Thanks for the feeback.
I agree on the cabinet. I'm pretty sure that it's in the best condition of any of the 10 games I've gone through which is saying something since it's 30-some years old. Biggest bummer is that the coin door was jimmied open at one time so it's slightly dented, as is the frame.
Had a chance to dork around with it a bit today.
Of course it needs a thorough cleaning & new rubber. There are a bunch of brittle posts that are blown apart. I have a bag of yellow ones I'll stick in there until the "official" restoration happens. At least that will remove shrapnel potential and keep bits from getting ground into the playfield. There is one rollover switch not working so that's an easy one. All other switches and drops work properly (wow!). Score reels work properly too although the plastic clip is broken off one of them and it likes to slide away from the glass (better than
into the glass). The only real functional problem I see is that the ball count is stuck on "1" so you can play a game forever.
I plan to deep clean it, install new rubber and non-brittle posts, toss a new ball in there and play it now & then so I can build up a solid list of what it needs. I'm pretty broke so in no hurry to buy pinball parts. Once the list is deemed "complete", I'll hurry to place an order with PBR so I can work on making the second list of things I forgot to put on the first list. I'm going to spring for new plastics, drops and probably lane guides and flipper bats? IMHO The machine deserves whatever I can get for it.
Once everything is in hand, it will be a pleasure to go through it and restore it as far as my ability allows. This game won't be going anywhere until the Alzheimers kicks in and wipes the nostalgia banks clean.
"Tetris skills"
I had a giggle on that one.
Sorry Tony, the "Sweet Hearts" is spoken for - by
me dammit
Unless you meant the twin little brunettes I met earlier today,
in which case I'm sure won't last long so I'll forward your number if you wish.
