Gottlieb's "Snap Target" Invention - Complex Schematic Repair Of A 1966 Mayfair Pinball Machine 

We try to get 'em going again, they just need a little help

​@@LyonsArcade Some poking, prodding and perhaps some dielectric grease.

We try to do as much of that as we can but the videos get lonnnnnnnng!

Haha - you say that likes it’s a bad thing, let them skip! 😂 seriously though you seem to find a good balance.

And you still need to keep a wary eye open for errors in the schematics. It does looks like fun game to play, I'm not totally sold on the mechanism in the centre where the centre drain would otherwise be found. But willing to have a look at it all the same. Take my quarter!

Thank you Mr. Jumping Jack!

People don't believe that's true, but it absolutely is. The machines want to be played, they will absolutely adjust themselves. Thanks for watching Noneofyourbusiness, have fun with that one!

I am about to acquire a Queen of Diamonds from a friend that is moving and does not have room for it in his new house. I worked on it for him last year and got it working pretty good. Issue I have to address is the warped plastics on the play field. The upper ones interfere with the movement of the card targets. Solution has been to use washers on the fasteners as spacers, but that has been problematic. Solution is new plastics that are hard to find. Plan B is to flatten the existing ones. Does your card wheel spin freely?

Thank you for watching TAS!

Thank you Simon, we appreciate you watching buddy!

We got a bunch of em!

Thank you for watching Tim! I know what you mean by 'lost' amusement parks, there was one near downtown Charlotte where I live here, that most people aren't even aware existed. It was around back in the 1920's, they eventually tore it down and built warehouses over the property, there was a man made lake and everything that has all been removed.

I like how classy it is

Thank you John!

Thank you for watching yesitreallyisme!

Yeah it's an interesting idea

It was cumalative, they started out just making a lightbulb come on, then the next machine had a lightbulb that turns off, then the next machine had a bell that rang, then they ended up here :)

Coming soon to a youtube channel near you :)

They were tech guys so they probably loved it when computer chips came out!

Solid-state, digital is more reliable than analog generally. The problem with digital is that it changes and evolves over time meaning standards become incompatible with new tech unless the new tech has backwards compatibility engineered into it. We have a ton of file standards for digital that are still supported but just as many video codecs that have been discontinued. Those of us who have been around long enough on the web (25+ years) probably have old videos that don't play on modern machines! OTOH, things like JPEG and MP3 are still relevant because they're ultra-popular format standards and the companies KNOW they'll torque off too many customers if they discontinue support for these file formats!!!! Analog standards and electrical-mechanical stay more constant. If you take the time to learn, an old machine doesn't have to be decommissioned during your lifetime as long you can find old parts OR modify existing hardware to keep it running. Digital obsolence and lack of backwards compatibility of new hardware with older software programs is the greater issue. The obsolence of older software is generally deliberate. Companies like MS, Adobe, and Apple WANT to force you to play for the new versions of their old operating systems and programs like Photoshop.

Happy Birthday Taylor, we've been partying all day in your honor!

@@LyonsArcade thank you i hope to party on your birthday to lol

Yeah i'm not a fan of the bigger flippers, yuck! These are my favorite type of pinball machines, the ones other people don't really appreciate. We're in a situation where we can sell games like this that collectors don't really like, to home users who will enjoy playing them. This particular one though of course already belonged to a customer, they're putting it back in their house to play.

Yeah this one wants to survive!

Thank you Russell!!

Hello Lil Everette!

I see a recurring theme here

@@LyonsArcade 😁👍

Please don't blame Joe for that one. The other fault reports, maybe.

Gravity and all of it's constants

Thank you for watching buddy, yes we got it going!

@@LyonsArcade with the switch that was done by another tech and the one you put in,with that era machine would the original switches had the nylon stand offs like the ones on the A1 on the motor ? Just a guess