The prop bar sucks anyway so you're not missing anything. I never use that "feature".

Looking great!

If I owned a FT I would probably remove the handle from the game and wire in a standard launch button instead (assuming the hole in the cabinet behind the handle is of standard size). It's basically just a simple switch in that handle anyway.

I would of course keep the handle so It could be reversed to original the day I wanted to sell the game.

Here's is mine:

Oops, forgot I don't own one...yet

Looking good. Do you have the decals too?

This is exactly the reason I own eight 90s B/W games and zero pins from after 1999. The classic 90s are simply pure fun, easy to understand and even my non-pinball friends that visit want to try them out.

Just a word of caution. Buying pinball centers decals (and pf plastics) is a lottery. Some decals are close to the original colors while other decals are way way off. I've been ok with some I bought and refused to use other items because of colors being totally wrong.

I know sometimes they are the only source of this stuff and it can be good, but don't expect wonders. I gladly buy all other things from them (assemblies, screws, coils and so on) but apparently color matching isn't their strong side.

My launcher metal handle is a bit worn so I'm considering having a professional repaint and coat it. I haven't decided on staying with a similar color or trying something new, for example silver/chrome instead.

If anyone have repainted it in a different color I would be happy to see some pictures, preferably mounted in the cab so I can see how it matches the rest of the game.

When launching a ball (and passing the spinner down to the flippers) the spinner always rotates but seem to activate a speaker sound about 25% of the time. When playing a game and passing it or in test mode it seem to work/sound 100% of the time.

I was thinking it probably 'works" all the time but when launching a ball other sound gets higher priority to play so the spinner sound isn't played then.

It's not a problem but I'm curious if this is a common thing or only on my game (and if not common, what could be done about it),

Great, thanks for the confirmation of my suspicion. Now I can feel my FT restoration is 100% done

Have you cleaned the pop bumper switch contact points? If you are usin the original switch it might be dirty and have bad/wonky contact. Drag a folded piece of white paper though the switch while pressing slightly on the contact points, repeat until you don't get any trail of dirt on the paper.

Oh no, it's #lure-switch gate!

I could be wrong here but shouldn't the launch button be normally closed (no continuity) and open (continuity) while pressing it down?

That's a very realistic fish tales, it even uses real water

Or below the toilet.

Use a drill to remove the old rivets. If you don't care about the old ramp then just go ahead and drill. Otherwise be a bit careful not to crack/damage the old ramp.

To rivet the new ramp either buy a proper rivet press (a bit overkill if this is the only riveting you are going to do in the near future) or a hand rollover punch tool. The second one is enough for this job.

Looks nice. I'm interested in buying something similar, do you know the model scale so I don't end up buying something that doesn't fit or is too small.

Also, it looks like you glued it onto the playfield plastic or am I wrong?

There should be a metal arm that the small coil pulls in that then resets the standup target. You are missing that arm completely. Also the metal assembly the small coil is fastened to is missing the central tab too (a very common issue)

Check the manual for a picture of the whole drop down target assembly and all part numbers.

Edit:
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You are missing parts 13, 23, 25, 27 and your 26 is damaged. There might be other parts missing too, your picture doesn't show the whole assembly.

Classic mistake, don't ask how I know

I agree. Blue looks great outside the game but obstructs the view too much ingame. Green is more discreet but still color.

I just checked ipdb and the L6 ROM still isn't there, anyone know the reasoning behind this? Perhaps some problem with it?

I'm curious as I'm considering installing it to my game.

I seem to recall reading long ago that the game initially had normal flippers but operators in Europe (specifically Germany I think) wanted lightning flippers on them. I have no idea If this is correct or not.

I'm not sure but I think the topper uses some "special" voltage lamps, probably with slightly different size too.

Also, I think I've read that LEDs produce an inferior waterfall effect on the topper foil, ie not as the normal lightbulbs does.