Believe it or not - This machine did not really stink that badly - I think the flipper meltdown must of happened many moons ago !
Here's the next stage of the restoration. I usually spend time on the Cabinet during the day and the Playfield and electronics at night. I have a playfield stand on my bench in the house, so I can theoretically work on the pin at all times... ;)
CabinetAfter a good clean, there's no need to repair anything - it was just the filth that had accumulated. The on/off switch presented a problem, but I contacted Steve from PBR and used a Gottlieb NOS switch - worked fine. The power supply board was a spare I had lying around that I previously repaired. The board has been fully upgraded - even the baseboard gets a sand ! The wiring get dropped in after a clean and a dry in the sun..
Outside of the cabinet came up great..
PlayfieldHere's a picture of what appears to have been the top target bank... filthy and the targets are all crap..Time to strip it and create new decals, but first, I need to find the right targets. On my game, they were originally tombstone style, on others, they were not - they were the "in line" style.. Tombstone are the correct targets... "in line" targets are for "in line" target banks...
Heres a progress picture after the first proper clean of the playfield. The metal guide has been regrained...NOT polished. These guides were originally grained. To get the authentic and original look, it needs to be sanded with wet/dry 360 grit and windex. It always tooks great. I also use this method to do the siderails on the cabinets.
Here's a long shot..
and again -
Where's the mylar ?? = Removed.. Well it was not mylar. It was just ordinary contact, the type used on books. Removal took a few hours. I'll cover that process another day (thread)... suffice to say - the more patience you have - the better the job..
Under the playfield
HOURS spend here... All coils and mechanisms for the drop targets were sourced from Pinball Resource.. Yep - ALL coils are NEW.. Main reason was because they were all missing ;) - But this game is FAST and everything has to be working...
ALL parts were removed and soaked in a warm bucket of water and nifti and scrubbed and cleaned for hours. Dried in the sun and then re assembled.. Great fun.. but it will look like this ;
Eventually - after HOURS of work... It will look like this ;
.. and it is not hard... Just be prepared to take plenty of pictures, and have plenty of spare time... All the coils are rewired, pop bumper cleaned and rewired... Put the time in and it will come up well..
So what am I going to do with the Targets ???
Here's a clue...
Enjoy
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