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Aussie Pinball Forums => Restorations => Topic started by: ddstoys on September 10, 2009, 09:47:39 PM
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Well for those who didnt see the WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH THIS PIECE OF CRAP thread i purchased this Pinball machine from mark C this one was different from alot of the auctions at the time this one had a complete set of boards (VERY STRANGE) so i had a bid and won it. Any excuse for a trip to marks so i was happy.
Once i got the game home and had a good look at it all the boards were corroded from the 30 year old batteries that were in it. The corrosion was that bad it had eaten the battery clips right off the CPU...
The cabinet was good the playfield was also good but the backglass was stuffed and the boards were stuffed i was very close to writting this one off to spare parts heaven but i decided to post on AP to see what everyone thought and everyone said dont part it out. So i pushed it into the garden shed and forgot all about it.
After the shed rebuild i uncovered it and thought to myself i really should take a look on ebay for a better starting point CPU and begin the repairs. Would you believe there was a working World cup CPU buy it now for $130 US if this wasnt a sign to start work nothing was so i clicked the magic BUY IT NOW BUTTON and the CPU was on its way.
CPU arrived and looked brand new so i dragged the headbox inside and started to re connect the Tranformer and install new bridges and try getting the power supply up and running. Ive been lucky with this as i had a heap of spare power supplies and driver boards left over from firepower which i had already half rebuilt so i finished the job and installed them and Bingo everything worked except the Lamp matrix had a few issues.
I posted on AP the good news that it had been saved and Nino posted me a link to a backglass on Ebay which i won... Its all down to good timing and help from other but even the basket case pins can be saved.
Keep this in mind when thinking of parting out a Pinball Machine you just need to be patient ^^^
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Well here is the acid damaged CPU ewwww
And the steel bracket that holds the CPU *!@ *!@
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Noticed you won that backglass champ ^^^
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Daniel looks like you have a lot of work ahead of you....
Best of luck mate....
The playfield looks great and so does the new glass you picked up... I'm tipping this will come up nice ! ^^^
Looking forward to future posts...
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Daniel looks like you have a lot of work ahead of you....
Best of luck mate....
The playfield looks great and so does the new glass you picked up... I'm tipping this will come up nice ! ^^^
Looking forward to future posts...
Thanks Marco
Yeah fair bit of work involved but as its not a Keeper im not going to buff everything to a mirror like on strikes and spares. My best friend has started to show an interest in Pinballs so this one will end up at his place if he wants it
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Noticed you won that backglass champ ^^^
Yeah sure did Tony wasnt going to let any other bugger end up with it best part is didnt leave the starting bid $#$
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Did you sort out getting the backglass to Melb?
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Still waiting for a reply from the Seller but ill keep you posted
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The bottom line is tip my hat to you Daniel.
This game would of gone to the dump 10 years ago, or at least parted out....you go all out and save this game.
Not the most collectable game from that era but imagine the joy you will get out of it once she is up and running with the new backglass in it.
Good on you Dan - your a pinball legend in my book ^^^
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Right i have the game working 99% on lamp column transistor needs replacing so i turned my attention to the mechanicals here are some before shots of the inside of the cabinet. I just love the idea of solid state games with chimes and this one has a buzzer for if you tilt it %.%
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Here is the part that saved this pinball the playfield as it is in good condition i havnt even wiped it but sadly all the mechanicals have rusted some have seized completely others have only partly seized
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sadly all the mechanicals have rusted some have seized completely others have only partly seized
After what you and I did with the HH, a bit of rust aint gonna scare you Daniel I'm thinking!
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sadly all the mechanicals have rusted some have seized completely others have only partly seized
After what you and I did with the HH, a bit of rust aint gonna scare you Daniel I'm thinking!
Nah not worried ive removed all the mechs stripped them and rebuilt em already. My best friend just had a game and likes it so its found its new home already.
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I removed all the plastic rollovers as they were glogged up with gunk came up well with windex and a toothbrush
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Here is a photo of the mechs after ive removed, stripped, cleaned, buffed and rebuilt. I might have to dig out the williams spare parts and find some that will polish up better but thats upto my mate if he wants me to go to the effort ^^^
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Alos cleaned out the cabinet with a paint brush and vacuum cleaner still need to remove all the knockers and bells for a polish ive already buffed the chime plates as some Wanker had stuck some rubber pads underneath to muffle the chimes !!@
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Great work Daniel.
I take my hat off to you on this. I can say I'm up for a challenge when it comes to rebuilding a pin but I would have walked past this one. You've transformed it back to a great looking machine and I hope the new owner appreciates all the hard work you've put into it.
Awesome stuff.
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Thanks Marty
The new owner will appreciate the hard work i built him one of my pinball coffee tables and he is always telling people about that. And im really glad i held onto it..
Here is a picture of inside the head and dont worry i will solder the lamp capacitor in place ive only Clipped it as its not the correct size Cap but its close
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Good work Daniel !
Most of the machines from this Container LOOKED bad - but with a bit of time and elbow grease - they can all find themselves in Collections.
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Well io spent the evening cleaning up the playfield came up pretty well
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^^^
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Good Work Daniel - How did you go with the Backglass transport ?
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A member here will be picking it up once he can arrange to get it. Once he has it ill send him your box and get it posted back to me safely
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Thanks Marty
The new owner will appreciate the hard work i built him one of my pinball coffee tables and he is always telling people about that. And im really glad i held onto it..
Here is a picture of inside the head and dont worry i will solder the lamp capacitor in place ive only Clipped it as its not the correct size Cap but its close
Daniel, out of interest what size cap is it? The 30,000 mfd are difficult to come by, I am using a 33,000 mfd in time warp and this seems Ok?
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Well i finished the cleaning and polishing and im very happy with the results.
Post were done with soapy water and a toothbrush
The plastics were done with Novus
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I was short a few rubber otherwise the playfield would be finished im using brand new chrome acorn nuts instead of the orignal white plastic ones it originally had. Brand new globes all round And all post screws have been buffed (Talk about looking after him)
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Here it is backtogether
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Looks AWESOME !
Remove the outhole bases and clean with Nifti - :2cents:
I can't wait to see it with the replacement backglass.
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Nice work Daniel.....With the backglass on it will be a very solid clean machine.!
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Thats come up very well Daniel, Playfield is in good nick under 20 years of Filth!
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Looks AWESOME !
Remove the outhole bases and clean with Nifti - :2cents:
I can't wait to see it with the replacement backglass.
Consider it done NINO ^^^
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Don't want to play with my Jacks Open do you?
Wouldn't recognise it as the same machine mate.
I assume it is sold already?
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Don't want to play with my Jacks Open do you?
Wouldn't recognise it as the same machine mate.
I assume it is sold already?
Yeah its going to my best friend. And id be happy to help with jacks open ^^^
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Don't want to play with my Jacks Open do you?
Wouldn't recognise it as the same machine mate.
I assume it is sold already?
Yeah its going to my best friend. And id be happy to help with jacks open ^^^
He's a lucky man. Really is a nice looking machine now.
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WOW! Great job Daniel ^^^
Ya gonna have to hold these 2 restorations at your place for a while so we can pop over for a game before they go to their new homes &&
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Looking great Daniel...
Best part of this is that its still tangible once gone... ^^^
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WOW! Great job Daniel ^^^
Ya gonna have to hold these 2 restorations at your place for a while so we can pop over for a game before they go to their new homes &&
Im sure that can be arranged Matt
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Im sure that can be arranged Matt
Beauty, meet at Daniel's!! Keen to see that finished shed too.
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Well i finished rubbering the playfileld and have everything re installed (Didnt clean the kickouts yet nino Sorry) And also repaired the lamp issue. In the end all it was was a tiny drop of solder which someone had dropped on the front of the board bridging the tracks that was only visible once i removed the Transistor.
So she is running as it should and is a fast old game.
Also David (FIREPOWER) kindly picked up the backglass today so ill be posting Nino (Strangeways) Backglass box that he lent me to get it home in one piece (THANKS GUYS $&&)
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Well i finished rubbering the playfileld and have everything re installed (Didnt clean the kickouts yet nino Sorry) And also repaired the lamp issue. In the end all it was was a tiny drop of solder which someone had dropped on the front of the board bridging the tracks that was only visible once i removed the Transistor.
So she is running as it should and is a fast old game.
Also David (FIREPOWER) kindly picked up the backglass today so ill be posting Nino (Strangeways) Backglass box that he lent me to get it home in one piece (THANKS GUYS $&&)
All coming together nicely, Daniel ^^^
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Well i cleaned and polished the world cup cabinet tonight and im very happy with the result very hard to get a good photo with the limited space
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Looking great Daniel, and looking forward to a test drive!
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Well a big thanks to David (FIREPOWER) after having issues at the post office in regard to the box being to big even though he received it from them earlier that day. He found a post office today that didnt have an issue sending it so touch wood it should be here before the weekend $#$
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Well again a big thanks to Nino and Dave for all there help the backglass arrived today un broken $#$ And looks a million times better than the original. It has some cracking and this one has a mirror effect that the other one didnt im very happy.
Ill get some photos of the whole machine tonight
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That looks awesome Daniel - Well Done !
Glad to have helped out. Now don't throw away that box !
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Dont worry Nino i wont be throwing the box out but im not sure if you will be getting it back &&
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Happy to have helped out and somewhat relieved it arrived all in one piece - I had terrible visions of some overweight postie sitting on it or something.
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Here are the pics of the whole machine. And yes im in need of displays anyone have any spare they want to sell???
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Looking good mate. Are the displays the same as old Stern ones? I think I might have some - will take a look if they are compatible.
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Looking good mate. Are the displays the same as old Stern ones? I think I might have some - will take a look if they are compatible.
The display glass is the same i can swap that over ^^^
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Pics sent by email Daniel - you're welcome to them, I have no compatible games, no idea if they work though!
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Unbelievable resto Daniel. Can't recognise that machine as the one in the original pics.
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That backglass really makes that game come back to life....you are a busy bugger!
Well done Daniel - another game saved ^^^
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Yeah i try and keep myself busy Tony but sadly im nearly out of projects !!! Might have to work on the M %.%onaro one of these days
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Nice one mate ^^^
Will this one still be around for the mini meet &&
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Nice one mate ^^^
Will this one still be around for the mini meet &&
Ill hold it until you guys have been but no promised on star trek
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Yeah i try and keep myself busy Tony but sadly im nearly out of projects !!! Might have to work on the M %.%onaro one of these days
Daniel,
Mate you are never out of projects - just look around your gamesroom and think 'how could I improve that game?'
Easy - do it after 6 JWs and I bet you find a few games you could take to 'another level'
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Well World Cup was taken to its new home On sunday. Sound like its already getting a hammering trying to beat my high score.
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Glad I got to play it last week Daniel - I was really impressed with it, very nice condition and resto by Daniel, and really fun gameplay.