Thanks for the advice Nino. Only the top half of the pf is covered and has a big triangle shape missing on the right side. if its possible to remove it without damage id rather do that and recover the whole pf. Most of the transperancies on the pf have sunk so i will prob remove and raise those as well.  ill have to look into the tilt issue as there is no ball in the tilt rail and plum bob isnt connected, also the solenoid on the stepper unit that selects which ball is in play keeps activating but doesnt spin the unit to advance a ball. so i was going to remove the unit and give it a clean as you have demonstrated previously. just baught some materials today for stenciling.