PINBALL MEDIC AMUSEMENTS
Located in Austin, Texas
Pinball Playfield and Backbox Consumable Game Parts
Solid State Coin-Op Game Related Electronic Parts, Light Bulbs, Transistors, Diodes,
Bulbs/Lamps, Screws, Pinball Game Balls & Miscellaneous Hardware
Hardware, Bulbs and small Parts for Coin-op
Pinball Machines - Video Games - Arcade Games
Located in Austin, Texas
Pinball Playfield and Backbox Consumable Game Parts
Solid State Coin-Op Game Related Electronic Parts, Light Bulbs, Transistors, Diodes,
Bulbs/Lamps, Screws, Pinball Game Balls & Miscellaneous Hardware
Hardware, Bulbs and small Parts for Coin-op
Pinball Machines - Video Games - Arcade Games
Coin-Op Pinball, Video and other types of Arcade Games replacement electronic and semiconductor parts (chips, capacitors, diodes), hardware (circuit board mounting screws, light bulbs) and other small 'consumable' spare parts.
Please use the PARTS Order Form to order all listed parts
or see our Contact page for more information.
Pinball Medic Amusements requires a $15 Minimum total on orders of solid state electronic parts, hardware and other components listed on this page.
However, the order total may include other game parts (cap kits, ring kits, etc) to satisfy this minimum purchase requirement.
Pinball Medic recommends:
1) Replacing the pinball game consumable parts after doing electronic circuit board repair playfield cleaning and mechanical device refurbishment
2) Replace both the old rusty pinball game ball and deteriorating playfield rubber rings now before they can cause damage to the playfield.
3) Replacing the 10,000 or 15,000 uF capacitors and bridge rectifiers found in most pinball games will help stop a game from resetting during a game or in the middle of multi-ball play.
4) Replacing the hotter running number 44 light bulb with the number 47 bulb can help reduce the possibility of playfield plastic warping and score board glass ink pealing.
Because of the high cost of shipping and handling of these low profit small electronic parts, we will no longer be shipping them to our customers outside of our service area unless a large bulk order is made. Circuit boards kits and used large arcade items can still be ordered and shipped individually.Parts needed for our game restorations and field service both take priority and a toll on our part inventories. Not all parts listed on this page are immediately available for local pickup.
Why not make moving heavy pinballs around an easy task with a new Yellow Jacket pinball dolly Manufactured exclusively by Pinball Medic Amusements.
| Transistors | Integrated Circuits (Logic chips) | Light Bulbs Types 47,89,555,906 |
Playfield Consumable Parts Game Balls, Rubber Rings | WPC Cap Kit Caps & Rectifier WPC Deluxe kit Pinball Circuit Board Screw kits | Arcade Monitor Capacitor Kits |
New Pinball Replacement Circuit Boards |
| Coil Diodes Bridge Rectifier | Capacitors Cap Kits | Miscellaneous Hardware | Component Abbreviations |
SEMICONDUCTORS, CAPACITORS, BULBS, SCREWS & MISCELLANEOUSE HARDWARE
| PART NUMBER | PART PRICE | DISCRIPTION | TYPICAL COIN-OP GAME USE | |
| TRANSISTORS | ||||
TIP122 |
$2.50 each | 5 A Darlington (npn) Data Sheet | (Pin) - Used in Stern and Bally Pinball games on Solenoid Driver board (1972-1980's). Coil driver transistor. Change out the pre-driver transistors and Solenoid coil diode(s) when replacing this part. See 2N4401, 2N4403 & 1N4006 parts. | |
| TIP102 (SE9302) | $2.50 each | 8 A Darlington (npn) Data Sheet | (Pin) - Used in all Pinball manufacturer's games on Solenoid Driver board (1972-1990's) as a Coil driver transistor. Carries more current, is pin compatible and a substitute for the tip122. Change out the pre-driver transistor(s) and Solenoid coil diode(s) when replacing this part. See 2N4401, 2N4403 & 1N4006 parts. | |
TIP36C | $3.50 each | 15 A (pnp) Data Sheet | (Pin) - High power driver transistor for Flippers, VUK, Ball Shooter and other high current coils. Replace the Driver, Pre-Driver transistors and the Solenoid coil diode(s) when replacing this transistor. See 2N4401, 2N4403, tip102 and 1N4001 parts. | |
| TIP42C | $1.50 each | 6 A (pnp) Data Sheet | Used on Gottlieb System 1 and old SS Bally power supply boards. This part is used as a series pass transistor in the regulator circuit of the high voltage display voltage power supply circuit. | |
2N4401 | 8 for $2 | Low power pre-driver transistor Data Sheet | (Pin,Vid) - Used in most sold state games. Used in arcade games as a pre-driver transistor. Replace the 2N4401 and the driver transistor (TIP 120 or TIP122) at the same time. | |
| 2N4403 | 8 for $2 | Low power pre-driver transistor Data Sheet | (Pin,Vid) - Used on most sold state games. Used in arcade games as a pre-driver transistor. Replace the 2N4403 and the driver transistor (TIP 120 or TIP122) at the same time. |
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| 2N3904 | 4 for $2 | Pre-Driver transistor Data Sheet |
(Pin,Vid) - Used on most sold state games. General purpose low power driver or pre-driver transistor. |
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| 2N3906 |
4 for $2 | Pre-Driver transistor Data Sheet |
(Pin,Vid) - Used on most sold state games. General purpose low power driver or pre-driver transistor. |
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| LM323K Limited Quantities in Inventory  Discontinued part |
Note: No longer available as a replaceable part. We recommend replacing the power supply board Part is too obsolite and new replacement board is much improved over the stock power supply board. |
5 Volt 3 amp voltage regulator IC in a power transistor case. This voltage regulator is no longer manufactured. Consider new power supply board replacements. |
(Pin,Vid) - Used to regulate the +5 volt power supply. General purpose voltage regulator used to regulate the main 5 volt logic power supply in older Solid State Williams, Bally and Stern pinballs and some video games. This regulator IC has a high drop out voltage (game may reset if the line voltage gets too low) and over heats often. Use new heat sink compound when replacing and measure each wire lug to the metal heat sink to insure there is not a short when replacing this regulator. This regulator is one of the usual suspects when the game resets in the middle of a game (also, check for bad large electrolytic capacitors on the power supply board). See 15,000uF cap part for more information. |
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| COIL AND SWITCH DIODES | Return to index | |||
BYV 26D coil diode polarity The BYV 26D can protect the game's electronics better then the original 1n4001 coil diode. |
4 for $1 An improved replacement for the stock coil diode and switch matrix 1N4001 diode. BYV 26D specs PIV = 800 Volts @ 1 Amp | BYV 26d is a 800 Volt 1 A Ultra Fast Recovery diode. It can replace 1n4001-1n4006 diodes. Data Sheet |
(Pin) - Solenoid Coils, Switch Matrix, Anti-Inductive Kick Back Prevention, Power Supplies (Vid) - Coin-Lockout Coils, Power Supplies Stock coil diodes are rated 50 Volt at 1 A (1N4001). These over-stressed diodes can short or become non-conductive at any time. Even a new, out of the box coil can have defective or improperly (reversed polarity) installed diodes. A faulty coil diode can cause pre-driver, driver power transistor and I/O chip destruction due to the "kick back" high voltage effect of the solenoid coil. The BYV 26D is rated much higher in Voltage and lasts much longer then a stock coil diode part. It can be used on both solenoid coils and the switch matrix circuits inside a pinball game. The BYV 26D is an Ultra Fast Recovery (fast switching) diode. The Ultra Fast switching time of this diode results in quick clamping and a greatly reduced inductive high voltage "kick back" (spike) when a solenoid coil is de-energized. Except for the new style flipper coils (1990-), most of the older series flipper coils require two diodes per coil. |
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| 1N914 Switch Matrix Diode | 10 for $1 | 50 Volt 100mA low power signal diode Data Sheet |
(Pin) - Playfield Switches as switch isolator (Vid) - Joy / Control Switch isolation If defective - can cause two or more playfield switches to appear always activated or activate at the same time (phantom switches). The BYV 26D can be use as a substitute for the 1n914 diode. |
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| Integrated Circuits & Chips (IC) | Return to index | |||
| 555 Timer/OSC. IC | $1 each | Timer / Osc. Data Sheet | (Pin) - Blanking circuit on Williams system 3-7, 11, Data East MPU boards (Vid) - Oscillator / Timer - Sync signal booster Can cause Williams pinball machine's MPU to 'lock-up' or not power on reset. Can indirectly cause displays to flicker or not operate on System 11 and Data East pinball games. |
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| AMD-2901 Bit-Slice Processor Limited Quantities in Inventory  |
$3 each | Bit-Slice Processor 40 pin DIP | (Vid) - Used mainly in Atari Vector Arcade games Used on the "math box" board inside most Atari X-Y B&W Vector games (Red Baron, BattleZone) to calculate graphic vectors. Can cause "Math Box" board failures (Check also the Bipolar roms or their sockets). |
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| PROM CHIPS NOS and New in Inventory  |
See PROM programming page. Only sold as replacements on game rom programming orders | Game Program and Data storage chips. | (Pin,Vid) - Used to store game programming and operation data. Pinball Medic Amusements can program ("Burn") most pinball game ROM / PROM chips. These parts are only sold in game rom programming orders. | |
| 74LSxxx LOGIC | Most chips $1 each | General logic and address/data line driver ICs. | (Pin,Vid) - Used as "Glue Logic" in all solid state arcade games. The LS family of logic chips is what is used in most video, pinball machine and arcade games. These DIP packaged logic devices are NOS. | |
| PART NUMBER | PART PRICE | DISCRIPTION | TYPICAL COIN-OP GAME USE | |
| CAPACITORS & Cap Kits | Return to index | |||
15,000 uF at 35 Volts, High Temp 105 degrees C. Radial Leads |
$4 each | Power Supply Voltage Filter capacitor See Tech Tips for information on how many capacitors are needed per pinball system. Also see WPC Cap kit. | (Pin) - Used on most Solid State pinballs from the 1970 - 1990's. Five are used on the
Williams system 11 power supply and driver board. (Vid) - Power Supply or MPU boards Number one cause of pinball game resetting during game play or not powering on (fuses and battery acid damage are also likely causes). Most of these capacitors are 20 plus years old and have to be replaced. This capacitor can be used to substitute for 10,000 to 20,000 uF capacitors on Power Supply boards. Most older Bally, Williams, Stern and Data East power supply boards have at least one large capacitor on the +5 volt power line. Use this capacitor to replace the leaky one on your old power supply board. See Tech Tips for more info. |
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| 100 uf at 250 Volts Axial Leads out of stock | $4 each | High Voltage (HV) Power Supply Filter capacitor | (Pin) - Digital Display power supply on early solid state Bally and Stern pinball machines. This capacitor can cause the high voltage display power supply to short or the destruction of the H. V. regulator's pass transistor and other circuit board damage (if leaking). Age usually is the issue with this capacitor. |
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| .22 Farad 5.5 Volt Memory Capacitor Gold Foil Memory capacitors are the diameter of a dime and are about a quarter of an inch in width. A photo of our battery replacement board that uses this special capacitor is coming soon. |
See Part game use. This special capacitor is not sold without a battery replacement board. | Used on our Battery Back-Up Eliminator Board. This capacitor never needs replacing and will not leak like a battery can. See comments for more info. |
(Pin,Vid) - Can be used to replace the batteries on MPU boards for powered off RAM memory data retention. The battery backed-up memory typically holds game audits, status and 'high score to date' data. A pinball machine and some video games will boot to "audits mode" or can "lock-up" if the batteries are faulty. Batteries can leak and destroy circuit boards, a very common problem. A memory capacitor will never leak and never needs replacing. This part is only sold installed on a Pinball Medic's Battery Eliminator Board or as a replacement component on mailed in or repair shop board work. See Board Repair or Parts pages. A diode on the MPU board usually has to be jumpered out to use a memory capacitor instead of the batteries. This is an easy to do process and the battery eliminator board comes with detailed instructions. |
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| Williams WPC, WPC-89, WPC-S Random Reset Cure Capacitor Kit Five 15,000 uF capacitors two jumper wires |
$20 per Cap Kit Repairs one pinball per kit. | Kit contains the large capacitors located on the power supply / solenoid driver board on Williams WPC systems. Tech Note: Low Line voltage and even loose circuit board screws can cause game resets. | (Pin,Vid) - If your game resets in the middle of a game then this Cap Kit will help prevent this from happening. Old large electrolytic capacitors loose their ability to hold a charge and therefore can't hold power supply voltages steady. When the main logic voltage drops (usually during multi-ball mode) the game will reset (reboot) and end the current game. See Tech Tips for more information. | |
| Williams WPC, WPC-89, WPC-S Deluxe Random Reset Cure Kit  Out of stockDeluxe Random Reset Cure Kit contains five 15,000 uF capacitors and one 400 volt, 35 Amp wire lug (one lug offset from the others) metal body bridge rectifier | $25 per Cap Kit Repairs one pinball per kit. | Kit contains the large capacitors and bridge rectifier number 2 located on the power supply board on WPC systems. The deluxe wpc kit helps cure random game resets and game rebooting when one or both flippers are energized. |
(Pin,Vid) - If your game resets in the middle of a game then this Deluxe Game Reset Cure Kit will help prevent this from happening. This kit has the same capacitors as the Random Reset Cure kit with an additional wire lead bridge rectifier (BR2). When a flipper activation causes the game to reset this usually indicates one or more bad coil diodes (see part for more info) or a combination of bad main power supply capacitors and a bad BR2 bridge rectifier. See Tech Tips for more information. | |
| LAMPS & LIGHT BULBS Eiko and Ablaze brands | Return to Component Index | See this bulb chart for bulb photos and more information. Also see this detailed bulb and lamp list for bulbs found in Arcade games. | ||
Number 47 lamp | $1.80/Box Box of 10 | General purpose small Bayonet base light bulb. Draws - 6.3V .15A Note - The #44 bulb draws .250A | (Pin,Vid,GG) - Used to replace the hotter running, but slightly brighter #44 bulb in
pinballs. Helps to preserve backglass (score board glass) artwork and to prevent or stop the warping of playfield plastics. Also helps with stopping old pop bumper cap melting due to excessive
bulb heat build-up. Pinball Medic's recommended replacement bulb for the #44. #47 light bulbs help to preserve playfield plastics, pop bumper tops, playfield inserts (stay-on EM pinball inserts) and scoreboard glass artwork. Sixty or more light bulbs can be used on any given pinball game. Changing out the #44 lamps will help to keep General Illumination circuit connectors from over heating and burning up when used in a solid state pinball. See Tech Tips for more insight on replacing the stock #44 bulb. |
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number #89 bulbs |
2.50/Box Box of 10 | Large Flasher Lamps Medium Bayonet base. 13V .58A | (Pin) - Used on modern pinballs for flash effect. Williams pinballs use 18 volts to flash all flasher light bulbs. Vibration and continuous use can produce shortened life spans for flash type bulbs. |
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number 555 lights |
$2.00/Box Box of 10 | Flasher Lamps Small wedge base. 6.3V .25A | (Pin) - Used on modern pinballs for flash effect. Smaller sized then the #906 bulb and is usually used for inserts under the playfield or sometimes under playfield plastics for flash. Vibration and long time use can produce shortened life spans for flash type bulbs. |
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Number 906 bulbs |
$2.50/Box Box of 10 | Large Flasher Lamps Wedge base 13V | (Pin) - Used on modern pinballs for flash effect. Larger sized then the #555 bulb. Williams pinballs use 18 volts to flash all flasher light bulbs. The 906 bulb is brighter, larger and has a different bulb base then the #555 bulb. It also produces more heat. | |
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| MISC. HARDWARE | Return to index | |||
| #6-32 THREADED METAL SCREWS Kits by Pinball System Manufacturer are coming soon | $1 Box of 8 | Lock washer is attached to the bottom of the screw head. Use a Philips screw driver or square head nut driver for installation. | (Pin) - Used on older Solid State pinballs to mount circuit boards to the backbox. All older solid state pinballs have corroded circuit board mounting screws. These screws can provide the only path to ground for the MPU, Solenoid Driver, Sound and Display driver boards. Gottlieb, Williams, Bally and Data East, Stern pinball circuit boards all suffer from badly designed ground paths. A rusty or missing screw can cause hum on the sound amplifier, weak solenoids and game resets. Battery acid damage can easily cause these important screws to rust and not make a good ground to circuit board connection. |
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| #8-32 THREADED METAL SCREWS Kits by Pinball System Manufacturer are coming soon | $1 Box of 6 | Captured Lock washer and flat washer are below screw head. Can use a flat headed screw driver or square headed nut driver for installation. | (Pin) - Used on older Solid State pinballs to mount circuit boards to backbox. All old solid state pinballs have corroded circuit board mounting screws. These screws can provide the only path to ground for MPU, Solenoid Driver, Sound and Display driver boards. A rusty or missing screw can cause hum on the sound amplifier, weak solenoids and game resets. Battery acid damage can easily cause these important screws to rust and not make a good ground connection for the board. These replacement screws come with a captured lock washer and flat washer and are very easy to install. |
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| PLAYFIELD CONSUMABLE PARTS | ||||
| LASER BRAND POLISHED PINBALL GAME BALLS  |
$2.75 EACH Part Number LB-1 Ball's weight is approximately 1/4 of a pound each. | Standard Sized Pinball Game Ball 1 1/16 Inch in Diameter Highly Polished - Mirror Finish - Playfield Game Ball Now Laser balls have twice the surface hardness of a standard pinball ball. |
(Pin) - Used on most pinball games including electromechanical and solid state era pinball games. Laser game balls have been mechanically polished for 72 hours for a mirror finish and will add a 'touch of class' to any pinball machine. See the Laser brand pinball game ball for more info. |
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RUBBER RING KITS See Ring Kits page for more info. | Kit price, number of rings and color of rubber are all game specific. | Black or White Playfield Rubber Ring Kits by pinball game. | (Pin) - Used to replace the old playfield rubber rings. All kits are game specific and include flipper rubbers and ball shooter tip. NOTE: Game manuals for a few Electromechanical (relays, score reels) and all Gottlieb pinballs cannot be found. Pinball Medic can't supply a ring kit without the ring quantity and size data for the game. To measure your old rings use this printable playfield rubber ring chart (PDF) |
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| (Pin) - A PINBALL MACHINE ONLY PERIMETER | V = Voltage measured in Volts | uF = micro Farad |
| (Vid) - A COIN-OP VIDEO ARCADE ONLY PERIMETER | H. V. = High Voltage | P. S. = Power Supply |
| (GG) - ELECTRO-MECHANICAL GUN GAME | A = Ampere measured in Amps | RAM = Random Accessed Memory |
| (EM) - ELECTRO-MECHANICAL ARCADE GAME (SS) - SOLID STATE ARCADE GAME | MPU = Micro Processor Unit | PROM - Programmable Read Only Memory |
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