Pinball Machine Care and Maintenance [Plastic Comb]

Bernard Kamoroff (Author)

Product Details

• Plastic Comb: 104 pages
• Publisher: Bell Springs; 1 edition (March 19, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0917510135
• ISBN-13: 978-0917510137
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #343,918 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Repairs for the non electrician, September 6, 2000

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EDWARD SORRENTINO (DOSWELL, VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pinball Machine Care and Maintenance (Plastic Comb)

An excellent resource for those who own an arcade pinball machine, need to repair it, and don't have a clue as to how to read a schematic. It offers helpful hints for creating simple testing devices. It also is written in clear, concise English with an offer for further help from the author.

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The book every pinball owner Must Own, February 14, 2002

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Janomee2 (Tempe, AZ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pinball Machine Care and Maintenance (Plastic Comb)

If you're thinking of purchasing a pinball machine, this book will give you all the guidance you need to making a smart purchase. If you already own a machine, Bear's book will help you make repairs that you never dreamed you could do without a professional repair person. The explanations and drawings are presented for the novice. If you are a professional repair person, you will still probably pick up a tip or two from this book. I have many detailed repair books for pinball but I keep coming back to this one.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Step by step help, May 6, 2004

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James Dillehay "guerilla marketing" (Torreon, NM USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pinball Machine Care and Maintenance (Plastic Comb)

This book has step-by-step help for people who have never maintained or repaired a pinball machine. The book has a full section on general repairs, another full section on fixing flippers, and chapters on what to look for when buying a machine, disassembling and setting up the machine, protecting the painted backglass and playing field, checking fuses and checking batteries for leaks.

The book has information about the balls, rubber rings, locks and missing keys, lightbulb types that should not be used, wiring problems, tips for making the machine faster and more fun to play, and where to find parts and game manuals.

This book gathers all this information in one volume, with a separate terminology section that describes the parts and operations of a pinball machine, a lengthy index, and over eighty illustrations. Highly recommended, best guide of its kind.