The Aussie Pinball Arcade
Aussie Pinball Forums => Restorations => Topic started by: Crashramp on August 25, 2013, 04:19:09 PM
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Hi guys,
Well I've had this machine a couple of months now and thoroughly enjoy it. Previous to me buying it, its had new Next Gen decals applied, boards have all been rebuilt, new face plates on the head assembly and a couple of other things. Overall it's was in decent shape already but I wanted to make it better plus I just like pulling it apart to see how it works.
Unfortunately I didn't take many before shots but in this area the blue posts were looking there age, the targets were badly scratched with built up dirt and the stainless steel lane guilds were more black than silver. So new posts, new targets and the guild were removed and cleaned with scotch bright red then green and white to finish.
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/25/ubaharyv.jpg)
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/25/e4a2y2ah.jpg)
The ramps have also been replaced and all metal parts and switches cleaned up.
Before shot close up rust
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/25/qa5ebuja.jpg)
The same end After
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/25/na4yqe2u.jpg)
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Nice mate this will look brand new by the time your done
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Some of you may have seen the metal ramps I chromed in another thread but they really help make the game fresh again so here they are again
Before
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/25/ubyru2a4.jpg)
After
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/25/evy7upus.jpg)
I have also recently had some issues with the head assembly so while I've been trying to get to the bottom of the issues I've also been cleaning as I go.
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/25/pajesasu.jpg)
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/25/nany5eve.jpg)
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/25/u8ydebem.jpg)
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/25/e5yna5yr.jpg)
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All cleaned up
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/25/ejy8u9ar.jpg)
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/25/a7ydehyq.jpg)
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/25/yjevuhes.jpg)
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/25/a7ymane4.jpg)
Hopefully ill be able to have everything back together by next weekend. I just have to order a few rubber grommets which were badly perished under the coils in the head assembly and every thing can go back in. Hopefully the problem with the head assembly will be sorted with all of the muck cleaned off the switches and assembly. All of the switches and coils have been re soldered so no chance of dry or cracked solder joint issues.
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Good job Adam it looks awesome :-)
Peter
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Yep, once again, great job.
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Looking good so far ^^^
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Well BoPs all back together and playable again. Actually it's been worth the effort as its really improved the game play.
Below are a few before and afters. I rebuilt the bop bumpers but just to give you an idea of how much grime builds up over the years hears a coil sleeve compared to a new one from the bumpers.
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/31/edy7a3ug.jpg)
Here's the old and new bumper body's before install
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/31/hu6u7uva.jpg)
I polished all the metal parts and post on the game.
Before
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/31/y5a9erus.jpg)
After
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/31/9uragezy.jpg)
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Old Bop bumpers and posts
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/31/jabuhu7e.jpg)
New pop bumpers and posts
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/31/u7ugu5yj.jpg)
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/31/ne2u4uzy.jpg)
All the stainless steel guilds have been polished up and re grained as best I could to. It really makes a difference when you see them with the new posts and targets.
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/31/2e6y5aju.jpg)
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/31/3edy5uga.jpg)
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The ramps and shuttle mod are new to.
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/31/ry3aja2a.jpg)
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/31/hymy5u3y.jpg)
(http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/08/31/zyqedeqe.jpg)
I still need to swap the brides helmet over for the new one I have and there's a couple of other things ill probably touch up as well but I'm pretty happy with it at the moment. Having said that, I'd be all over an new play-field and plastics should they happen to be repo'ed anytime soon as I really like this game and can't see it moving from my collection any time soon.
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Nice work, glad I am not the only one with black fingers for Fathers' s Day. That metal polishing sure puts new life to an old machine. You are right about the improvement in gameplay, all those new parts, rubbers and lots of polish breathe new life into these mechanical beauties.
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Mate you are turning into a bit of a freaky Mr Shop Out dude. Really really really nice work.
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Looks gods, how'd you go with the ramp decals you were looking for? Did you reuse or replace?
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Looks gods, how'd you go with the ramp decals you were looking for? Did you reuse or replace?
Fourtunatly I found some on eBay USA.
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Very nice work Adam. ^^^
Rebuilding the Pop Bumpers with new parts makes the game play much better - and it looks much better. There is a fair amount of time involved in the process, but it is worth the effort.
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Looks great. I see the ball gate wire forms look like new. Are they new or what method did you use to clean them?
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Very nice work Adam. ^^^
Rebuilding the Pop Bumpers with new parts makes the game play much better - and it looks much better. There is a fair amount of time involved in the process, but it is worth the effort.
Yes, the pop bumpers are a bit of a pain to do while the playfield is still in the machine but very much worth the effort. Before hand I generally wouldn't get past the 25k jet level. Now with them rebuilt I regularly get to the 100k jet level and sometimes the 500k level.
Looks great. I see the ball gate wire forms look like new. Are they new or what method did you use to clean them?
For the ball gates and the wire forms I clean them up with some scotch bride and then buff them with a buffing wheel on the bench grinder. Same goes for most metal parts and if something is a little more difficult to get into I'll use the Dremil to get into the hard to reach spots. After buffing I give the parts a wipe over with a bit of windex on a micro fibre cloth and then wipe off any excess residue with a clean dry micro fibre cloth. Not much to it really, just a bit of time and patience.
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Thanks for the info. I might try that on my TAF restore. The bright wires really seem to stand out for me for some reason. Think I'll purchase a Dermil as you suggest to get into the hard to reach areas.