This is where the fun starts - Play Testing. The playfield has the minimum 2 coats of Wax while I test the game, and the first thing I noticed was how quick the game was. It was ridiculously fast - Too fast in my initial opinion. But is was slowly sinking in that the game was designed to be this fast. I'm glad I did my standard replacement of the switch matrix capacitors, as the switches were responsive, which it needs to be for a fast game like this. The pop bumpers although plastic were responsive and in my opinion much better than metal rod and rings. I had to tune the drop targets, as in some shots, you can know over all the drop targets in the bank with one shot (I used to love this shot in Meteor). Here's a picture of the game with the backglass installed for testing feature lamps (which were disconnected when I received the game).
After tuning it in, I finished off the internals in the cabinet and the underside of the playfield. I printed up tech charts and labels, laminated them and placed them accordingly.
The correct Type 2 Flipper bases were used. These are a really good replacement.
Here you can see the difference in plating on the drop target bases. The top left turned out really good, but the bottom right I could not plate to the standard I was expecting. They go through the same steps, but some parts simply did not plate 100%. I think one reason is because they were so lightly plated to begin with, the metals must have been compromised over time and was never going to plate.
The Black pop bumper bodies. I think they fitted in well with the black on the playfield.
Inside the cabinet - Power Supply board and transformer.
Tilt Mech rebuilt - plated metal parts. Turned out nice !
Cashbox and door areas ;
Door Internals ;
Tech charts always finish off the restoration !
Flipper base plate - the correct type 2 for this title. The flipper kits are the same, but the bushing are different between type 1 and type 2.
Lockdown bar receiver and ground straps ;
Under the hood. Very pleased with the way it finished off.
