Terminator 2 playfield resto - Part II

[Greg]

I don't normally read restore thread anymore but this one has been a treat Marty
the amount of work and attention to not only the T2 but also the Police Force is fantastic


keep up the great work

[Pinfan]

I don't normally read restore thread anymore but this one has been a treat Marty
the amount of work and attention to not only the T2 but also the Police Force is fantastic


keep up the great work

Can i ask why not greg ?

[MartyJ]

I don't normally read restore thread anymore but this one has been a treat Marty
the amount of work and attention to not only the T2 but also the Police Force is fantastic


keep up the great work

Thankyou Greg.

For me, the best part(s) of this site is (a) the technical help.  I absolutely love it how everyone 'drops' everything and spends so much time trouble shooting and knowledge sharing & (b) reading the resto threads...The quality of peoples work here is astounding.  It really does push you to go the extra step to getting a great machine.

I'm now very glad I kept the T2.  I would have been very sad if it had been sold.  Its getting there, slowly.  The gun handle is off getting chromed.

I've cleaned up the teeth decal a little to..Where I had to trim it, you could see the white.  I've touched the paper up with some black paint and clear so you cannot see the white line now too.

Will post more soon....

[MartyJ]

I found some pics of the playfield prior to playfield rebuild #1.  Such a shame about the condition of the decals, as the rest of the PF was in VGC and the machine overall is pretty much faultless....

And yes, an OP had done a Magiver and used the news agency rub on stencil for the numbers! 

[Strangeways]

Marty - those "before" pix really tell the story...

You have really brought this playfield back to life. 

[Greg]

I don't normally read restore thread anymore but this one has been a treat Marty
the amount of work and attention to not only the T2 but also the Police Force is fantastic


keep up the great work

Can i ask why not greg ?

no

[Pinfan]

OK then.. 

[Greg]

OK then.. 

Mate there's no need to go that far 

[MartyJ]

Not much to update unfortunately.  The decal saga is continuing, but I have a contingency now if further problems arise..

I've gone as far as I can, all has been cleaned, grained and is ready to go back on playfield.  I've decided to swap out the playfield flashers (#89's) with some of RTBB's hyperbright LED flashers.  I've done this for a couple of reasons (a) cause they're cool  and super bright & (b) some of the flashers are very hard to get to, so the long life of the LED's should outlast the playfield (until Mark can find me a NOS one)...

Can't wait to see the flashers in action with the other playfield LED's.

[MartyJ]

As far as the shooter lane goes, I would like to clean it up further..In my boredom I've been looking at some resto photos the Treasure Cove has done.  It would seem that this is an area that on all their machines are always absolutely spotless.  I've tried the usual suspects - nifty on rag, magic eraser with shellite etc..but there is some marks which I cannot get off?

Any ideas would be appreciated too? 

[ajlaird]

Very fine sandpaper?

Will wait to see if anyone agrees.

[Strangeways]

I'm surprised ME does not work, Marty..

I guess the suggestion of sandpaper might work, but has the area where the dirt has deposited have a "groove" where the ball runs down ?

[MartyJ]

OK,

Two photos below are area in question.  The first (area near ball lane armature) was a bit of concern.  I found a bit of a crack through timber as I guess the constant thumping / movement of the arm has caused this.  Might be an idea for other T2 owners to check too.

You can see the marks / dirt I am talking about.  I have gone over with ME quite hard without value.

[MartyJ]

Gun handles back....hmmm shiney...

I've polished the security bolts which hold it together.  They were originally a rusty matt black colour.  I used the old bolt in the drill on wet n dry method on these.  They may rust up.  If that happens then I will remove, redo and clear.

[Strangeways]

OK,

Two photos below are area in question.  The first (area near ball lane armature) was a bit of concern.  I found a bit of a crack through timber as I guess the constant thumping / movement of the arm has caused this.  Might be an idea for other T2 owners to check too.

You can see the marks / dirt I am talking about.  I have gone over with ME quite hard without value.

So ME does not lift the dirt - it looks to have created a "track".

On older machines without clearcoats, I roll some 800 grit around the skinny end of an old billiard cue and "sand away" the dirt. But I would not recommend this for your game. It looks like the dirt in the upper section is embedded in the cracks of the clearcoat ?