Is there a technique for flattening warped plastics in the oven? My diverter cover is slightly warped but it would be nice to flatten it down too.

Also, does anyone know what those little black plastic screw sleeve/clips are that attach to the plastic? I have several of them in my F-14 that are beat up, making it hard to remove them from the plastic. I'd like to replace them.

Thanks for the tips on flattening the plastic everyone! I'll check out Marcos and/or Pinball Life for the clips as well. My F-14 is definitely "player condition" but she's my baby so I like doing little things here and there to spruce her up.

Did Outside Edge really use the weird rounded “Flight Insurance” lettering on the insert? My original has both words horizontal

I’m running I to some problems with my beacons (the 4a sb fuse keeps blowing) and was hoping someone might know where to start the diagnostics.

* Everything was working fine prior to today.

* To start diagnosing I unplugged the motor so only the lights trigger when necessary. I started a game and locked all the balls and saw that the beacon lights were lit (for about a minute). After that they went out because the fuse blew.
* I checked the voltage at the fuse clip and it looks like it was around 16v when the beacons would have been active.

I ran out of 4amp sb fuses or I would have repeated the test with just the motor

Is it possible the beacon lamp sockets went bad and are drawing too many amps?

Thanks for any help!

Thanks to you both for the suggestions. I went ahead and pulled the assembly, removed all the bulbs, and tested each socket for continuity. Every socket had continuity from the center to the side of the socket, (and even to the bracket itself!) so it looks like every one went bad!
I’m guessing the insulator “rings” on the sockets finally dried up/went bad. Having it happen all at once seems odd but they’re all the same age.

Any way to salvage these by replacing the insulators? (Using some compressed air didn’t magically fix anything ).

I’m not opposed to trying to replace the sockets with something equivalent that operates using LED flashers if I have to (my game is definitely a player’s condition game). However, I would like to salvage as much of the original assembly as possible.

Thanks for the advice! I clipped the wires and it was only one socket having trouble. I spent a few minutes poking the center spring and messing with the socket and eventually it stopped grounding itself so I re-soldered everything and put the beacon unit back in the game and it all seems to be working for now. Hopefully it holds together for the foreseeable future!