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Aussie Pinball Forums => Restorations => Topic started by: millsy on December 19, 2011, 01:36:14 AM
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Well its about time I posted my resurrection of my rusty pool sharks.
My aim is just to get it presentable and playable. Here is my progress so far.
The playfield has no wear at all, however has been mylared & dirt has penetrated the edges of the mylar which cant be cleaned without removing the mylar (I did not want to take the risk of lifting paint so I have left it alone.
BEFORE
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Well its about time I posted my resurrection of my rusty pool sharks.
My aim is just to get it presentable and playable. Here is my progress so far.
The playfield has no wear at all, however has been mylared & dirt has penetrated the edges of the mylar which cant be cleaned without removing the mylar (I did not want to take the risk of lifting paint so I have left it alone.
Every metal part - Ramps,screws etc were rusty
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Stripped playfield, cleaned, flattened all plastics, replaced all rusty screws, replaced all rubbers.
AFTER
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Came up ok except for those annoying stains under the mylar edges
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The Backglass - Before and After
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The Boards - Yes all rusty
All boards were sent to Beaky who did an excellant job of repairing them refer link @@* refer http://aussiepinball.com/index.php?topic=6978.0 (http://aussiepinball.com/index.php?topic=6978.0)
Unfortunately the main board was unrepairable - Purchased a Rottendog board from usa and thanks again Beaky for checking & setting up.
BEFORE and AFTER
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Backbox light sockets fell out if you touched them - All light sockets I am currently replacing
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Cabinet repairs in progress
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Doing well Kev this game was a bit of a basket case When I seen it must have been kept in a very damp place for a long time just like my bandit. Glad you have been able to save it ^^^
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Looking good Millsy ! Well done !
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Well done on the resto she's coming along very nice oh and I love the backglass the girls have nice big cans ^^^
Peter
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Geez, that is a rough diamond ! Pleased that you chose to save it as it looks like it has spent some time under water !
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Great to see some progress pics Kev . You are sure putting a lot of work into this one but its coming up well ^^^
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Great work Kev, the effort you are putting into this is paying off
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Mate, can't believe you took something like this on! Definitely saved one from the scrapheap there.
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The boards needed all the header pins replaced?
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The boards needed all the header pins replaced?
nearly every set had rust on them and to remove all the corrosion and to seal the board with clear lacquer properly all had to be removed.
Plus I get them at a very good price from my supplier.
On every board every fuse holder and fuse was replaced with new parts due to corrosion, Every component on the power supply was replaced with new parts. nearly every track on the power supply had corrosion and the overlay (the green stuff covering the copper on the tracks) was lifting everywhere due to the corosion
Every component on the Interconnection board was replaced with new parts.(except for 1 resistor, i could not find a resistor with the same value)
Every diode, capacitor, bridge rectifier, Resistor and the relay on the Aux board was replaced I removed the rust from the transistors and re used them.
Nearly every component on every board had rust on them.
The sound board was the only board that only had minor damage but all the I.C. sockets had to be changed and all the electrolytic capacitors where replaced.
The only reason the MPU / Driver board was replaced with a new one was because the cost of all the components alone was nearly as expensive as a new board.
It was more economical for me to rebuild the rest of the boards than to replace them with new boards.
I just thought i would explain why I replaced all the components.
You are doing a top job Milsy on this restore. and the Black Knight 2000 Clock you sent me is absolutely stunning. If your restoration work is anywhere as good as your clocks then this will be one nice machine when it is finished.
I am very pleased to have had a part in this resto ( as i am with any resto that i help with on AP)
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Thanks Andrew for your description & explanation of the outstanding board work you performed.
Some may wonder why I would bother or go to the expense with this rust bucket @.@
As I have done most of my repairs / restos on EM,s - I like te experience on the later electronic games (I seem to learn more on the practical side) & when it is running (Hopefully) I will have a later machine to play.
Even though Pool Sharks is a less popular machine, & it will owe me less than $1000 (excluding my labour of course) - It should work out ok.
Stay tuned for more updates on the Pool Sharks resurrection (not restoration) :lol
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The boards needed all the header pins replaced?
nearly every set had rust on them and to remove all the corrosion and to seal the board with clear lacquer properly all had to be removed.
Plus I get them at a very good price from my supplier.
On every board every fuse holder and fuse was replaced with new parts due to corrosion, Every component on the power supply was replaced with new parts. nearly every track on the power supply had corrosion and the overlay (the green stuff covering the copper on the tracks) was lifting everywhere due to the corosion
Every component on the Interconnection board was replaced with new parts.(except for 1 resistor, i could not find a resistor with the same value)
Every diode, capacitor, bridge rectifier, Resistor and the relay on the Aux board was replaced I removed the rust from the transistors and re used them.
Nearly every component on every board had rust on them.
The sound board was the only board that only had minor damage but all the I.C. sockets had to be changed and all the electrolytic capacitors where replaced.
The only reason the MPU / Driver board was replaced with a new one was because the cost of all the components alone was nearly as expensive as a new board.
It was more economical for me to rebuild the rest of the boards than to replace them with new boards.
I just thought i would explain why I replaced all the components.
You are doing a top job Milsy on this restore. and the Black Knight 2000 Clock you sent me is absolutely stunning. If your restoration work is anywhere as good as your clocks then this will be one nice machine when it is finished.
I am very pleased to have had a part in this resto ( as i am with any resto that i help with on AP)
Wow, that's amazing. Sounds worse than any PCBs I've ever had come across the bench. I've seen some pretty awful Bally 80s MPUs riddled with corrosion that needed dang near everything replaced, but this beats that!
Definitely a labor of love!
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On the final leg on getting this machine running $#$
Finished inside cab repair
Repainted the legs, Refitted the boards
Some more picts :
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Legs painted,boards & PF refitted
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Final stages.
Unable to locate apron decals so i cleaned up the artwork with photoshop and printed and applied waterslide decals.
Also cleaned and repainted the coin door,lockdown mechanism and other metal pieces inside the cabinet.
Drop targets to be refitted then ready to turn machine on.
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i cant access those last photos cheers
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Nice work on the apron ^^^
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FINALLY FINISHED and EVERYTHING WORKS and MACHINE PLAYS GREAT -just waiting for a backglass to arrive to add the final touch $#$
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Great effort, looking real good now!