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1960 Williams Serenade Restoration Started

By Playdium

2 years ago


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#1 2 years ago
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Playdium

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US Barnstable, MA

10y 82,550 2,164 6 2

I've been working on this machine now for about 3 months off and on. It doesn't appear to have ever been taken apart. The coil sleeves are all aluminum and overall a pretty dirty and grimey machine. However the playfield and plastics appear to be in great shape. The play counter shows 6000 plays, but I really don't put much faith in those being all that accurate.
I have completely disassembled all of the steppers and score reels for the light box. Everything was cleaned, degreased in the ultrasonic, polished, lubricated, and reassembled. Luckily nothing was broken.
Next I moved onto the motor board. Again everything was broken down and cleaned. All of the relays were cleaned as well as all of the switch contacts. Score motor had a complete teardown, cleaning, polishing, and lubricated.
Anything that was removed had to be thoroughly cleaned and polished. Here are some before and after pics.
Moving onto the playfield next.

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#2 2 years ago
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Playdium

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Motor board pics

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#3 2 years ago
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Playdium

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Interior cabinet pics. Bottom section had a "toe kick" hole that I placed a piece of 1/4" over.

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#4 2 years ago
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Playdium

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Will need to source replacement coin slot tags.

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#5 2 years ago
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Playdium

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Not sure this spring will work out for the ball release mech.

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#6 2 years ago
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Playdium

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Moving along with the cabinet and playfield restoration. The playfield is now done with the exception of flippers which I forgot to order. (Am I the only person that polishes all of the screw heads?) All of the plastics are original with no cracks and the marbleized posts are complete as well. I refinished the wood and just need 2 decent looking cigarette holders.
I now have to paint the replacement head I had made up. It will be difficult matching the cabinet colors on this 60 year old machine.

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#7 2 years ago
 
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jrpinball

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Quoted from Playdium:

(Am I the only person that polishes all of the screw heads?)

Hardly!

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#8 2 years ago
 
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AndrewP

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Looking good.

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Quoted from Playdium:

Not sure this spring will work out for the ball release mech.

It might be okay if you flip and reinstall it. FWIW, I simply replaced mine with a normal barrel spring at the plunger.

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#9 2 years ago
 
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Peruman

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Following this. I just finished a Big Deal. Always looking to learn new resto techniques to improve what I do

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#10 2 years ago
 
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A_Bord

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Beautiful art on this game. You didn't happen to scan the playfield while it was disassembled, did you? I'd be interested in a digital copy of the art.

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#11 2 years ago
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Playdium

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Quoted from AndrewP:

Looking good.

It might be okay if you flip and reinstall it. FWIW, I simply replaced mine with a normal barrel spring at the plunger.

Good tip, and I did just that. Retracts perfectly.

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#12 2 years ago
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Playdium

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Quoted from A_Bord:

Beautiful art on this game. You didn't happen to scan the playfield while it was disassembled, did you? I'd be interested in a digital copy of the art.

Sorry, I did not scan it.

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#13 2 years ago
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Playdium

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10y 82,550 2,164 6 2

Things are moving along again. I just finished up on a replacement head for the machine. The original head was damaged beyond repair, so I had one made with poplar and it came out great.

Looking forward to powering this up soon.

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