Whirlwind pinball by Williams. Here is great game that needed a lot of love. It was living in a detached garage and suffered from the dreaded humidity/condensation bug. So a little rust, some white stuff and everything working kinda funky caused this game to come see us. We started with a request to "just fix the bad displays" and ended up doing the whole shop-out. The invoice notes below tell most of the story:
10/05/2012 17:05:18 Processing - This order placed by Lee. Customer dropped off for repair only. No shop-out.
10/05/2012 17:21:14 Processing - Repaired power supply - HV section mostly rebuilt and 1 cap in 5v section. Standoffs missing on display PCB, glued alpha glass back down. Install external battery holder & diode, removed old corroded on-board batt-holder. Clean and lube fan - was squealing. Tested game - works o.k.. needs clean/wax/rubber/bulbs and preventive maintenance. (a shop-out). Contacting customer for further instructions.
10/06/2012 08:36:35 Awaiting Customer OK - O.K. to clean/was/rubber and check other things. May go to full shop-out. Depends on our boat payment schedule.
10/10/2012 06:27:32 Ready for delivery - Found 2 pop bumper rings broken, replaced sleeves on all 6 pop bumpers, all 3 flippers worn out, replaced all 3 backstops, sleeve and plunger & link assemblies on all 3 flippers. Lower left flipper coil bad - swelled - replaced FL-11630. Replaced 3 flipper bats. Out-hole coil broken ear - replaced 23-800. Divert-er weak - replaced 2 springs. GI lights out - replaced 9 pin molex connector on interconnect board. Repaired broken wires in harness to head - secured wires and fixed plugs/ground strap. Lubed spinning disks shafts- squealing. Shooter rebuilt with new springs and sleeve - old sleeve was glued in. Steel wool the legs - rusted, replace leveler pads. Painted head hinges - corroded. All new rubbers, cleaned playfield, waxed, new inst. cards, tested. 38 man hours total.
