Jetspin Fixup

[Brettski]

That is looking brilliant Chris.. your colour matching looks superb!
I would love to drop by and play it when done, it's one of my all time favourites.. :)

Brettski... :)

[Boots]

    Another small update
    The apron and the shooter gauge were badly faded and worn so when I bought the plastics set from Pinballrescue I got the decals aswell.
    I painted the apron and shooter gauge a few weeks ago in preparation, so I figured the paint was well and truly dry enough to apply the decals today.

    Here they are before the decals:

[Boots]

And here they are with decals applied and score and instruction cards in place:

[Boots]

I used the wet method as per the included instructions, water with some detergent and it all went well.

[Brettski]

Good job on the Apron Chris, it's a good feeling when it comes together and looks good.
What else do you have left to do.. :)

Brettski... :)

[Boots]

Good job on the Apron Chris, it's a good feeling when it comes together and looks good.
What else do you have left to do.. :)

Brettski... :)

Not much now, for the playfield I have to fit the new plastics set, the apron and the shooter gauge.
There is some house paint on the side of the headbox that I am going to try and strip and then just a few cleanups on the cabinet.

[Strangeways]

Looks great Chris. A small tip - use a mist coat of clear over the decals, then apply THIN coats and it will add depth and durability to the Apron. I like to also place a thin piece of mylar where the ball contacts the apron.

[Boots]

Anyway I have the machine inside now, new plastics fitted and all running.

[Boots]

There was a small hickup with the running of the machine, I got it all up and running before I cleaned up the playfield but when I moved it inside it wasn't resetting properly, the score motor was running.
Back out with the schematics and putting my brain into EM mode.
The machine would reset the Player1 and Player2 scores but after that the score motor just kept running and running.
Looking at the schematics below I worked it out that the Player1 and Player2 scores are reset and then there is an electrical path to Motor switch 1A through the Player1 and Player2 score reel zero switches (Z1 NC switch is open because Z1 is energised), Player3 and Player4 scores are then reset.

[Boots]

But this was just not happening, so I started testing the path from Player2 10's zero switch to Z2 and it looked OK, this had me stumped for a little while then I realised that because the machine was turned off when I was testing this meant that Z1 was de-energised and obviously the NC switch was closed giving me a false positive. I then pressed Z1 in and of course I lost continuity.
Long story short it ended up being the Player1 10,000's zero position swith was slightly open, I adjusted that an presto, it reset normally.

Only a few things to do now like clean up the legs, install a coin door lock and install the backglass and the machine is complete

[Strangeways]

EM repair and maintenance is a cool string to the pinball bow. Well done Chris