Going hard now !
The cabinet was stripped of its decals... It's back to bare wood.
The 555 twist sockets were soaked in Nifti and hot water and then pulled and left to dry.
All light boards were de-globed, cleaned with alcohol, all light sockets and connectors were re flowed with fresh solder. They were then re globed with leds matching pf insert colours.. All leds had their connection wires expanded in order to make better contact with the twist socket.
I also closed the connectors on the 555 twist sockets closer together to give a better connection to the leds. This procedure has worked for me in the past so i continue to do this. It is very time consuming but well worth it i reckon.
Now i will have to wait for when i reassemble the PF and power up the machine to see if the 555’s are seated the right way. ( the only downfall for me RE leds! )
The subway ramp was totally stripped and rebuilt. Every single solder joint, especially on the optos, had fresh solder re flowed and of course a new connector was fitted to the end of the sub ramp. Both coils were cleaned and re sleeved and all diverter metal was tumbled and then re assembled.
A long time ago i stumbled across a cut pop bumper cap to fit under the Beta ramp and decided to do it for my STTNG..Seeing as from factory there is nothing on top of the 3rd pb i decided to dress it up a little. I had marked out a test cap before i stripped the machine, i just needed to cut it out.
Well it was cut out and put aside to test fit when i put the PF back together.
Lastly all the metal PF guides were hand polished using a green scotch brite pad and Metal Magic and left aside for the PF re assemble.
