3/4" strip of galvanized steel from the orange depot. It's likely you have coils and links on hand to complete it. You can use the screw mounting hole distance to scale the rest of the dimensions for the new bracket. Because, like you said, the pitch variation makes the game.

[@LyonsArcade]

Unfortunately I'm not going to do that

[@2011MoJo]

Happy new year, from here in the UK.

[@spshc]

I played this game at the bowling alley near where I lived. I was probably 8 or 9 years old and was really into baseball at the time. It was a lot of fun.

[@NotsureOk]

Cool machine🎉

[@LyonsArcade]

It's a beauty, eh?

[@NotsureOk]

​@@LyonsArcade Sure is

[@Nananea]

Steve and Multi Products came through!!!

[@pauz2175]

Cool series. Machine looks awesome

[@LyonsArcade]

It does!

[@cornbread1955]

👍👍👍 Remember playing that when I was a little kid don't know if it was at the boys club or the skating ring 😎☕

[@maaadcheddar]

It's helpful to keep a notebook on-hand for new repairs or fuzzy memories. I work in aviation and when I do a new repair or overhaul I will take notes and pictures of how things go together, methods I used to make new skins or repair certain issues, part numbers, etc. It's been an absolute lifesaver and a blank notebook turned into my bible after about a year of using it. Same applies to pretty much anything really. Just have to not be so stubborn as to not use it which I struggle with a lot.

[@LyonsArcade]

I film videos of it

[@maaadcheddar]

@@LyonsArcade haha, alright fair enough. I can't argue with that.

[@wellmounted]

Used to play one of these mid to late 60's. One of the most frustrating machines I ever played.

[@LyonsArcade]

Some people hate them. I love them. I love most things that only have the potential to cost a quarter, I try not to allow my emotions to get carried away over twenty five cents

[@josephtrotter2860]

The Pinball Resource is awesome. I just rebuilt a score motor from a Liberty Bell using a kit I bought from them.

[@Nunya_Bidnez]

Aww it's an oldie. Can't wait to see it finished. I have to watch it later but Happy New Year Ron and Joe.

[@lowellriggsiam]

That's a very fun game.

[@TomMannCenturia]

Thanks very much for a year of fun and interesting videos. Happy New Year to you and yours and I really look forward to seeing more in 2025!

[@LyonsArcade]

Happy New Year!

[@dlschgo]

PB Resource FTW!

[@chrisSP0234]

This is MY kind of game!

[@kaiborrmann8422]

Happy new year to you guys! Thank you so much for all your videos, I enjoy watching them very much. Unfortunately, we don't have that "pinball culture" im Germany, so you hardly see pinball machinesmat all, and buying one is difficult and terribly expensive. I hope you continue to upload videos, I'd definitely miss them. All the best wishes for 2025 from a German fan of your channel!

[@LyonsArcade]

Happy new year!

[@Kenny-bm9lf]

Happy new year..

[@andycoombes1572]

Happy New Year from the UK to Joe and Ron

[@LyonsArcade]

Happy New Years!

[@jasonsteverson4609]

Hey Ron!! So cool. Played one at Pinball Hall of Fame in Vegas. Lots of early stuff. If you haven't been, you should go check it out!

[@FjHenderson]

This was the very first pinball type game I played. I think, but not certain, it was a dime to play. Then the next time I went with my mother to do laundry it was a quarter to play. That was around 1967 before my sister was born.

[@Quickstrike1981]

damn, nice game before my time, can't wait to see you play it completely fixed.

[@LyonsArcade]

I know, it's a beauty!

[@irieman442]

Happy New Year everyone!!

[@LyonsArcade]

Happy New Year Irieman!

[@davidhollfelder9940]

I saw the last one you did. BTW, haha, if it’s not a restoration, then it’s a resurrection 😊

[@viscountalpha]

OOF it's in Very rough shape externally, But. I've seen what you can do with machines and look forward to seeing you make it look great again.

[@PlumGurly]

It is easy to reverse simple shaded pole motors. Just disassemble it and flip the rotor in relation to the stator.

[@dvv45]

Happy new year Guys

[@LyonsArcade]

Happy new year!!

[@robertlipsett2535]

great job. I will use this as a reference when I have to fix my own upper deck when it finally fails. If you ever need information for a url sound system that was used in these games I have some copies of the schematics

[@LyonsArcade]

Thanks for the offer, I’ll keep that in mind!

[@DiggingNorway]

This is what makes American great

[@blueribb99]

I played one of those in the late '60s. It was located inside the Cottman Lanes Bowling Alley on Cottman Avenue in NE Philadelphia. I was in my late teens. I remember It wasn't as much fun compared to pinball machines at the time.

[@LyonsArcade]

ok

[@Kolohetom]

I really love how you laugh off mistakes! If it was my video, there’d be WAY more bleeped audio! 😂😂😂

[@LyonsArcade]

At the end of the day it's supposed to be fun so when it's not fun I just don't mess with it... the machines aren't usually a problem, it's dealing with all the people on youtube that's the biggest issue. Not you of course kolohetom :)

[@ShinMufasa]

Never seen one before. Interesting

[@fasthippy]

Maybe you got a gear in your many clock parts :) Also send cut send can make parts like gears if you send them info. NM pbresource to the rescue haha.

[@Brak0777]

I know this is not relevant to this machine as much but when you say you clear coat the playfield, how do you do it? Spray can, paint it on? I have been watching a ton of your videos for the last 5-8 years and I do have not seen you demonstrate that yet. Thanks!

[@Solitaire1]

I was about to close the deal on one of those and a Gottlieb wedge head at a fair price for games that had been in storage for 20 years and were filthy until someone told the seller that they were worth a thousand dollars each as is. Boom went that deal with an accusation that I was trying to rip him off. Still chaps my arse 5 years later. Regardless, I'll be looking forward to seeing how this one turns out.

[@LyonsArcade]

Yup. Happens to us all the time, sometimes when we get there the guy tries to raise the price. I don't pay 1 dollar over the advertised, or agreed upon price... I've told people before "Well if that guy will give you $1000, where is he?" People are greedy, it's one of the seven deadly sins.

[@Solitaire1]

@@LyonsArcade Didn't help it was my first attempt to get some games. I wasn't as interested in the pitch n bat as I was the wedgie. If I had gotten them I had been thinking maybe you would have wanted it or I would have gotten it working and moved it on locally. Cabinet and playfield were in good shape but the plastics were trash and the back glass had green paper taped on it where the grass should have been. Oh, well.

[@andrewwalla1991]

Were you able to score the pitch brake bracket too from PR?

[@LyonsArcade]

No unfortunately that's unobtanium. Two brackets and a lever are missing

[@grilnam9945]

I have a question. Is there a market for the old back glass? Even though you have changed it out, would someone else take it on for another reason like wall art?

[@LyonsArcade]

Not really but we hang them in our shop and eventually somebody buys them...

[@grilnam9945]

@ sounds good to me, just couldn’t imagine you letting go to waste, unless they were incapable of being saved

[@Dogzbody]

Made in the USA

[@LyonsArcade]

Right on Right on

[@AnthonyPresley-l8f]

Just picked up 5 games today, seems like for every 1 game I fix I pick up 5 more😅

[@LyonsArcade]

It happens!

[@73buickman]

Still can't find anybody that has a good nylon shutter gear for my technicolor projector been looking for years

[@flatulentguy]

My eyesight is beginning to fail me because i read that note as "corn dog pants" until you read it .

[@BadSeeder666]

Never stop saying "Alriiight"

[@lileveretteyoakumiii]

Yodelayheehoo

[@kenlanier2131]

Happy New Year Everyone! Looking forward to 2025.

[@LyonsArcade]

Happy New Year!

[@nascarnut130]

Are ya sellin the glass

[@LyonsArcade]

Yes we're going to sell it in our shop after we clear coat it

[@davidhollfelder9940]

The pitch unit kinda works like a trebuchet …

[@LyonsArcade]

Yup!

[@ArtStoneUS]

Having a tilt mechanism seems a bit odd. It's not like you're going to move the machine around as fast as that ball comes towards the bat

[@LyonsArcade]

Sure you can :)

[@davidhollfelder9940]

Cast pot metal

[@rickeymh]

3D printed gear would be a good replacement. linen grade phenolic sucks!!!

[@LyonsArcade]

linen grade phenolic would be a good replacement. 3D printed gears suck!!!