Well as predicted in my Fun Land thread they are multiplying. Brought home/rescued a Gottlieb Wild Life a week ago. The garage it was in has a bad roof and water has been dripping on the cabinet and running down the back. Was very surprised things wen't completely rusted up inside to. Surprisingly the playing field is better than it should be for they way it was stored. Guess it isn't the most coveted game ever made but I like it. Makes tons more noise than my Fun Land. Invested a whole $25 dollars in the purchase price.

At first only some lights would work and a nice hum was coming from the score motor that was locked up. The output shaft with the cams was rusted tight in the two bearings. Brushed them up to remove most of the rust and then applied just a couple drops of AFT fluid on them to penetrate the rust. with some effort I got it broke loose and worked it by hand till it freed up.

At that point it would try to start up but if I put the ball in all it would do is run the score motor non stop. Then I found were the solenoid plunger that was laying in the bottom belonged in the bonus unit I think. With it back in place it started trying to work.

Score wheels were staling badly at the 9 position so I dissembled and cleaned them. Also had too shorten the return springs to get them working.

I am amazed that this machine still works at all after the water it must have seen. So far most of it works but things aren't scoring correctly all the time. Hopefully playing it will help clear that up. My oldest boy is going to take this one.
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The head does have me worried a bit. It is still pretty solid where it fastens to the machine though. I don't think it will just fall off too easy. I would not carry it by its top or sides though. Brought it home in one piece but plan to take the head off to move it to the the sons girlfriends house. Already thinking of ways to shore it up. May try to give it a skeleton some way if the boy will leave it here that long.

That's getting value for your money!

In Junior Hi we had open campus for lunch. Two blocks away was the local bowling alley one of my friends mom cooked at. We figured out that with our daily school lunch money allowance we could buy a grilled cheese and small soda with money left for a game of pinball. With one in the groups mom working there he understandably spent a lot of time there and knew the quirks of the games. If one was stuck matching on 40 or such he knew and filled us in.

With two weeks left in the school year about 8 grade the group was called into the office for coming in late to art class after lunch one to many times. Principle told us if it happens again we would be stuck on campus the rest of the school year. Realy? we thought there is only two weeks left. Sure laughed that one off. One of my few times I was in the principles office during my school carrier.

Sounds like it has a better cabinet that ours. Hope the plastic inserts are still flat. This machine has a lot less of them than my Funland. Might try to find them someday and have a try at replacing inserts.