Hey everybody, I'm new here and hoping to collect info on a restoration project. I picked up a 1947 United's Hawaii flipperless machine on eBay last week and I figured that the online community for this sort of thing would be a pretty strong resource. I plugged it in and was pleasantly surprised to find that it almost works! But it does have some issues. I'm going to start with cleaning it up and replacing the burnt out bulbs, missing inserts and rubber rings. Does anyone know what size the small inserts are? It seems like the best fit would be 5/8" but I'm not sure. Also I was thinking about replacing the bulbs with LEDs to use less power and expose the inserts and backglass paint to less heat...is that advisable? If so what size bulbs do I get? I'd really appreciate and info you guys can share! Thanks!

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Loving the feedback!! I think I agree with you on keeping it as close to period as possible so I ordered new #47 incandescent bulbs to replace the old ones. Now I'm trying to tackle the next most obvious issue... when the coin slide is pushed in to start the game the ball ejectors on the playfield run constantly until I depress the "reset" button on the underside of the machine, which stops the ejectors but the playfield seems to deactivate and the "Tilt" light on the backglass turns on. I cleared all the debris and made sure the sensor switches weren't stuck in the "on" position but that did not help. Any ideas on what could cause that?