RESTO UPDATE. Number 1.
Tonight I got home from work and I decided to take the Gilligans playfield out and place it on my new Pinball Rotisserie. I am happy with the Pinball Rotisserie from Felix at Gamemasters. It came today. It works well. I will be making a few modifications to it, and will explain why i feel the changes are Needed. (more on that later with some photos). Well worth the wait and the $150 plus postage etc. The few changes/mods will make an already good product just that bit more reliable and fix a few tiny design flaws. But it needs to be said, no pinball rotisserie can suit 100% of any pinball machine(s). Given huge differences in playfield sizes/length, there was bound to be a few small issues when trying to make it "perfect" for any random playfield.
I have taken ALL the boards out and will be giving the boards to Beaky to weave his magic. Everything works fine except an occassional reset, but I will have Andy replace some bits n pieces with a view to "prevention is better than cure" by getting the usual 5v reg, and some other bits replaced so she stays solid for the next decade etc.
The black filth inside the machine, hiding under plastics etc, and general hidden yuk needs cleaning badly. Japaneese machines when onsite are kept smick, but a machine sitting in a warehouse for many years will only attract years of yuk. I have placed the playfield on the rotisserie, and will start the strip down tomorrow after work, then I have 3 or 4 days off so I can really get into it ! This machine will be recieving some insert LEDs in red n green cause I reckon it will really add some bling to this title.
I plan on "adding" a few LED's to an area of the machine where no bulbs are (behind Kona the volcano's eye sockets) and under a few dark plastics. This is easy to do and u just daisy chain a few extra sockets off the existing sockets like I did on my Godzilla machine (photos of the Gilligans add ons/mods later).
The wiring harness will be going into the bath, the cabinet will be made extremely fresh n clean inside, and no expense will be spared on the flipper kits/playfield strip n clean/rebuild etc. This is the first strip down I will have done wherby I have removed the playfield n wiring harness totally. Most machines I have purchased have never needed it, but this one is a keeper and I have to make it like new for the long run.
I will add photos soon.
