Documenting a deep cleaning and top side tear down of a Transporter the Rescue It will get stripped down completely on the top and rebuilt on the bottom side.

This is a very nice Mylar’d example. It will get the usual parts to rebuild all the mechs with new ramps and plastics. I’ll polish up the Mylar and clean up the non-Mylar’d area.

I’ll note some of the post and rubber sizes as this is a low production title.

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A few pics of what needs to come off to fit on rotisserie.

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Top side tear down part 1.

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Top side tear down part 2.

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I’m with ya. I never played one and don’t remember seeing one in person. Yes the ramps are out there which is a miracle consider the under 900 machines made.

Yes! It should clean up nice. Most of the rubbers were so hard they just broke apart but the game looks like it has been taken care of it’s entire life and not abused. There’s a few wire cut hacks on playfield and the GI connector on the interconnect but pretty typical stuff. We will fix them.

The cabinet certainly looks painted. I’ll get some close up pics shortly.

I’m retracting my painted comment. Pretty sure it’s decals. What say you?

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Bottom side is stripped where needed. Removed all the top side posts.

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Yes I know what you mean. I had a decaled bad cats and it was badly faded decals. This looks like decals with the layers to me.

The shooter rod was rebuilt using new springs, washers, tip, clip and sleeve.

Cleaning in process. You can already see what some Novus 1 will do in the last picture.

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Cut back some lifted Mylar. It caught a lot of dirt but will get cleaned up with news Mylar over. It look a lot better and isn’t even polished yet.

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Started polishing. First picture is cleaned and ready. Second and subsequent pictures are first wave of polishing.

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Funny things you see when you spend a lot of time in front of a bare playfield. It wasn’t so obvious at first.
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Finished polishing and mylar’d areas that needed preserved. Playfield is waxed and ready for parts to dry/tumbling so they can be installed. I broke about 8-9 post studs and screws…! I heated them up but they still broke.

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I’ve started to install the CoinTaker LED’s. Lots of dirty inserts.

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Still moving forward. I replaced the clutch in the Shelby so was trying to get it broken in as much as possible for our club show today. Was able to park inside the dealership showroom

Anyway, on with more tear down of the drop bank assemblies. All but 1 of the 6 drop targets are cracked. Note the degraded rubber band that was to make up for a missing rubber grommet.

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New pop spoons installed. Clearly it was time.

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While the cabinet is here I cleaned up the tilt bob hardware and lockdown brass screws.

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Top side is slowing getting populated.

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Thanks! Yes the thought is to preserve it especially as it’s in really nice shape other than a few wear areas near the pop bumpers.

Yep! I heated them up but you’re right. They still like to break. I always keep a stock of t nuts and studs/screws so it’s just an inconvenience. And most times you strip out the screw head anyway if it’s not a stud.

It’s Bally’s Thumper Bumper thing that was used on some Sys11. EATPM was my first run in with them and they make working on so much easier. I love the design.

Flipper tear down for cleaning. They will get converted to WPC return spring styles.

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Ball guides are regrained and installed. Took a pic of the one before (1/2 done) and after.

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And Happy Fathers Day to the dads out there!

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Thanks. Here she is. Just don’t question multiple people from the same IP on here… They’re awfully guilty.

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Flipper parts (other than coil wrappers) are ready so they’re mostly assembled. This machine clearly wasn’t used hard. All parts came out really clean. Also note they were converted to WPC return spring style. The rebuild kit didn’t have the tabs or springs but I keep them on hand. Make sure to check if you’re going to convert. Usually Marco has these and the EOS screws and clip.

Supervisor was sleeping on the job.

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Big shout out to Pinrestore http://www.pinrestore.com/Supplies.html

They have great stuff in a one stop shop that’s hard to find. They’re great folks to boot.

While waiting for some parts I took care of some coin door and cabinet stuff. Coin switch covers were with machine but not installed. Also the coin mech clips were “custom” so installed the correct ones. Put on a rubber cover on the lock down bar lever while at it.

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The larger ball lock upper playfield is stripped down. The harness was removed and ultrasonic’d and now drying. It will get new switches, coil wrappers, and rebuild mechs with new bumpers.

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The smaller upper playfield is stripped. There’s very little here but it gets the bulk of the visible action.

These harnesses have also been ultrasonic’d and the one will get repaired. I unpinned to make the removal easier. If I had the soldering station powered up but had the depinning tool handy.

This one got a sheet of Mylar after cleaning and polishing to protect against future damage.

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Ramps are stripped down and prepping for swapping over to new ramps. There’s not much to strip down but will get new switches and all the the harnesses have been ultrasonic’d and drying.

Two decals need freeze sprayed so they can be reinstalled.

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The larger under ramp one came off perfectly. The other smaller one tore as it’s more fragile.

I use 3M 467MP and was able to get the torn one to look ok. That 3M stuff is awesome and I find uses for it all the time with and without pinball. I get it from Pinrestore.

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Yeah crazy how ugly they look. Thankfully there’s replacements.

Coil wrappers showed so the flippers are about ready to go along with the drop target assemblies and upper playfield kickers.

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Hmmm, how will the freeze spray work on the drop target decals? No bueno.

So they went together decal-less while we see if anyone can make these. Add to that that I found one opto is loose after a cleaning so will need to get one and install.

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The kickback and ball trough kicker assemblies are finished with their new wrappers. The kickback has new armature too.

The bulk of the parts showed too so I wrapped up the posts. All t nuts, posts, and studs have been replaced as needed.

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Thanks Matt. We're aware of them but was hoping to find a source for targets stateside. The other decals are all good or transferred over fine.