Documenting my #4 Bad Cats to work on. This one won’t get a playfield as it has a good Mylar example. It will still get the top side “stripped to the wood” shop job. If you can call it that. All mechs rebuilt, polishing, tumbling, oh my. New ramps and plastics too.

There’s a few repairs to make like the normal interconnect GI issues and the cat in backbox motor needs replaced. The head will get new decals too.

I won’t likely highlight all the details as I have the other 3 fairly well documented. Meow!

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Some before:

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Few more before:

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Posts:

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Underside pics.

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Playfield is stripped top side and dropped anything below so it can be polished.

Both flipper bats have cracks. Pretty typical. Seems rare to find ones that aren’t unless we’re replaced already.

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The mechanisms are torn down for cleaning and rebuilding.

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I wish I did too. It will get cleaned up as well as it can but there will be color differences.

Playfield was polished as well as it could be. Posts are installed.

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Playfield progress. Orange star posts. I had several posts and screws snap so 7 new posts and t nuts were used.

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Ball guides and posts are all done so getting started on the plastics.

The vari-target posts will be red.

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Vari-target disassembly for cleaning.

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Flipper mechs rebuilt and installed.

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New pop bumper spoons. Not only were they filthy, they were bad and cracked.

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80spit is working on the new backbox decals… thank you!!!

Headless!

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Most mechanisms are back installed and have been rebuilt. The slings got all new parts less coils and brackets.

This one doghouse kicker is sloppy and will get replaced.

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Thanks Gerry!

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Vari-target rebuilt with new decal.

New GI header output from Interconnect board replaced with new. A new Interconnect board from DumbAss is incoming. I cannot support him enough. It does not come from a crappy non working, non-delivering basement either.

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Big thanks to Gerry and Victor. We have the hard stuff ready to go. Now I need to catch up to install them!

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GI tested and working. CT warm whites. Added pop light is working well.

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Drop target mechs rebuilt with new decals and drop targets.

The drop stop was broken and only holding on by mostly two rivets. I crated a new one with a polycarbonate sheet. Cut it to size, drilled out the holes and riveted it on like original.

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Fishbowl ramp before:

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Fishbowl after. Don’t forget they holes for the wire form ramp are too small and need drilled out!

Wireform cleaned and installed with a new bent plastic.

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Tiger ramp before:

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Tiger ramp finished and installed:

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All insert lamps work!

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Looks ready to get reacquainted with the cabinet. I’m waiting on the doghouse kicker arm but that can get installed easily when it arrives.

Next up is to put the backbox back together…
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Hey if anyone needs a back box motor for the spinning cat, freddy is your guy! I have one to install very soon. Very, very soon…

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Likewise! It’s the fat wife’s.

Playfield is installed along with DumbAss interconnect board. He spent the time to have me double check the wiring and accuracy to the manual. A huge asset to the hobby. Thank you!

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The new doghouse kicker arm came so put that in too.

Underside pic.

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New freddy motor installed. Fits perfectly. Needs soldered in yet.

Couple pics of the old motor too.

You know you wanted to see up there!

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And a sneak peek of the next… Order up!

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Game is up and running!

Issues:

Lots of ghosting bulbs despite all NG LEDS’s. The connection of Ralphie’s light was touching and causing issues. Adjusted and good.

Upper pops not working: Switches touching. Adjusted and all good.

That’s it! Playing fantastic.

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We are about perfect. Game is playing flawlessly.

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Calling this one a wrap. Play tested it to death now and has been rock solid. Did a cleanup of the cabinet and added some instruction and pricing cards.

Karolina gave it the seal of approval and is on her third nap of the day.

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