Pachislo Database

was lookin for parts to restore my pinball machine, lights, rubbers ect. and found this site http://www.pbresource.com/index.html placed a order with them yesterday. to my shock they told me they will ship the parts with a invoice and to just pay when i got the invoice. its nice to see there are still places out there that trust the public! if anyone knows of a cheaper supply let me know. also if anyone needs help i have the scymatics on my 1977 gottlib jungle queen, which should help on other machines close to that age make and model. feel free to also post links to other sites that will help with repair

I am sure gman will come along and give you many sites that are good.

That is odd...a place that will send you the parts and you pay later. Must be because they usually deal with businesses and it is easier for them to pay off an invoice rather than order with a credit cards and then put in into the system later...not to mention that they don't have to pay the credit card fees.

Some parts places are actually just the guys basement.
Where to start with the links. http://www.pinrepair.com/
Older Gottleib EM history: http://www.pinrepair.com/gtb/

Steve Young (PBresource) is the official licensed Gottlieb source good find on finding his site.

Clay's Jungle Queen information site. http://www.pinrepair.com/gtb/jqueen.htm

Manditory reading for anyone who owns and wants to work on an EM. http://www.pinrepair.com/em/index.htm


FYI: Never use WD40 or contact cleaner while working on your games!!

thanks for the links G
so much info so little time

I ordered some parts from Steve (Pinball Resource) a while ago (maybe 8 years ago). He's a good guy to talk to, definately knows his stuff. If I remember right, he sent an invoice for me too.

good to know
must guys in this biz are cool
but you still need to watch it
I think G got taken one time

Mike worte:

FYI: Never use WD40 or contact cleaner while working on your games!!

Very true, and don't use Vaseline for greese either! Oh boy does that make a mess that's hard to clean up.

When I had pin's, back in the day I bought from several places, Young was one of them. Good stuff at decent prices, although I didn't get my schematics from him. I am trying to remember where I got those. But that is a tool you really don't wan't to go with out!

for my Gottlieb, I was glad I spent the money for a schematic, because I had a score issue that I just couldn't find out where the problem was. I pulled that schematic out and with in a half hour I knew where to look, and sure enough, a dirty out of adjustment contact was the whole problem!

doesnt IPDB have the schematics?
I cant remember where I downloaded what I needed

Schematics for the Gott's are not supposed to be legally available online. A guy (Marvin?) who posted one was sent a cease and desist notice.
I was able to get my 1967 Super score working with help from a couple guys on RGP http://groups.google.com/group/rec.game ... c1d7a4f91f
There are some really good guys and some pinheads on that discussion group.

I found a couple with a quick search
good luck

What is the reason that they dont want their schematics available? For something that old you would think they would want the machines to live on...or at least not to give a crap about them any more.
Usually when something is no longer available you can usually email an author and get what you need.

Chris wrote:What is the reason that they dont want their schematics available? For something that old you would think they would want the machines to live on...or at least not to give a crap about them any more.
Usually when something is no longer available you can usually email an author and get what you need.

The schematics are available just not for free.

I think Steve Young bought the Gottlieb intellectual property rights for the schematics, for him to make back his investment people have to purchase the scematics from him.

Well then that makes more sense. I thought they were just trying to hide the information like the pachislo manufacturers do
I really think the pachi schematics are not available because someone would come along and find a flaw in the design and be able to exploit it to cheat. Since most manufacturers make machines based on a single hardware design this would cause many problems.

I can understand why the maker of a 'gambling' device would want to keep their workings a secret.
Coin op equipment have always had a battle of sorts with those out to cheat the system. Coin validators started containing string cutting mech's after kids with a drilled quarters started getting free plays.