Hi all!
New to the group and forums but been in pinball for a very long time. In fact if anyone used to be in to Visual Pinball, if you remember a Castlevania themed table with the map in the center, that was my work.
I just recently picked up a great deal on a BK2K completely by luck! Couldn't be happier with it! I already switched out the original plasma display (which is still in working order) for a PinScore display and did a few other fixes and was getting ready to enjoy playing for a while before really digging in hard on the repairs and upgrades when a slingshot post broke on me a couple of days ago and that was that Now I'm neck deep in a partial rebuild.
I do have new cabinet decals (the right side doesn't look bad but on the left the red has almost completely faded out along with a lot of the yellow) and a complete plastics and rubber kit (both black and white), the latter two along with a couple of solenoid coils and mech parts were graciously provided by the seller.
The only unfortunate thing is this machine obviously had someone in it's past that was either uncaring or a novice. It's had two minor fires in it, one on the upper right flipper and one on the GI lighting in the back box... Who ever repaired those REALLY loved electrical tape... And didn't have access to much of a wire selection. The Interconnect board was patched (had four different VAPORIZED traces) with four different gauges of wire... Two of them solid wire... and two of the gauges in the same patch between two pins.
Not to mention a lot of the underside of the UPF has a layer of black soot on it...
Fortunately I just put in a SECOND order from Marco's (I imagine those guys must love me right now ) for a bunch of hardware, connectors, and a few extra things... (The first order was for a mess of replacement parts and an LED upgrade for my other table Xenon). Right now I'm only planning an "Intermediate" update. Mainly LEDs, rubbers, and maybe one or three little mods...
Looking forward to some fun interactions on here! ^_^
I must admit though, this entire past week I've been spending a lot of time just looking at my BK2K (I imagine with a rather stupid grin) sitting in my apartment and every time I do I wait to wake up and find this was all a dream. Even in it's partially torn down state I can help but be excited about this game. Back in my old home town this pinball WAS MY GAME and I never dared to let myself believe I'd ever get my hands on one. Kinda made up for all of 2016 for me... And in fact I think 2017 is covered too!
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