Star Trek resto PART II. The 25th Anniversary.

[Pinfan]

To those who are interested...

This is going to be a short and quick resto thread about ST 25th to carry on with the original Bally ST resto.. hence the PART II.

This was restored in the months leading to Christmas of last year and was finished just before and I never got a chance to post...Well better late than never...  

OK this was a hell of a lot easier than the Bally as i didn't need to do any cabinet restoration as the cabinet was in excellent condition.

The PF was immaculate in the sense of no wear but was filthy, as were all the mechs, pops etc... When i first received the machines the pops would not fire because of the accumulated dirt on the switches and the misalignment of them.. It simply was sluggish and there was so much play in the left flipper link that is was almost impossible to aim. Was replaced with a Williams link with no bushing so it was sloppy !

The translite was dirty,what a surprise, and upon closer inspection some one had tried cleaning it previously in the past and the back was pretty much blotchy and missing some ink here and there.

The PF ramp on this game is HUGE and i had an issue with it, so i had to repair it. I will detail this when we arrive to it in the thread. Not to mention that

1; It was near impossible to locate a NOS ramp for this game

and

2; when i did the bloke wanted a GAZILLION dollars for it plus the lack of communication didn't  ... So what do you guys think...... SCAM !  

Truly after almost a year of searching i only had 1 offer of a second which was damaged like mine but not as severe and the other was the BS above.

Believe it or not i also had a problem with the subway ramp. At a later date.

So i pulled the PF from the game, mounted it on my rotisserie and started stripping the PF...

pics show the condition of the game in that state i bought it.

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A couple more....

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OK- PF has been fully stripped at this stage and everything was orgainsed, bundled together and put aside.

There was a lot of cleaning to do and the tumbler got a thrashing !

PF of its first pass over with Orange power.

I LOVE the artwork and colours of this game it is simply stunning. IMO one of the best artwork packages going around.

[el_timbo86]

WOW! Agreed, very nice artwork on that PF. Looks like its come up an absolute treat after the Orange Power too.

el_timbo

[MartyJ]

Always interested in your work Marco!

Great job, outstanding results!

[Strangeways]

Very nice work, Marco. Looks like the layers of dirt protected the playfield from any wear !

[tonyt]

Great work Marco, very bright and colourful playfield.

[Pinfan]

Like i said a lot of cleaning, polishing and waxing...  

Every mech, including the swinging target and two drop target banks, was pulled apart and rebuilt. All metal was polished and every single coil sleeve was changed.

All 3 pop bumper assemblies were replaced with brand new complete assemblies...Everything was attached to the bracket, easiest rebuild ever.... Unsolder the light sockets, undo four screws and reverse the procedure and they were done...20 minutes max... Best ever !

I also gaped and cleaned every switch.

Flippers were rebuilt and the left coil was replaced. I also had a couple of brackets that had fatigued over the years of abuse so i located new replacements from my friend Gregory...RTBB... and replaced them. The wiring loom got a tidy up and clean. Plastics were in great shape as to were the posts so they got a good cleaning too.

A few pics is of the PF with 3 coats of wax. The rest are of rebuilt mechs etc.
 

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Next couple of pics are of the pop assemblies and rebuilt mechs...

The pop bumper closest to the opening did not have the light socket connected. It looks like it was like this from the factory as the Dilithium Crystal pad hides it. My idea was to get a wide angle led in that hidden socket to create a bright hue around the pad.

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More pics.

Metal guides were pulled from the pf and tumbled and then re installed.

Drop assemblies stripped cleaned and being rebuilt.

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Targets installed.

Ramp assembly was re installed.

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Like i said, this is going to be short and sweet and FAST  so i am hoping that i am still giving some details...

Popper mech used to play up. Once i stripped it i found out why ! It had no teeth !

Popper was rebuilt in the usual fashion...

The 3rd pic is the metal guide for the Dilithium Crystal swinging target hole.

Last pic is a pre fit of a Cliffy on one side. Note the little metal guide behind the hole...

I apologise for the blurry pics...

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Swinging target mech was stripped cleaned, polished and re installed.

So i guess you guys can gauge how all the mechs were rebuilt.. Same was done to the slings, ball shooter, kicker, knocker and gate assemblies.

[Caveoftreasures]

Love ya work. It was filthy thats for sure.

I purchased 2 x star trek 25ths from Ken Priest in QLD last xmas and both were in minty condition before he even pulled them off his racks.
I was extremely lucky. I had to buy the both of them because i knew finding one ever again as good as these were would be impossible.
The only drawback was that both the translites had been stolen by someone.
I then purchased 2 x brand new ones for the game from the fellow in the USA that you Marco helped me with.
Luckily for me, my ramps are all like brand new so i didnt end up with that hassle.

Love the pictures, love the wax n polish job u did.
A very fun and collectable game.

LIVE LONG AND PROSPER.  

[Pinfan]

You're very lucky Brett finding your games with nice ramps as most of the 25th's I've seen had the entrances of the right side of the ramp smashed to pieces... As was mine... 

Its all repaired now and i am quite happy with the outcome.. 

RE the translites......I was lucky to find a NOS translite for mine way before Classic Arcades repro'd them.

My original had the scars of a previous clean. 

They are very lightly printed and anything, and i mean anything, on the reverse side/printed side damaged the ink.. Very delicate !

I ending up giving my NOS a quick squirt of air just to clear the dust off as i was petrified to put any liquid, including water, on the reverse side of the translite to clean it.

Every translite and bg i have come across and cleaned I have used Novus 2 with astonishing results. This was the first i could not use Novus 2 as the translite was way too delicate !

You live and learn i suppose.