Gulftream Resto .. now playable

[goodolddays]

Gday all.
Decided my 1st cab off my resto queue will be Gulfstream.
Chose this one cause its a Williams, so easier for me cause I've overhauled a few of these now and its a game I've never played (except for a couple of balls when I was buying it from Rob.)
The playfield on the game is in better shape than the spare that came with it, so will be fixing this playfield up.

Started stripping the PF tonight . Here's a pic of where its at so far

[goodolddays]

All inserts are sunken so will have to be removed and releveled, plus touchups of course.

[goodolddays]

This pic shows how much the ball shooter cover, ball arch cover and apron have faded. I intend to repaint these (and redecal) as well as paint the timber rails in , hopefully, a close match to the original pinky/purple colour.

[goodolddays]

Gday all .
I'm still working on stripping this playfield down and have now hit the hard/hassle part.
This game has a huge reset bank mounted directly in the middle of the underside of the playfield.
I have to remove the reset bank to be able to remove the sunken inserts above it on the topside.
To do that I will have to remove every component on the underside that is attached to the reset bank.
What a bastard of a mechanical design  . I haven't come across an EM with a reset bank mounted in this position before.
Wish me luck !

Cheers
Dave

[Mr Pinbologist]

WOW.. You're right that reset bank is in a bastard of a spot!! I'm faced with a similar problem with the Travel Time im currently working on, i need to remove a HUGE reset bank just to get the timber side rails off the PF to paint them!

Looking forward to seeing your progress with this restore

Cheers..

Mitch

[goodolddays]

Good luck with your fun with Travel Time Mitch !

Just looking at my PF again , really looks like I will have to remove Everything from the underside , including every light socket .. cause of the way the wiring looms are      .. This has just added many more hours to this project . Ah well, sitting here whinging about it ain't getting the job done 

[Retropin]

Dave,

I got the inserts out of GF when i did the rebadge without taking the bank off. I taped some hose over a hairdryer and got it as near to the inserts as possible, then tapped out  with a wide screwdriver on the edge of the insert.. got them all out this way1 by 1.

Good luck matching the yellow also.. its a transluscent ink thats used so most of its colour comes from the base underneath. The yellow you will have to mix with a clear to come near to matching it and have white base underneath

[ddstoys]

That bank is bloody massive good luck mate

[goodolddays]

Dave,

I got the inserts out of GF when i did the rebadge without taking the bank off. I taped some hose over a hairdryer and got it as near to the inserts as possible, then tapped out  with a wide screwdriver on the edge of the insert.. got them all out this way1 by 1.

Good luck matching the yellow also.. its a transluscent ink thats used so most of its colour comes from the base underneath. The yellow you will have to mix with a clear to come near to matching it and have white base underneath

Gday Gav. Thanks for the tip re the inserts .. I'll think about it .. keep in mind though I am a Noob at this .. only removed inserts once before and that was scary for me .
Re the PF touchups .. kinda get what you are saying .. but again I am a Noob at that .. looks to me like I won't need to worry about the yellow , or have you seen something in my pics that I haven't noticed?

[goodolddays]

That bank is bloody massive good luck mate

Thanks Mate .. yeah she's a big bastard eh? Lot of relay logic going on in this one. Ya just gotta love relay logic I reckon   

[ddstoys]

That bank is bloody massive good luck mate

Thanks Mate .. yeah she's a big bastard eh? Lot of relay logic going on in this one. Ya just gotta love relay logic I reckon   

Yep there pretty amazing how did they work it all out back in the day pure genius

[goodolddays]

That bank is bloody massive good luck mate

Thanks Mate .. yeah she's a big bastard eh? Lot of relay logic going on in this one. Ya just gotta love relay logic I reckon   

Yep there pretty amazing how did they work it all out back in the day pure genius

Yeah , and then drawing up those schematics .. oops.. maybe the schematic was first 

[ddstoys]

That bring up the life long question?

What came first the pinball or the schematic LOL

[Ford Fairlane]

really looking forward to seeing this resto!!!! good luck with it mate!

[ddstoys]

Those buttons went in the post today