About 3 Months ago I picked up this game on Ebay - it was in Belfast, Northern Ireland which i think put folks off it as transport to UK mainland is ££. Luck had it that an associate had a Van coming to London that week and it was transported over as a favour!! I've owned 2 other games and learnt on them. One is still with me as i get it working 100% ( almost there ). It didn't have any major work required. This has been a learning curve for me, coming in with no experience but a head that wont give up! So i thought I would document the restoration of this game. Hopefully I can get some pointers along the way. Or be dragged before the courts for "Crimes against Pinball"...lets see.

The machine belonged to a chap for 15 years, he never got round to working on it. On first site it seemed to have little restoration work done to it. The playfield paint is down to wood above the Pop bumpers. The Body is coated in what i imagine to be 40 years of Nicotine, the Playfield is also in great need of a clean.

Im posting this first post 3 months in and will retrospectively post images until i get up to date with where i am now.

These initial images show the game as it came to me. It powered on but did little else at first. More on that later...

Looking forward to peoples comments and advice.

thanks for your help

Kamal

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Thanks for this. I did indeed power it up. It went straight into game state ( no reset) on player 4. Initially the back box lights didn't come on, but came on after a few minutes. The game played. When the ball drained it gave bonus points and then the next time didn't register the drain. On powering it down and up again, it did nothing. Lit up but was not in game mode. Still no reset. Then i noticed smoke coming out of the back box where a coil was locked on in the player one score reel bank. so i powered down and have not powered up since. There is a lot of dodgy wiring back there, coils swapped out for other non CCM coils ( assumably they are ok). Wires not connected etc some switches broken. Overall the entire games steppers and relays are filthy. So i decided to stop there and give it a clean, noting what was missing and yes, taking a lot of pics.
Thinking being as i cleaned i would replace and repair. Then get back to powering up. Ill post some more pics today as to where i am.

Here are some images of the state it came in and some cleaning up - sadly can not post vids of the 1st power up

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Yep i get that - definitely had that moment. Im familiar with the pinrepair restoration pages - they have saved me on many occasions. ive had a zaccaria Ten Stars that was 80% working when i got it and i learnt a lot on that. I also have a 1964 Bally Harvest. Which had a lot of faults and dodgy mods along with some overpaints on the playfield and wear that i have restored very slowly whilst wanting to jump out the window. Both games worked to a point and didnt need major thinking - just time n a lot of youtube videos and staring at schematics not understanding. in time i got there.
This one is definitely going to require some major work - which i keep telling myself i'm up to.

Spent the last month inthe back box - cleaning reels and step units. wiring in loose wires, replacing coils and broken switches - just finished that yesterday. will post in a moment

So heres some pics of the score reels as they came and as they are now once cleaned up. It had a few Zaccaria and williams coils in there which i have replaced with CCM coils. A lot of wires were loose, EOS leafs broken. all now (hopefully) rectified.

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pkurfess thats great. seeing these posts has given me the push to update what ive been up to. I spent about 10 hours in the back, working backwards from various hacks. lots of wires just chopped out and hanging loose, missing switches, a lot of dirt and mould! have not powered up yet so fingers crossed.

Coin door stripped back and primed then i resprayed it with a hammer finish grey, new coin slots...

Back Glass is in a very bad state - have one on order from Steve and BG resto... waiting on that any day now..

Mostly been going crazy trying to match old paint, mostly around the top of the pop bumpers and bonus lights. Been through the game cleaned and checked switches. Finally today i decided the playfield was good enough. waxed it twice and about to put the playfield back. More on that later.

Would love to hear peoples opinions on sealing the playfield. i see a lot of folks in the clear coat camp and others on the waxing side...

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