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The Grasley Garage! Theatre of Magic Arrives. We fix Harlem & Alaska progress!

Pinball Shenanigans·video·37m 16s·analyzed·Feb 8, 2026
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TL;DR

Grazley Garage restorations progress: Harlem fixed via driver board swap, Alaska requires major work.

Summary

Mike Dus visits Grazley Garage to document restoration work on multiple machines. Harlem Globe Trotters cosmetics are complete but required extensive troubleshooting of solenoid issues, ultimately resolved by swapping the driver board. Interflip Alaska requires major structural repairs beyond initial scope. Theatre of Magic, recently acquired from Ray, has arrived and is now in the arcade lineup.

Key Claims

  • Theatre of Magic was previously on Kevin's want list and arrived for the first time last week

    high confidence · Mike confirms Theatre of Magic came from Ray and was on Kevin's want list for a long time; Kevin chose it over Indiana Jones when offered both

  • Interflip Alaska is a four-player EM machine and may be the only one of its kind in the world

    medium confidence · Kevin states 'this might be the only friaking four player EM Alaska out there in the world. So, it's uh it deserves the treatment.'

  • The Harlem Globe Trotters solenoid issues were caused by a defective driver board that was returned from repair

    high confidence · Mike discovers that swapping in a new solenoid driver board resolves all the cascading solenoid triggering issues; speculates the board may have failed in transit or had a component die

  • CPR (Classic Pinball Restoration) conducted a fire sale after announcing downsizing; 70% of playfields were sold within days

    high confidence · Mike reports CPR fire sale with rapid inventory turnover; Kevin purchased two Matahari playfields, $6 Million Man, Night Rider, and Flash Gordon playfields

  • Rob Vieira missed seeing Harlem Globetrotters in person due to a leg infection and hospitalization

    high confidence · Mike explains Rob had front row tickets to bring the original backglass for autographs but had to miss due to infection; later notes Rob was discharged from hospital but received a ticket for obstructed license plate

  • Theatre of Magic features brass components throughout including lock bar, shooter housing, wire forms, magnet, and custom apron cards

    high confidence · Detailed inspection shows extensive brass upgrades; includes color-changing shooter rod, mirror blades, tiger saw mod, and curtain mod

  • Harlem Globe Trotters originally required custom circuit board work to enable seven-digit displays on the original MPU

    high confidence · Mike explains that getting seven digits to work on original MPU 'you kind of have to actually uh do a bunch of things including like make your own circuit board'; team chose Weebly MPU instead

Notable Quotes

  • “this might be the only friaking four player EM Alaska out there in the world. So, it's uh it deserves the treatment.”

    Kevin (Grazley Garage owner) @ ~10:45 — Justifies extensive restoration effort on a rare machine variant

  • “This was just supposed to be like a little bit of a refurbishment of the cabinet... and uh it's turned out to be anything but.”

    Kevin @ ~05:30 — Underscores scope creep from particle board deterioration requiring full cabinet rebuild

  • “I can't believe it. I cannot believe it. All that over that dumb driver.”

    Mike Dus @ ~37:00 — Relief and vindication after discovering the solenoid driver board was the root cause of all issues

  • “when you send out the board for repair and um you know you just expect that it's functional, but maybe something happened in transit. Maybe a component just decided to die on the way from point A to point B.”

    Mike Dus @ ~38:30 — Reflects on the difficulty of troubleshooting with an unexpectedly faulty 'repaired' component

  • “This thing is playing like a dream. I can't believe that's all it was. Swapping the solenoid driver.”

    Mike Dus @ ~42:00 — Confirms the machine is now fully functional after the driver board swap

Entities

Grazley GarageorganizationMike DuspersonKevinpersonDutchpersonRob VieirapersonRaypersonJCpersonHarlem Globe TrottersgameInterflip Alaskagame

Signals

  • ?

    business_signal: CPR downsizing and conducting fire sale of remaining playfield inventory

    high · Explicit mention of CPR fire sale announcement and rapid depletion of stock

  • ?

    community_signal: Grazley Garage restoration work extensively documented and shared with Ontario Pinball Collectors and Beyond group on social media

    high · Mike directs viewers to Ontario Pinball group for detailed photographic documentation; Kevin posts well-documented restoration photos

  • ?

    event_signal: Grazley Garage establishing formal signage and arcade identity with custom sign installations (Top Hat Amusements recreation, Grazley Garage signage) as community hub

    high · Two-sided professional signage installed; Top Hat Amusements sign recreated from historical 1983 commercial footage

  • $

    market_signal: Restoration scope creep and hidden structural damage as common pattern in Grazley Garage projects; seemingly simple jobs become major undertakings

    high · Alaska described as 'just supposed to be a little bit of refurbishment' but required full cabinet neck rebuild; similar patterns noted across multiple machines

  • $

    market_signal: CPR fire sale triggered rapid inventory turnover (70% sold within days) as collector base quickly purchased reproduction playfields at discount pricing

    high · Mike reports 30% sold yesterday, 70% now; Kevin purchased multiple playfields; suggests healthy secondary market demand for quality reproduction playfields

Transcript

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0:02
Yo, what's going on? I totally forgot to do a intro video on the way to the Grazley garage, so I'm just going to do one here.
0:14
I just had lunch and uh my eye just waters non-stop. So, if you ever see me doing this, it's because I have eternal eye leaking syndrome. Anyway, ready for some pinball shenanigans. I'm going to head over to the Grazley garage. We're going to check out the Harlem Globe Trotters. Um, the cosmetics are done. Just need to uh wire up the 7-digit displays. There's been some issues with that using the original board. So, we've got a new Weebly board that was just put in the other day. Trying to work out some um some issues with that. But cosmetics are done. Just got to get it functional. And poor Rob Vieira, this is his machine. He was scheduled to go see the Harlem Glo Globe Trotters when they were playing in Kitchener just a few days ago. He was going to bring the original back glass. He had front row seats. He was going to try and get their autographs, but the poor guy got some weird infection in his leg and and has been back and forth to the hospital and had to miss that. So, very unlucky. And uh he's recovering well and in good spirits though. So, that's what's going on with Harlem. Also, Kevin has made progress on Interflip Alaska, and I'll show you that. I seen photos yesterday. It was meant to be just a bit of um refurbishment, but it's turning out to be a full-on kind of major operation, but it's definitely coming along nicely. And Kevin has picked up a theater of magic from Ray I think last weekend and we're going to check that out as well. So we'll see you over there. I'm Mike Dus and [music] this is Pinball Shenanigans. Hi doggies. Oh [ __ ]
2:12
All right. Back at the crazy garage. What's going on brother? Check out the action here. So, this was just supposed to be like a little bit of a refurbishment of the cabinet. Was supposed to be Was supposed to be and uh it's turned out to be anything and uh it's turned out to be anything but. So, oh man, there's so much going on here. Where do we even start? You had [snorts] to replace the back and you had to build an entire neck. and you had to build an entire neck. Well, actually, you had to replace this top piece. And just that alone is a royal pain in And just that alone is a royal pain in the ass. Oh, yeah. Cuz the particle board sides Oh, yeah. Cuz the particle board sides were crumbling. So, Oh, yeah. I'll have to pop in a couple Oh, yeah. I'll have to pop in a couple photos. Like, literally, you couldn't put in the leg without the machine toppling over cuz the particle board is garbage. [music]
Theatre of Magic
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Mataharigame
$6 Million Mangame
CPR (Classic Pinball Restoration)company
Weebly MPUproduct
Top Hat Amusementsorganization
Indiana Jonesgame
Ripley'sgame
Mark Artsperson
Computer Spacegame
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product_strategy: Multiple machines at Grazley Garage in extended restoration due to structural and electrical complexities

medium · Harlem cosmetics done but still troubleshooting; Alaska has months of work ahead; Theatre of Magic will be torn apart further despite nice condition

  • ?

    product_concern: Solenoid driver board returned from repair arrived defective, causing cascading solenoid triggering issues; suspected component failure in transit or post-repair

    high · Mike troubleshoots extensively, then driver board swap resolves all issues immediately; reflects on difficulty of troubleshooting with unexpectedly faulty 'repaired' component

  • ?

    technology_signal: Original Harlem Globe Trotters MPU seven-digit display implementation requires elaborate custom circuit board work, making reproduction/restoration difficult

    high · Mike explains original MPU approach is impractical; team chose Weebly board instead; final solution required jumper configuration and connector work

    • 3:33
    And so yeah, see lots of bondo, lots of glue. Uh, and then like I said, this is a brand new neck that you made.
    3:47
    And this is elaborate, you know, like you're cutting notches out here. Yeah. So, this was the other neck for Yeah. So, this was the other neck for the other machine that we kind of matched. Yeah. Fortunately, we had one neck that Yeah. Fortunately, we had one neck that you could uh use as a template and uh from that you were able to uh make that. This is the other. This is the other. Oh, yeah. This is uh the before. Wow. I Oh, yeah. This is uh the before. Wow. I feel like if I drop this, it's going to fall into a thousand pieces. It's just on the verge of crumbling. But It's just on the verge of crumbling. But yeah, so nice plywood now. Oh, wait. Here's the other back. Oh, wait. Here's the other back. What is this? Oh, this is the back. This What is this? Oh, this is the back. This is the before. Yeah. Check this out. Literally like you can just It disintegrates into nothingness. That's where the leg was. That's where the leg was. Yeah. Oh my god. Uh, and that's why we Yeah. Oh my god. Uh, and that's why we have this now. So, there you go. Before and after. And, uh, that alone feels like that took a lot of time. Oh, Gold Balls is calling. Dude, I just called you. Why you call me back like so soon? I'm going to hang up on you right now. Bloop. Sorry. I'll call you after. Uh, okay. So then in order to kind of match the paint here, you went to um some elaborate measures and actually taped off and masked off all of this art. Like look at these penguins. Oh, the heater's kicking on there. We'll just turn that off for a second. So literally masked off all the original art here very meticulously. And then you're going to be able to paint from here on everything. the back, the top, the neck, everything. the back, the top, the neck, and then same on this side. That's all masked off. This will just stay all original cuz you're not going to go masking off every single little piece of art. The front is actually pretty decent. The front is actually pretty decent. Yeah, I I do love the art. Like these uh Yeah, I I do love the art. Like these uh angry dudes are pretty hilarious. And then I think you're going to go ahead and paint the inside, you said, as well. Yeah, I might as well. Yeah, I might as well. Yeah. So, that is a pretty major effort Yeah. So, that is a pretty major effort to have gotten this far, but it's going to be incredible. And can already see the results. And now the uh head here turned out also to be a piece of crap. And I see you've got some Bondo going on. And um I also um noticed that you went through some pretty extreme measures on this artwork as well and masked off all of these details here. That again looks like that took like you literally are taking a razor knife to like every single edge here, eh? Yeah, Yeah, that would take a couple minutes. And that would take a couple minutes. And then on the face here too, there's some art that they've masked off. Mhm. Mhm. And And the top. But this is the top. But this is kind of Yeah. This edge here Yeah. This edge here is also like you touch this, this is going to like fall apart. So you've got a plan for that, I guess. Yeah. Yeah. That's not your typical cut of wood That's not your typical cut of wood either. It's like all angled and I don't know how you're going to pull that off, but that seems like this is more effort than just a standard cabinet job. But, you know, this might be the only friaking four player EM Alaska out there in the world. So, it's uh it deserves the treatment. So, yeah, same on the other side. All masked off artwork. And um so that's what's going on with Alaska. Also the back door now it's perfectly smooth. Anyway, that's what's happening with the back. So, it's all coming together painfully, but it is happening. And then this is the pile of uh goodies over here. This is JC's $6 million man that had such a horrible cabinet. As you can see that uh Kevin had to find a new cabinet and that is where this um Madahari cabinet comes in and it is also pretty deplorable. But this is that was okay. I can work with that. that was okay. I can work with that. Much better than $6 million man for Much better than $6 million man for sure. But this is the cabinet he went to go buy and then ended up coming back with a trailer full of games from the ' 70s. Arcade game and pinball machines and that's all that new and box stuff. So literally because this was such a piece of crap, this happened and then all the arcade stuff happened including the computer space. So, it was quite a series of events, but also this playfield was kind of just part of the package as well. Kevin wasn't really expecting this. Uh, so this is kind of a bonus. And although it looks not too bad in the middle, it was kind of sitting in uh some moisture there. So, the bottom is uh pretty bad. But since CPR had its fire sale, you bought yourself two Matahari playfields. You got the $6 million man playfield. You've got a Night Rider Playfield coming. And was there something else? Flash And was there something else? Flash Gordon Playfield. Right. Things sold quickly once CPR announced that they were downsizing and put up that fire sale. I checked uh I think yesterday and 30% of those playfields are gone. I think like 70%. 70%. Oh, really? That much now? Yeah. 70%. Oh, really? That much now? Yeah. Well, they there were some good prices, so people were buying them up. So, yeah, eventually you may see a Matahari restoration, too. Yeah. Well, there's more. There's more in Q. Uh Kevin's going to go pick up like a fourack of machines this weekend uh for uh future restorations and inventory. Anyway, that is what's going on in the garage. We'll uh go mess around with some Harlem after this. All right, let's head into the arcade because there's some new stuff going on in here as well. Check this out. Top Hat Amusement sign is officially up. And that looks amazing. That lights up, too, right? Yeah. Yeah. All right, let's check this out. All right, let's check this out. This was Kevin's old arcade stomping grounds. There was maybe like a few locations in Ontario. Yeah, I think one in the Sue and then Yeah, I think one in the Sue and then one in Timonss that Daryl used to go to as a kid. Oh, Daryl's old stomping grounds as Oh, Daryl's old stomping grounds as well. That is amazing. You may be the only person in, you know, that has this sign or a top hat sign at all cuz So, there's not even a picture of this sign. It was impossible to get it. So, we found a video on YouTube, a 1983 handy cam video commercial. commercial. A commercial. I watched the commercial A commercial. I watched the commercial just like the other day. So, it's a like commercial and it only shows the outside for like two seconds with a guy in a top hat and and they took a screenshot of the video and recreated the sign. It's amazing. It's amazing. Looking for some really good family Looking for some really good family entertainment.
    11:44
    Welcome to Top Hat Amusements. Top Hat Amusements offer top-of-the-line [music] video games in a splendid family atmosphere.
    11:55
    Experience the arcade challenge at Top Hat Amusements for family entertainment. Well, Top Hat, for family entertainment. Well, Top Hat, of course. So, they were able to muster up this sign from that grainy old commercial. And then, ah, check it out. There it is. It's official. The Grazley Garage signage is up. It exists. It's awesome. Great design. Mark Arts, shout out who made that design. Just gave you a little uh surprise logo for I think it was your birthday possibly. And uh it is two-sided and it looks amazing. So, it's official. The Grazley Grudge. All right. So, now this Harlem is what we're going to work on next. Oh. Uh, wait a minute. Theater of Magic is not over here. It must be in the main lineup before we It must be in the main lineup before we get to Harlem. Let's uh just go down the line here. There it is. just walk all the way down the room just for fun cuz this lineup never gets old and it's just mindblowing walking down this this row every time. Oh, looks like uh Ripley's is starting to get uh a shop job. Yeah, that's just Yeah, that's just a a very good. But yeah, so this is the very good. But yeah, so this is the theater of magic that you got off Ray. Love that it already made its way into the main lineup. And uh have a look at this. Now, when I saw it at Ray recently, I was checking it out kind of for you. I was doing some surveillance, but it's kind of in his basement. It wasn't very bright. It's a bit dark. And uh this is way better lighting in here, so we can get a much better view of the machine here. It's just brassed out. The leg levelers are even brass. the legs, the bolts, the shooter housing. This is the color changing shooter rod. Can I throw it on? Oh, yeah. I think it's got heading Oh, yeah. I think it's got heading sensor. Oh, yeah. Yeah, it did that raise as Oh, yeah. Yeah, it did that raise as well. It's the color changing shooter rod, which is pretty sweet. I have one of those on mine. We've got the brass lock bar, side rails, hinges. Oh, did it not have color DMD? No, cuz I was telling you, you know, all the cuz I was telling you, you know, all the things that it had and I I said I think it has color DMD, but I guess I was wrong on that. And then here is the playfield. Oh, yeah. Even brass uh apron um custom apron cards. It's got mirror blades. All the wire forms are brass. The magnet is brass. The plastic ramps are new. It's got the tiger saw mod and it's got this extra like mirror mod back here. The curtain, The curtain, what's it called? what's it called? I don't know. Like the curtain. I don't know. Like the curtain. Yeah, curtain mod or something. I don't Yeah, curtain mod or something. I don't know. It just like lights up or something. Yeah, I actually unplugged it sort of Yeah, I actually unplugged it sort of accidentally cuz Okay. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Uh the Tiger saw was just going all the Uh the Tiger saw was just going all the time, so I was like, I wonder if that's supposed to be. So, I unplugged it, but I unplugged both of them. Oh, okay. Yeah. Tiger saw is not supposed to okay. Yeah. Tiger saw is not supposed to be going all the time. It almost looks like the Tiger saw is brass, but I don't think that's the case. I think that's just the reflection of every all the brass that's going on in there. But yeah, thing's LED. It's clean. And uh is a The cabinet's actually really nice, but The cabinet's actually really nice, but going to tear it apart anyway. Yeah, that sounds about right. Have a Yeah, that sounds about right. Have a look at the cabinet here.
    15:48
    Yeah, it is in it is in nice shape, but it's not in grazely garage shape. So, uh did this come with it? Yep. Yep. And then I think there's was some extra And then I think there's was some extra goodies in here as well. Holy [ __ ] that lock is tough. Um this is a extra trunk here that Ray actually bought off me a while back. And then some other miscellaneous stuff in there. Did you see the little clock mod that I was telling you about?
    16:17
    Yeah, it's like broken, but there's a clock in here somewhere. Check this out. There's the top of it. It's nothing too fancy, but it sits on a post and lights up and goes somewhere on the playfield. But yeah, just some miscellaneous extras. And uh yeah, so theater has arrived in the Grazley garage, so it's pretty sweet. And you know what? Just for fun, why don't we play one ball? Yeah. So, like Kevin was saying, the credit dots are for these Eddie sensors. They sometimes just go out of adjustment and uh throw up an error. I have that on mine as well. The Eddie sensors were just not the best design.
    17:03
    This was on your want list for the longest time, man. It's finally here to stay this time. I know. First the first time it came, it know. First the first time it came, it didn't last a week. Nope. performance is about to begin. Nope. performance is about to begin. Shooting for the magic trunk. Shooting for the magic trunk. The uh magma save works there. Is that The uh magma save works there. Is that what it's called? Hocus pocus.
    17:24
    Well, you know, you also wanted an Indiana Jones, which is right there. which is right there. So, uh So, uh when you got offered the Indiana Jones when you got offered the Indiana Jones for the theater, I don't blame you for taking that. I am only jealous. [music] I am only jealous. [music] Has Dutch had a chance to play this yet? Uh, she got it. Uh, she got it. We would play it a few times. We would play it a few times. Nice.
    17:52
    I should uh try and at least get a multiball going. So, I got to go up that ramp there one more time. Now I can start locking balls for the like that. The first ball is locked.
    18:15
    Oh. Oh, I was going to say I heard the tiger and I was [music] going to check the tiger saw, but I forgot it's unplugged. All right, here we go. Should be able to All right, here we go. Should be able to start a multiball. And then once you start a multiball, if you fire once you start a multiball, if you fire it into the trunk like within 5 seconds, you get the 100 million jackpot. So, see if we can pull that off.
    18:40
    It's a really cool feature. If you have never seen this machine before, this is uh I love how the ball just gets stuck to the magnet. And here we go. Okay, I should just focus and do not lose all my balls. It's over. I didn't get 100 million. I didn't get nothing. Too busy uh focusing on the coolness of the trunk. All right, there you go. That's a little teaser uh video for you on Theater of Magic. Oh, pretty sweet addition to the uh Grazy Garage Arcade. Okay, so I got sidetracked by the theater of magic. Back to Harlem Globe Trotters here. Like I said, the cosmetics are done. Now we just got to see if we can get this thing to work. So, we think that Dutch was here repinning some connectors. Ah, look at that. Good boy. And uh I'm going to try and wire up some displays. Do you want to yink off the uh back glass there? just going to show off the new Weebly MPU because as it turns out, in order to get the seven digits to work on an original MPU, you kind of have to actually uh do a bunch of the things including like make your own circuit board,
    20:12
    sort of like a little daughter board, and that is just more elaborate than we were willing to go. So, here is the new Weebly MPU and here is my wire. So, what I need to do is actually create a four pin connector for that. And um this wire just basically goes from this display here to here to here to here and then it will go to that connector and then I got to move a couple of these wires from here to here apparently and then we should have seven digits. So stay tuned. All right. So Dutch's mission was to repin J4 here on the MPU and J4 here on the solenoid driver because of the weird solenoid issues we were having. So I think for fun what we should do is just turn on the machine and see if those issues are resolved.
    21:26
    Still have loud sound. Oh yeah, we're still stuck on max volume and uh pretty sure we just need to change the uh potentiometer on the soundboard, but it's definitely loud. All right. Well, if we hit the start button and a ball Is there a ball in here? Yep. If a ball kicks into the shooter lane, then that's definitely a good start. So, let's see what happens.
    21:54
    What happened to the sound? We got no sound and we got no solenoids and the score is going crazy. Sweet. Sweet. All right. So, I don't know uh what to All right. So, I don't know uh what to think of all that, but not good things. So, we're going to have our work cut out for us here a little bit. So, we'll report back eventually. Okay. We discovered that Dutch did a fine job repinning this connector here, but he must have ran out of time and uh this connector is not repinned. So, we're hoping that will uh help resolve some of the weirdness that we've got going on here. Okay, before I forget, uh update on Rob Vieira. He was just discharged from the hospital and on his way home he got a ticket for having an obstructed license plate. 110 bucks. 110 bucks. 110 bucks. So, poor guy. Anyway, 110 bucks. So, poor guy. Anyway, brother, we're going to try and make you happy with this Harlem. Uh, this connector is repinned. So, the weird symptoms we were having, I didn't really show them, but uh well, still the left slingshot was triggering this pop bumper. Right slingshot triggering this pop bumper. This pop bumper was triggering the knocker and this kicker. The out hole, if you go into the out hole, it was triggering this solenoid to fire basically. What's that? Oh, yeah. And occasionally would lock on. It wouldn't always lock on, but occasionally lock on. But everything is completely effed. So, not too sure if this is going to solve our problem. But this is definitely um the connector that needs to be repinned for starters. This has got all the solenoid data on it. And uh can't really see what I'm doing. There we go. All right. Shall we uh give her a heck? We think we got the sound sort of working a little bit better, too. But let's see what happens. Oh, and the reason the score was just kind of going crazy before is that uh this drop target switch was like had an L-shaped bend in it, which is kind of weird, and was stuck closed. So that was causing [music] weird stuff to happen. Oh. Oh. So, So, so far so good. Let's hit the start button and see what happens. We should get sound now. [music]
    24:46
    Okay. So, before when we'd throw the ball in the out hole, these things start locking on. So, let's uh do that and see what happens. Oh no, it's still doing it. Damn it. Ah. Okay, so our symptoms are still all the same. Watch the left pop bumper. Watch the center pop bumper. Uh I think this does it do Yeah. See this saucer here? Watch the little arm come up when I hit this pop bumper. See that middle one I think does the same. Yep. Now, this is my favorite. This one does this solenoid and the knocker.
    25:33
    It needs your touch. You know that you know where the sweet spot is. There it is. And it's like shocking every time. Oh, I don't think it actually triggered this solenoid. Let's see that again. Oh, yes it did. Okay, so that's what we're dealing with. All right, since we're not currently having any luck doing anything else, uh I'm going to see if I can at least get the sevendigit scoring to work. So, I'm going to install that connector now. Okay. So, apparently what you have to do is remove pin five and six, which are digits five and six, off this connector here. Extend the wires so that they actually can fit to this connector along with the one that's connecting all the displays. Add these three wires to the connector in the correct spots. Plug it in and we should have seven digits. Okay, so connector installed. Check it out. [snorts] Let's see if we can uh have one step forward here. I'm going to plug this in. I'll get that. That's how that goes. Apparently one last thing to do. All right, Kev, you want to have the honors? Turn it on and let's see if we can uh have some success [music] here. Come on. Seven digits, please work. [ __ ] man. What the hell? Hey, wait a minute. As sad as I am, the seventh digit actually does work. So maybe that's good. Just missing 6, 5, 4, and three. Okay, fret not. I just forgot to move these jumpers. See how it says like 6D and 7D? I got to move those jumpers each up one spot for seven digits. And then we should be good. There we go. That should do it. All right. Take two. Seven digit displays.
    27:48
    It's a good start. Let's hit the uh test button. Come on, baby. What? What happened? This seven digit was working. [music] Did they just not show in display test? Oh, okay. Weird stuff's happening. Okay, may have found the problem. Switch 21 needs to be on and it is off. So, here we go. That might do it. Okay, take three. Think it's going to work.
    28:28
    All right, let's hit the [music] test button in three, two, one.
    28:39
    We'll hit it one more time. That's just lamb test. Hey, we did it. Yes, one step forward. Woohoo. There you go, big boy. I know you got some bad news today, but after much fighting. Here's some good [music] news for you. Okay, so we think we might have success. Just for SMGs, we put in a new solenoid driver board. Okay, there's the old one. Supposed to be good, but we're like, you know, doesn't hurt to try. So, we popped it in and we did a quick test. The left slingshot is not firing the left pop bumper. The out hole is not locking on solenoids. This may be the first functional game of Harlem Globe Trotters. We're not sure, but it's going to be the most functional game potentially. [music] Here we go. I'm going to start a game and the ball may actually shoot into the trough.
    29:57
    [music] Rob Vier, how do you like that? Okay, see what happens.
    30:20
    Oh, come on. Hit a shot, Michael. Get in the saucer. Okay, how about a drop target and a spin?
    30:34
    Think we got it, Rob. Finally, it's working. Except uh the gate is being a little bit weird. Close up there. Let's see if it opens. Yeah, there we go. Might need a little lube or something. Okay, now I need uh Considering this is the first game. This is the first game that it actually This is the first game that it actually functions without all kinds of crazy [ __ ] happening. I think I heard something fall into the cabinet. Check on that. Maybe a piece of hardware or something. [music]
    31:09
    Okay, let's try and get the rest of these drop targets. Here we go. Every time you hit a drop target. No. Oh, I tried to cheat.
    31:29
    It's effing working. I cannot believe it. I cannot believe it. All that over that dumb driver. Yeah. So, I think we just need like a new volume pot for the soundboard and uh whatever other minor dialing ins we need to do. Make sure that this is uh set for three ball.
    31:58
    [music] Just the thing is like don't you dare. You know, [ __ ] happens and uh you know I get that. So when you send out the board for repair and um you know you just expect that it's functional, but [music] maybe something happened in transit. Maybe a component just decided to die on the way from point A to point B. But when you're trying to troubleshoot that uh throws you for a loop because you're not going to be suspecting the freshly serviced board. So, that got us chasing our tails for a bit, but that's okay. You know, repinned a couple connectors.
    32:48
    That never hurts to do. It's future proofing. I'm hitting all these drop targets.
    32:57
    Even if I have to cheat more, I've already cheated enough. But uh Oh, are you serious? Okay, [music] please don't be set for five balls. Oh [ __ ] All right, we'll finish this off.
    33:17
    Let's try and spell globe at least. I don't think I did that yet. Oh, it's on the alternating letters. See how that light up top is just moving around? Normally, you can get your globe letters uh sequentially every time you pop in the saucer, but now you got to get in the saucer in all five locations. There's a B, but I already got the B. Give me something. There's a E. I already got the E.
    33:50
    But normally drop targets will give you a letter, but I don't think they do with this setting. Come out. Do I have the L or I just need the O? L might just be a little dim. Okay, I literally just need the O. So I don't think
    34:13
    the drop target is going to spot me. [music] Well, that means that uh other than some very minor dialing in Harlem Globe Trotters is pretty darn near the finish line. [music] If you want to see all the photos of this restoration, no, join the Ontario Pinball group. What is it called? Ontario Pinball Collectors and Beyond, something like that, right? Uh, arcade and pinball. Collectors and Uh, arcade and pinball. Collectors and Yeah, arcade and pinball. Yeah, arcade and pinball. Uh, Kevin posts very well doumented photos of all his restorations. You can just see how nasty some of these machines are. all the effort and energy he goes through to beautify these things. And uh yeah, definitely worth checking out. Open my gate. Let's try tap pass. No tap pass. Oh, thank god I opened my gate. Oh, one more drop target to go. And I still need the freaking Oh, yay. I spelled globe. And I got all the drop targets. And I've got max bonus
    35:45
    special available. Now I just need to get into the saucer. I think that should reset the drop targets. This thing is playing like a dream. I can't believe that's all it was. Swapping the solenoid driver.
    36:10
    Give me the ball. Okay, here it is. Money shot right here. Oh, it went right through. Pretty common on Harlem. Let's see if I can get one to stick. Yeah. Special. And we found something for the to-do list. This rubber is just uh very annoying. Interfering a little bit. Okay, now Interfering a little bit. Okay, now let's get our bonus meltdown. I should try and scissor myself on purpose. [clears throat] That'd be a fun whole game in and of itself. All right, here we go. Max bonus. [music]
    37:01
    Very excited. I should have ensured that I uh rolled the game to enable the seventh digit, but oh well, there it is. Can't believe uh it was the freaking driver board.