Blown out TOTAN (finished)

Finally starting my TOTAN restoration after having it a few years. This thing is a total wreck and I’d be better off buying a nice one but I like restorations.

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Post last edited 4 years ago: “Finished”

#2 5 years ago

BUD

Bud

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Here is my original NOS PF I paid dearly for, then sent it to Ron Kruzman for touch up and clear, he does amazing work and worth the wait. No reproduction PF here, Thank you Ron!

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#3 5 years ago

SAW

swillie

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Looks like you found the game while scuba diving. Are you going to attempt to repair this cabinet or just replace?

#4 5 years ago

BUD

Bud

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Quoted from swillie:
Looks like you found the game while scuba diving. Are you going to attempt to repair this cabinet or just replace?

Replacement is best. One could restore this cab but the time involved would be nuts and the structural integrity would not be good. The plys have separated and a lot of the wood is swollen.

#5 5 years ago

TOY

mario_1_up

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Fairbank, IA

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Looks like you have your hands full. Will be following.

#6 5 years ago

DRM

dmacy

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Dang son! From rustoration to restoration! Looks like it’s all there and should be fun. Playfield looks fantastic!

#7 5 years ago

PVC

patrickvc

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Phoenix, AZ

15y 71,350 2,156 22

was this a flood game? With all that rust I’d be concerned about wiring harness connectors. Not to mention breaking bolts and screws removing mechs. Kudos to you for taking this on. Nice to see it getting saved

#8 5 years ago

KCZ

kcZ

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Ughhh... That is one blown out TOTAN.

#9 5 years ago

CAD

Crispin

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Going to enjoy watching you revive this beauty!

#10 5 years ago

BUD

Bud

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Quoted from patrickvc:
was this a flood game? With all that rust I’d be concerned about wiring harness connectors. Not to mention breaking bolts and screws removing mechs. Kudos to you for taking this on. Nice to see it getting saved

No, it was sitting in a metal shipping container in Georgia I believe. The heat and humidity over the years created a damp environment and the condensation collected at all the low spots and edges causing all the corrosion.

#11 5 years ago

BUD

Bud

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Tonight’s progress

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#12 5 years ago

BUD

Bud

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Tonight’s progress

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#13 5 years ago

BUD

Bud

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Slow and steady, pop assemblies complete, black stained quarter sawn oak I cut and installed.

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#14 5 years ago

JDC

JosiahCox

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Any updates to this? I’d love to see this game rise from it’s rusty ashes.

#15 5 years ago

BUD

Bud

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Quoted from JosiahCox:
Any updates to this? I’d love to see this game rise from it’s rusty ashes.

Been swamped with other things, I will jump back on it soon and post some updates. Nice to know someone is following this thread. Bahahaha

#16 5 years ago

OLO

Agent_Hero

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#17 4 years ago

BUD

Bud

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Been awhile since I’ve been able to put some time into it, but I did have some time tonight.

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#18 4 years ago

TKM

Daditude

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Quoted from Bud:
Here is my original NOS PF I paid dearly for, then sent it to Ron Kruzman for touch up and clear, he does amazing work and worth the wait. No reproduction PF here, Thank you Ron!
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Where did you find this pin? It is rough!

#19 4 years ago

BUD

Bud

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Quoted from Daditude:
Where did you find this pin? It is rough!

Came out of a container in the south, it sat in there for years and collected condensation. I bought it from pinsider “THE_DIRECTOR” a few years ago.

#20 4 years ago

TKM

Daditude

OP
Quoted from Bud:
Came out of a container in the south, it sat in there for years and collected condensation. I bought it from pinsider “THE_DIRECTOR” a few years ago.

One of my favorite games. This is an incredible find. I will be following with interest.

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#21 4 years ago

TKM

Daditude

Has there been any progress?

#22 4 years ago

COS

cosmokramer

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Just found this...following

#23 4 years ago

MAT

The_Director

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Glad I came across this, wondered what happened to this one! Looking forward to continuing to keep up with the progress

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#24 4 years ago

BUD

Bud

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Unfortunately no more progress has been made. I just took a new job and been out of state for training. Also setting up another pinball location. Needless to say, TOTAN has been at idle, but I do think about it often! Bahaha.

I’ll start cracking on it again when I get back from training.

1 month later

#25 4 years ago

TKM

Daditude

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Quoted from Bud:
Unfortunately no more progress has been made. I just took a new job and been out of state for training. Also setting up another pinball location. Needless to say, TOTAN has been at idle, but I do think about it often! Bahaha.
I’ll start cracking on it again when I get back from training.

Checking back in for progress.

#26 4 years ago

DCH

dc2010

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Quoted from Daditude:
Checking back in for progress.

Wish I could see the pics lol, but Totan is a favorite

#27 4 years ago

BUD

Bud

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I’m out of state till the end of the month, then only home for a few days. I will post some pics when I get some time to work on it

#28 4 years ago

RUF

rufessor

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Love that your taking this on. Its going to be amazing when complete. You and I have similar pacing to our work- it gets done whenever life slows down long enough to remember pinball! I figure that just earns a bit more gratification when all is done!

#29 4 years ago

JSG

Thor-NL

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Quoted from Bud:
I’m out of state till the end of the month, then only home for a few days. I will post some pics when I get some time to work on it

Get your priorities straight!
We're all waiting to see this rise from the ashes, or .. from damp-corrosion

1 month later

#30 4 years ago

BUD

Bud

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Did a little work on the totan tonight

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#31 4 years ago

TKM

Daditude

Awesome! I was just about to message you to see what was going on!

#32 4 years ago

BUD

Bud

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Finally cut the harness out of the pin, time to clean it up

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#33 4 years ago

LAW

dung

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Wow, I thought the rbion project I have been debating selling had moisture. It is cherry compared to what you started with. Nice work.

#34 4 years ago

BUD

Bud

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Harness is scrubbed clean, freshwater rinsed 3 times, all connections blown out with compressed air and now hanging clean.

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#35 4 years ago

DJM

Seatmandan

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Where'd you get the gold genie lamp? I'd really like to get one, but the PDI one costs an arm & a leg!!

#36 4 years ago

BUD

Bud

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Quoted from Seatmandan:
Where'd you get the gold genie lamp? I'd really like to get one, but the PDI one costs an arm & a leg!!

Chris royalty.
http://www.pinballplating.com/

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#37 4 years ago

TKM

Daditude

Any news?

#38 4 years ago

BUD

Bud

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Quoted from Daditude:
Any news?

Been trying to get some paint and decals done on a few other projects before it gets cold, then I can get back to the TOTAN. But here are some pics for eye candy of the other projects.

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#39 4 years ago

BUD

Bud

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Here’s a few more

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#40 4 years ago

BUD

Bud

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Didn’t plan on doing a PF swap on the No Fear but the other one just need redone and I already had this one.

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#41 4 years ago

MAH

wamonkey

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Wow - are all your machines born underwater?

You take on some BIG projects that most people would not do.

#42 4 years ago

BUD

Bud

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Quoted from wamonkey:
Wow - are all your machines born underwater?
You take on some BIG projects that most people would not do.

Seems like it, it’s so dang hard to find deals anymore though. The only “deals” for the most part are pins that need total restoration.

#43 4 years ago

YBX

yancy

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You could straight up plant a garden on the back of that BSD head.

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#44 4 years ago

TKM

Daditude

Any news?

3 weeks later

#45 4 years ago

BUD

Bud

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Quoted from Daditude:
Any news?

Not for totan. I had somebody doing some detail work for me and he seriously messed up a PF in a pin that’s not mine. With that said, this mess up has taken all my extra free time away to get it right. I’ve had to pain this 3 times to get it right but now I’m happy with it. 1 pic of where he was buffing the PF and caught a switch in the buffer, it scratched the PF pretty bad and he also burnt the PF with the buffer.
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#46 4 years ago

PUS

Platypus

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OP
Quoted from Bud:
Not for totan. I had somebody doing some detail work for me and he seriously messed up a PF in a pin that’s not mine. With that said, this mess up has taken all my extra free time away to get it right. I’ve had to pain this 3 times to get it right but now I’m happy with it. 1 pic of where he was buffing the PF and caught a switch in the buffer, it scratched the PF pretty bad and he also burnt the PF with the buffer.
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Yikes!

1 month later

#47 4 years ago

BUD

Bud

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Did about 2 hours of soldering last night on the playfield, no pics. Just an update, slowly working on it when I can.

#48 4 years ago

BUD

Bud

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Finished up all but one coil and the outlane roll over switches and lamps on the underside. After I test all components I will tidy up the harness. I spen about 7 hours on the underside tracing, trimming and soldiering wires. Every single lamp socket is new, the old harness was cut from the old PF lamps and sockets, only a handful of old sockets stayed attached for the transfer and they got replaced too.

I populated some more of the topside today too. This is where the progress stops as I have to go back on the road for a few weeks.

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#49 4 years ago

BUD

Bud

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Did a little more population today

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#50 4 years ago

TKM

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