Hard to Find Parts

There is an amazing selection of parts available for pinball machines of all ages, but some specialized parts are very hard or impossible to find. This section lists those parts that are extremely hard to find or thought to be unavailable. It is not intended to cover light shield (plastic) sets or backglasses as those are all mostly unavailable unless they have been reproduced. Playfield plastic inserts are also excluded as they are not designed to be replaced. They are installed in the playfield prior to sanding and finishing.

The intent is to provide owners with a reference when searching for parts. For parts listed as unavailable, the only option is to look for a used part. This information is also useful when buying a machine. If a part is unavailable you will want to make sure game play is acceptable as-is or try to make sure a substitute can be found.

Much of this information is gathered from rec.games.pinball, a valuable resource for locating used parts. There are also occassional threads addressing this exact issue, for example "Hardest Parts to Find" by silverunicorn on 4/19/2012 and "What's the Hardest Part to Find" by gfrost on 9/8/2005.

1 Hard to Find Parts

Part Number	Machine	Description	!Notes
6532 RIOT	Gottlieb SS	RAM, I/O, and Timer IC	Available at Big Daddy Enterprises

2 Unavailable Parts

Part Number	Machine	Description	!Notes
B-11152	PinBot	Vortex Ramp	Will also need decals
SPIDER	Gottlieb Sys 1	Controller with custom ROM	Either used from a parts machine, or Ni-Wumpf or Pascal replacement CPU
01-5831-1	Williams SS	Horseshoe contacts for drop target	(e.g. Gorgar A-7941)
13A-44	Stern Nine Ball	Bumper Cap	Caps with different markings available
20-9726	Creature From the Black Lagoon	Hologram, part of assembly A-15950
500-5775-00	The Who's Tommy	Blinder Assembly	Playable without this, but with loss of game function
5768-13103-00	Various WPC	Flashlamp PCB	e.g. Addams Family Assembly A-15280