This machine is different from what we normally do, it is a resto, but not "High End". It was meant to be done inbetween High End Restorations, so it dragged on for a while. The major issue was a lot more work was required than planned - I'll address that during the course of the thread. This game was started almost 2 years ago and was finished recently - more on that later !
The game was sourced in 2008 ish from a private collection in Germany. Just to be clear, it was a
genuine private collection.
Condition Report ;
Cabinet - 9/10 - For a 43 year old machine, it was really good.
Playfield - 8/10 - Planking and some wear around the saucer.
Backglass - 10/10 - Absolutely perfect
Electrical - 7/10 - Some nasty transformer hacks
Mechanical - 7/10 - Never tested the game prior to the work commencing. I never do that with EMs. Steppers were sluggish.
I lost a lot of photos of the teardown, so the photos are not consistent in size and there are "gaps" in the documented resto.
Starting point ;
Inside the cabinet
Transformer hacks !
Decided to start off rebuilding the base board - rebuild steppers and relays - attend to the Transformer issues. Each Stepper is stripped, cleaned and rebuilt with new spring kits. They start off looking like this ;
Reassembly ;
Baseboard fully overhauled ;
On to the lower cabinet. Remove the siderails with their rusty nails
Clean the inside completely.
The Door is rebuild - The "before" pictures" ;
Regrained (not polished) as per factory ;
Inside ;
Repaint some of the metal cabinet parts with Chrome paint - which looks great and is durable ;
Painted the bracket the same - looks good !
Rebuilt internal cabinet ;
So far so good. The "fun" starts soon !
Topic: Williams Strato Flite Reconditioning (Read 9096 times)