OK Strangeways, Retropin, Pinball God, thanks are in order once again. I heated up the pawl with the soldering iron and hit the screws with some more WD-40 and they finally moved. I had to go and buy a new hex-key set though, the one I had was bending like rubber. The new ones I bought were "Bondhus" brand, they seemed to be a lot stronger.
OK, here's a new problem for you all...The playfield on this machine is, overall, OK, considering that the only mylar was around the pop bumpers and at the slingshots, but there is one reasonably-sized area of wear. Now, keep in mind this is a clean-up and get-going, it's not a restore - I'll get to that at sometime in the future. At this stage I'm taking the "Smithsonian" approach with this (as I read on RGP), i.e don't change too much, preserve what already exists and only replace broken parts, etc.
Anyways, here is a picture of the area of wear, in the usual place I guess
So my question is: how can I temporarily prevent this area from deteriorating further. Two ways which I can think of are:
1. Cover the area with some of that "stealth" vinyl stuff that is sold by Pinball Pal (He was ill but I think he is back now).
2. Fill the area with something to make it level, so the ball doesn't keep eroding the paint at the edges.
Does anyone have any opinions about either of these methods, suggestions about products or other ideas?
Thanks so much, SV.
