Capt. Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy
Bally, 1976Quoted from timab2000:Well thanks again for the encouragement I sure appreciate it.
I sprayed the black on the, whatever you call it, that the back box sits on. I'm sure there's some technical name for it.
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Back box sits on the Neck ...
Quoted from ReadyPO:Back box sits on the Neck ...
I was thinking base, but what do I know, thanks for clearing that up
The funny thing about rebuilding a machine is you have to fight the urge to match the existing colors unless you're trying to faithfully restore a faded color scheme. I too might've gone with a lighter blue, but what you've got looks sharp. Give yourself some time to mentally adjust so you can see it for what it is - awesomely clean and nice.
Today I'm going to start tearing into the coin door take it completely down polish and Tumble whatever I can get my Tumbler
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Some of the stuff is kind of nasty looking but it'll all shine up
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Quoted from eagle18:Is that the normal location of the chimes on that machine? Must be loud right there.
Yeah that is where they go. It actually had one of those aftermarket sound boards in it that did not work with about 20 small holes drilled in the side of the cabinet for the speaker.
Quoted from dasvis:Last Inlooked, Marcos had Bally door skins
I actually got it straightened out fairly decent will shoot some pictures of it when I get the whole thing back together
Quoted from timab2000:So much nicer when Parts come out of the tumbler time-consuming part is digging all the Walnut shells out of the screw slots where the Phillips screwdriver goes in
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do you chuck the springs and circlips in the tumbler as well?
Quoted from russdx:do you chuck the springs and circlips in the tumbler as well?
Yep everything went in there
Quoted from timab2000:Good 12 hours overnight
I just threw another batch in at 2 Central Time will check them tomorrow morning
Quoted from dasvis:Last Inlooked, Marcos had Bally door skins
I saw that, but that's another $90 to spend. It's not really a game that I think I'll break even on if I go to sell so, I'm trying not to spend too much and use as much of the old stuff as I can.
I also said that on my Xenon that I did, and that did not go so well.
Quoted from timab2000:I also said that on my Xenon that I did, and that did not go so well.
They never do!!
This door looks more than presentable IMO, if you have been able to hammer out the pry attempts.
Quoted from TxJay:Wow! That looks really good for a somewhat short time. I usually have to leave mine in for 3 days.
I use the crushed Walnut shells and some of this additive
15559747373842118926605 (resized).jpgQuoted from chad:I'm the one who sold Timba the game. It really looks nice!!
You gave me a good deal. I really appreciate it. Trying hard to do a good job on it.
Quoted from TxJay:So you're the one to blame for letting it get in that shape? LOL
I bought both CF in that shape. Including the "modified speaker grill"
Starting to get the back of the coin door back together cleaned up the wiring still waiting for stuff in the tumbler
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A few more parts on the back of the coin door waiting for the coin mechanism holders that come out of the tumbler
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So I keep cleaning other things and painting stuff as I go
15561323420281790538644 (resized).jpgQuoted from chad:I bought both CF in that shape. Including the "modified speaker grill"
Yeah, I've torn apart the other one Chad sold to me, but haven't started refurbish yet.
Back working on the game took some time to do other things.
Starting to work on the Tilt mechanisms and stuff that is attached to the wood piece on the inside of the cabinet lots of stuff coming out of the tumbler. That's smaller bracket needs to go back in a little longer
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Quoted from pinheadpierre:Looking super nice
Thanks!
This is ready to go back in
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Quoted from timab2000:Thanks!
This is ready to go back in
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What are you doing about that nasty looking lower left Jones plug connection? I'm assuming it is the white/green wire, mine was toast on the Old Chicago I restored too.
Super common on this era Bally, too big of an amp draw for it to handle- I just bypassed the jones plug on that one wire with a stand alone connector of a higher amperage rating.
If you're talking about this one I'm not real sure
There is this white with green Tracer wire that was not hooked up either at the Transformer or at the Jones plug
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Previous owner hacked a lamp cord wire from the Transformer to the fuse for some strange reason maybe in replace of that white green wire
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I'll have to dig out the schematic and figure it out.
Quoted from timab2000:Next up not quite sure where to start
Eat an elephant one bite at a time!
Quoted from Atari_Daze:Eat an elephant one bite at a time!
I guess it is not any worse than doing a playfield swap...which I still need to do.
Quoted from timab2000:I guess it is not any worse than doing a playfield swap...which I still need to do.
I have never tackled an EM thus I'll take on a PF swap any day! 
Starting on the disassembly we'll see how it goes should be interesting hope it all works when I put it back together everything's kind of dirty
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My plan is to unscrew everything off the big plywood sheet then slide all of that on to another piece of wood so that I can send the original board Down clean it all up and then clean all the stuff and put it back on
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