After some tumbling, most of the hardware was looking really good. I'll buff the heads on the playfield screws etc, but for the most part, the tumbler has done all the work for me !
Bit "overboard" - but the plungers are nice a smooth now - and with new coil sleeves, there will be "stuff all" friction. These pop bumpers will "pop"
I usually sort out all the parts from the tumbler and place them into small containers like these. They are easier to find later on when I do the playfield. The containers were bought from Bunnings - $14 for assorted sizes.
Flipper Rebuilds
System11 use a flipper system with Serial coils. FL-23/600 30/2600 50V (or SFL-23/600 30/2600 50V). This machine has two different coils, so I would need one to make them the same. There is a replacement alternative which involves using standard FL-11629 coils - suited to this game. The recommendation from clay's guides is to use this alternative system if you need to replace one or more coils. I'll cover htis a little later on - but here's a picture of the two coils ;
Flipper AssembliesTime to strip these assemblies and prepare them according to clay's recommendation in his guide. They were filthy and needed a good clean.
I stripped them completely and scrubbed with Nifti and a green scotchbrite. I installed flipper kits and two new FL-11629 coils. Ready to go back into the machine.
Drop Target AssemblyThe drop target assembly was working fine, but it needed to be rebuilt and I wanted to replace the decals. Here's the "before picture;
The old decals - slightly faded. The targets have been cleaned - along with the rest of the assembly.
New Targets ;
Re assembled target assembly ;
Ready for both flipper assemblies and the drop target assembly to be re installed into the machine
