This pinball machine has been sold but we do have a few other vintage pinball machines for sale including a Captain Fantastic, Royal Flush, Flash and Meteor.
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—–> Archived Restoration Notes & Maintainace Tips <—–
Owner Resources:
The best way to keep an electro-mechanical pinball machine working well is to play it! The contacts are self-cleaning when used.
- Light Blubs: We used Comet Retro SMD Bullet Bulbs “warm white” https://www.cometpinball.com/products/retro-smd-bullet-bulbs?_pos=20&_sid=bec332fc0&_ss=r
- Playfield cleaning and waxing – Periodically wipe down the playfield with Novus 1 plastics cleaner and then wax with high-quality carnauba wax.
- Switches keep themselves clean when the machines are played. An idle machine might need a switch cleaning. Switches can be cleaned with 91% alcohol and a cotton squab. Or pull a business card through the contacts. Don’t get any alcohol on the apron – it will remove the paint!
- Rubbers – I suggest Titan Pinball – https://www.titanpinball.com/ or Pinball Life’s bulk sets – https://www.pinballlife.com/rubber-ring-sets.html
- General parts – The Pinball Resource – http://www.pbresource.com/ PBR manufactures and stocks parts for vintage pinball machines, especially Gottliebs.
- Other parts stores: Pinball Life https://www.pinballlife.com/ and Marco – https://www.marcospecialties.com/control/main
- Pinball Forum & Advice from the pinball hobby community – pinside.com
- Otakus Ultimate Electro-Mechanical Theory of Operation https://forums.arcade-museum.com/threads/otakus-ultimate-electro-mechanical-guide-em-theory-of-operation.417885/
- Historic information – https://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=1329
- Electro-Mechanical Pinball Repair Guide – http://www.pinrepair.com/em/index1.htm
This machine has been restored from top to bottom. It once sat in a storage unit for decades, now it has new life inside a new donor cabinet with a brand new backglass.
- Restored to working condition
- New scratch-free glass
- New three-prong grounded power cord and grounding to coin-door/legs
- Set on free play. The credit unit is disconnected.
- Playfield cleaned, clear-coated, waxed
- Worn areas around saucers were filled in (a common issue with this title), painted and mylar applied.
- All switches were cleaned and adjusted.
- Score reels cleaned and lubricated.
- Stepper units cleaned and lubricated.
- Relay board cleaned and clear-coated. New relay and fuse labels.
- Brand new backglass from Shay Arcade
- Complete flipper rebuild including new flipper switches, lighted flipper buttons, and orange dot flipper coil upgrades on the lower flippers (gives them more zip).
- Warm White LEDs throughout – LEDs run cooler, use less power and last longer.
- Fire LEDs behind the “Jumping Jack” title
- Rebuilt pop bumpers
- New pop bumper caps
- New plastics – plastics protected with acrylic washers.
- New drop targets
- New rubbers
- New red start button
- New apron cards
- A good quality donor cabinet replaced the original damaged cabinet. Custom artwork.
- New Williams corner braces, metal cabinet protectors and new leg bolts.
- Original legs in good condition with new leg levelers.
- Original playfield glass in decent condition.
- Includes original schematics
About Jumping Jack: Wide open slam-bang board action!
A classic Gottlieb drop target fest with great backglass artwork. Fun playing machine that has a unique pop bumper layout in the lower playfield that makes for some frantic nudging to keep from losing the ball.
Complete the ten brand new drop targets for Specials or Extra balls End of ball bonus 1,000 or 100 points for each target down.
Jumping Jack is a two-player pinball machine from May 1973, manufactured by D. Gottlieb & Co. with game design by Ed Krynski and artwork by Gordon Morison.
“Jumping Jack” is the two-player version of the four-player “Jack In The Box”
Jumping Jack is the rarer version of this popular game. Only 4,975 Jumping Jacks were produced compared 8,300 Jacking the Box games. Jumping Jack’s value tends to be double to triple the value of its four-player cousin.
4 Flippers provide shots from all angles.
from the original Gottlieb sales Flyer
10 Drop Targets in one row score specials or shoot-again feature when all are knocked down.
Each Target down boosts bonus value by 100 or 1000 points.
2 Kick-out Holes when lit scores 3000 points and lights 10X bonus.
Reset Targets score 500 points.
Game Reviews
“What an interesting game, probably the best back glass Gottlieb made, the pop bumpers are perfectly placed just be ready for those quick pops down the center of the playfield, finally restored the one I have it gets played quite a bit.”
“The artwork on this game is some of the best for the period. The lighting is great, the chimes are excellent. All that being said, it’s the gameplay that keeps you coming back. This has to be the best EM game I’ve ever played. I own several solid-state games as well, I play this game more than most of them. This is the one EM game I will never sell. The lastability is through the roof.“
“Jumping Jack (or Jack in the Box) is just a great pinball for drop target lovers. When I first saw the game at a friend’s as part of a tournament it looked too bare and those pops looked too dangerous (and they can be but not nearly as often as one might expect). However, this game is one of the most fun EMs I’ve played, partly because of the challenge, four flippers, and the requirement to nudge to keep it alive.“