GOTTLIEB TORCH REBUILD

[Extra Ball]

Looks nice 

[ddstoys]

Well some of the ordered parts arrived from PBR so we have been plodding along doing bits and pieces in wait for the Pascal all in one board.  We have reseated all the lamp inserts and installed new globes under the playfield.  Any crappy rusted parts have been painted in the matching purple and we have installed brand new lamp sockets in the backbox its a big job but well worth it every globe is the same brightness and all the banging and wobbling they never go dim or stop.

 Ive almost finished touching up the artwork from the top arch and hope to start on the apron art soon

[illawarra_steelers]

Here ya go... me and my 2 pins.. must be 20 years ago cos thats when i had the waistcoat - i was also living in that place cos my flat had been repossessed - i had to get out fast and ended up in there... was a GREAT party house!

Funny - i lose my house etc but keep the pins, ach - well you can only sell so much,i recall refusing to sell the pins and my records ( still have the records but those 2 pins have gone)

Well... they are SEGASA TRAVEL TIME - stunning example, and of course GTB TORCH - me in the middle smoking a spliff

Well here is a photo from around 1987 that was taken when I was still living at my folks place....this is my mate Kev looking like, well, um....same as Gav 

There is a real nice Surf Champ and a terrible Bally bingo in that shot though

[Strangeways]

That T-Shirt would be worth a bit of coin to a collector !

I'd say it was taken in 1989 - around the time of "Hot in the shade" 

[Retropin]

LOL!!!!! Spliffs were popular then!!!

[Strangeways]

Every time I read the word "Spliff" - I just cannot stop laughing 

[illawarra_steelers]

LOL!!!!! Spliffs were popular then!!!

Still are 

[ddstoys]

Well the Pascal board arrived today. My brothers joy turned into dissapointment when it came up coil locked on so he really didnt get to enjoy it.  But after he left i spent a few hours trying to nut out the problem.    All coils and diodes tested fine, Power was fine but still got coil locked on warning.   So i removed the plug for the playfield coils still came up with the issue i unsoldered every coil    Still no joy.   

   But with the coil fuse removed the issue dissapeared    There was also no sound so i decided to remove the plug to the original soundboard (No longer used) And problem solved there must be a short in the loom to the old soundboard GRRRRR   But its all fixed now and the sound issue is a dead speaker.

  Once the pbr order arrives we will have the remaining coils and parts needed to finish it off   

[Strangeways]

I had a similar issue in SYS1 machine. It kept reporting the outhole coil was bad. Replaced the coil and I was done. The old oil measured as "good"..

[ddstoys]

Well a few more photos while we wait for parts.    We have everything ready to go once they do. Im picking up the new glass this afternoon so shouldnt be long now

[ddstoys]

Any parts that were to rusty to polish up we painted in the same color as the arch etc looks better than rust

[ddstoys]

And finally the whole machine

[Strangeways]

Mate - that looks awesome !

Do you have 31 inch legs on this machine ?

[ddstoys]

Yeah well spotted Nino they will be going onto my sons magnatron once marks legs arrive 

[pinnies4me]

.. .. once marks legs arrive 

I hope the rest of him arrives as well - otherwise will be messy.