Got the other main decal on no worries, then cleaned up the last of the bits and pieces all lying around and started putting it back together.
Felt protectors for the headbox hinges
Then put the head on, as well as new rails, shooter, new flipper buttons and the cabinet wiring loom
Also installed a new woofer from Jaycar, put most of the wiring in corro conduit, which looks so much nicer than factory
I then went around and tested all the earths back to the the plug, and all was good.
Since all the boards were in and main wiring harness without the playfield i decided to fire it up. I had previously tested all the boards, but not the sound board since many of the original tantalum capacitors threw mini fireballs at me....i replaced them with electrolytic caps and........everything powered up nicely with no smoke!! I should never have doubted my repairs! The CPU booted up fine as well. Next step will be to put the playfield back in and test from there.
