This is coming along nicely. The shattering bulb from the auto plunger was funny, we all may or may not have done that. 😂 on cleaning inserts, you could try using like spit or alcohol on a qtip instead of a screw driver rag. Less chance of scratching and or pushing hard enough to pop an insert. At least in my experience.
Thanks! Yeah I don't know why I didn't think about q-tips for cleaning the inserts. I probably just looked at what I had within arms reach and improvised. Definitely going with q-tips for the next one!
Decided to watch the whole series. Great job from start to finish. Great choices on the light colors and leaving the incandescent flashers. Sometimes LED intensity can be too much LW3 GI flashing is pretty intense. Thanks for making the videos
You might want to get a LED OCD board. I also like the brightness LEDs give but I hate the loss of the warm up/cool down period. A lot of programmed visual effects lose fidelity due to LEDs not having thay by default in incendescant machines.
Funny I have a Lethal Weapon 3 as well that looks like your before, and may use your videos as a bible. Even funnier I also have a Phantom of the Opera, but that one is pretty clean... but might get cleaner if you make a video of yours :)
That’s awesome! I swear DataEast games multiply more than any other. I record the videos mostly for myself so I can remember what did, but if they can help somebody else (especially learning from my mistakes) that’s even better I have Google docs with the list of bulbs that I can link and also my list of rubbers that I ordered from Titan (although I need to tweak it a little bit) if that would be helpful
Hi I have the same pinball machine and have the new drop targets but need to replace mine. I was hoping to get a detailed video but you didn't have it on your video. Can you please make a video on how to step by step replace the drop targets? Also, how do I get all the lights to go on so I can replace dead bulbs? Thanks!
@@christopherpham5050 yeah sorry, replacing the drop targets was about the one thing I didn’t record because I couldn’t find an angle where you could see what I was doing without blocking it with my arms the whole time. The good news is it was pretty easy. The hard part is getting the springs on and off the target. You CAN use a screwdriver but you will hate yourself trying to do that. I recommend a tool with some kind of hook or split at the end that can hook and pull the springs. The nice thing is that once the springs are off, you can just slide the old targets out and slide the new targets in. Unlike other brands, you don’t have to remove any plates or panels to access them. To get all the lights to come on, there is a test mode in the test menu. The DataEast menu is pretty hard to navigate. I’ll see if I can find a video guide for that. But if you can figure out how to get into the diagnostics menu, there is an “Lamp test” mode that cycles all lamps on.
@@christopherpham5050 ua-cam.com/video/UVpQZhc4HIc/v-deo.htmlsi=DlGodzFO6CVrtxHc This video shows how the menu buttons work to navigate the menus. They are a little different in Maverick, but this should show you the proper method to go through the menus and find the diagnostics
@@ThePinballNoob Do you know if there is a video for a noob like me on how to replace the drop targets. Sucks it was too hard for you to video it. Any step by step on how to remove the drop target? I think I had opened it up before and felt overwhelm ed on removing it for some reason.
instead of color DMD I suggest pin2dmd, it costs half the price and it's open source. There is a color file for LW3, here a vid of my repaired pin that I sold. basically went through all the steps you went, did not take it apart so much though. The Playfield was ruined, but I put a playfield protector anyways, helps with the balls rolling, when the PF is ruined the texture is different and the balls behave in a very strange way. Color DMD and LED Flashers were also installed. ua-cam.com/video/8c3ldHbG1iM/v-deo.html
Very cool series. And great work on the shop job!
Thank you! I have one more part coming... I had to do something about those ugly cabinet walls!
This is coming along nicely. The shattering bulb from the auto plunger was funny, we all may or may not have done that. 😂 on cleaning inserts, you could try using like spit or alcohol on a qtip instead of a screw driver rag. Less chance of scratching and or pushing hard enough to pop an insert. At least in my experience.
Thanks! Yeah I don't know why I didn't think about q-tips for cleaning the inserts. I probably just looked at what I had within arms reach and improvised. Definitely going with q-tips for the next one!
Decided to watch the whole series. Great job from start to finish. Great choices on the light colors and leaving the incandescent flashers. Sometimes LED intensity can be too much LW3 GI flashing is pretty intense. Thanks for making the videos
Thanks, that means a lot coming from you! I always enjoy catching your streams and checking out what you are working on
You might want to get a LED OCD board. I also like the brightness LEDs give but I hate the loss of the warm up/cool down period. A lot of programmed visual effects lose fidelity due to LEDs not having thay by default in incendescant machines.
"Basically I just want everything to be shiny."
Who wouldn’t!
Funny I have a Lethal Weapon 3 as well that looks like your before, and may use your videos as a bible. Even funnier I also have a Phantom of the Opera, but that one is pretty clean... but might get cleaner if you make a video of yours :)
That’s awesome! I swear DataEast games multiply more than any other. I record the videos mostly for myself so I can remember what did, but if they can help somebody else (especially learning from my mistakes) that’s even better
I have Google docs with the list of bulbs that I can link and also my list of rubbers that I ordered from Titan (although I need to tweak it a little bit) if that would be helpful
Hi I have the same pinball machine and have the new drop targets but need to replace mine. I was hoping to get a detailed video but you didn't have it on your video. Can you please make a video on how to step by step replace the drop targets? Also, how do I get all the lights to go on so I can replace dead bulbs? Thanks!
@@christopherpham5050 yeah sorry, replacing the drop targets was about the one thing I didn’t record because I couldn’t find an angle where you could see what I was doing without blocking it with my arms the whole time. The good news is it was pretty easy. The hard part is getting the springs on and off the target. You CAN use a screwdriver but you will hate yourself trying to do that. I recommend a tool with some kind of hook or split at the end that can hook and pull the springs. The nice thing is that once the springs are off, you can just slide the old targets out and slide the new targets in. Unlike other brands, you don’t have to remove any plates or panels to access them.
To get all the lights to come on, there is a test mode in the test menu. The DataEast menu is pretty hard to navigate. I’ll see if I can find a video guide for that. But if you can figure out how to get into the diagnostics menu, there is an “Lamp test” mode that cycles all lamps on.
@@christopherpham5050 ua-cam.com/video/UVpQZhc4HIc/v-deo.htmlsi=DlGodzFO6CVrtxHc
This video shows how the menu buttons work to navigate the menus. They are a little different in Maverick, but this should show you the proper method to go through the menus and find the diagnostics
@@ThePinballNoob Do you know if there is a video for a noob like me on how to replace the drop targets. Sucks it was too hard for you to video it. Any step by step on how to remove the drop target? I think I had opened it up before and felt overwhelm ed on removing it for some reason.
@@christopherpham5050 this one seems pretty good: ua-cam.com/video/SEmsS3UQQw0/v-deo.htmlsi=EF9MoC1_jshbDtD2
Would you please share the bulb color diagram?
instead of color DMD I suggest pin2dmd, it costs half the price and it's open source. There is a color file for LW3, here a vid of my repaired pin that I sold. basically went through all the steps you went, did not take it apart so much though. The Playfield was ruined, but I put a playfield protector anyways, helps with the balls rolling, when the PF is ruined the texture is different and the balls behave in a very strange way. Color DMD and LED Flashers were also installed. ua-cam.com/video/8c3ldHbG1iM/v-deo.html
That DMD looks great! I will consider this option, thanks for the advice.