A friend of mine has an EBD he has had for a while in storage that needs a little TLC to get it back to its former glory. I gladly offered to do the dirty work, I really like shopping out games and had none in my line up that needed it. This is in no way a full restore, more like a shop job. This thread is mostly so my friend can watch the progress.

I also do have some questions, so help will be asked for.

Playfield in great shape! Does have some wear, but inserts are nice and level and Mylar still nice and smooth, this games just getting a good cleaning.

Backglass looks amazing! I meant to ask if it's a CPR repro cause it looks gorgeous, it must be.

Plays 100%, and it's a fun game! I waited a week before starting the year down to play it a bunch. I like to do that so I can compare and contrast how it plays later when it's cleaned.

Flippers are strong! Dont think they need a full rebuild, I'm thinking just sleeves and springs.

There are some insert lights out, initial investigation shows a burnt connector on the lamp driver board. Parts are ordered and that's what I will do first and see if that's the fix.

Here's a few pics of the dirty playfield for later comparison.

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Here's that burnt connector, the only one I found in the back box. My friend also gave me a new Molex crimper so now I have a good excuse to use it!

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One more pic, this definitely looks wrong and according to the manual the rubber goes in the classic triangle shape between all the posts. Most likely someone did not have a small enough rubber. What I want to double check is if the metal post on the far left is the correct one. Can anyone check for me on theirs?

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Thank you sir!

Thanks dbpbandit! Yep, everything working 100% except five insert lights which I suspect is due to that burnt connector. This teardown feels so easy since my others were hurricane, funhouse, and f-14!

Got the playfield almost fully stripped, counted up all the star posts to replace them, there's a ton on this game. I wonder what game has the most star posts?

Hoping there are some parts vendors at CAX this weekend I can buy the basics from.

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Hey gatecrasher,

Yeah, it's the third edition with the blank cabinet front and the PCB boards for the insert lamps. That is a lot of cool facts, you definetly love this game. I played it for a few days beofre tearing it apart and I gotta admit, it's really one helluva game! I can see why they made so many of them. My only gripe is the sounds, I think they don't really fit the game, too spacey. I think classic chimes would really class it up. The voices are great, and I figured out how to turn off the background sound and that improved it. It's not mine so it's stay in my collection is temporary, but I think I need an old classic Bally at some point. I have always been a huge fan of Night Rider, and it's got the chimes.

Hey Vid,
Only 31. Ten short and twenty one tall. Not even close to Genie.

Fun fact about this pin, the previous owner before my friend? Rick Stetta!!!!!!

If you don't know who that is, do yourself a favor and watch this:

Anyone with an EBD that can tell me if this little metal post gets a rubber? Not where I am pointing, the left one on the gate.image.jpg

Crap, wrong picture, hold on.

You can see it in this picture off the playfield, it goes where I am pointing in the picture above

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Well, since everyone's busy talking about the walking dead, might as well put some more pics in here to show my progress to my friend.

Printed new apron cards today, went with the classic ones as I didn't like any of the custom ones. Plus on games if this era I like to stay as faithful as possible, that's why there will be zero LEDS in this game, I did already put all new 555's in the entire playfield. Want to order another box to do all of the ones below as well.

Tray cards came out nice, the benefit of working at a printing shop, printed on 15pt velvet stock, nice and thick.

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sorry I have no idea. You may want to go ask in the main EBD thread, those guys know a ton about this game:
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/eight-ball-deluxe-owner-club-guests-welcome-as-well/page/2#post-1862750