The beacon belts are an easy fix, you can get them at Marco. You'll need two of them. Great game GLWTS.

http://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/20-9543

So F-14 is a $1500 game now? Sweet, glad I got one when I did! The beacon belts are available but a pain to install.
Your cabinet looks in great shape for an F-14, these are usually beat to hell. You have the clear flashers on the back, could be a prototype machine, or at least an early production. GLWTS! Love mine, it's a keeper for sure.

When I had mine I don't remember replacing the beacon belts to be very hard at all, they're just large rubber bands. I also did a full playfield swap, that was a little more involved

Since you asked I will give my two cents. I would suggest learning to use Boston Pinball:

http://bostonpinball.biz/ebay_112112.htm

It tends to be very accurate, especially if there have been year to date sales. Currently it is saying the year to date average is 1487. So looks like you are in-line with current prices. With that said, if you look at the overall average, it is at 904. That means this machine has taken a little jump in price. This means you could probably get 1,500, but may take a little time.

By the way, I recognize the screen name from KLOV. I to started over there with arcades and made my way to here with Pins. Welcome to Pinside. Good luck with the sale.

Condition is king, and yours we will say is better than average. I'd ask $1500 for that game as well, and if you wanted it moved quick you know you would likely negotiate it down a hundred or two. Now if you were asking $1800 or more I'd say pie in the sky.

Good price on a great game and good luck with the sale.

F-14 isn't a $1500 game because most of them have bad playfields. If you find one that was replace with a NOS playfield or one that has been restored then 1500 isn't bad at all.

f14 takes 2 belts and they can be found at home depot,, black O-rings not sure the size of the ring, I would have to look it up, Don't spend a lot of money on these, they are cheap. marco wants 4.00 x2 and then shipping, to much IMO, for the same belts.

That is an early machine. Still has the flash bulbs under the red domes installed in the back behind the targets.

The playfield is a little rough. How are the inserts? Are they raised?

I bought one with about the same playfield, and a worse cabinet for 800 dollars in September.

welcome to pinside.

There is a tab at top the homepage that says ebay summary or somthing like that...
I belive its either the second to last or last column that has that info.

I recognize Jehuie from KLOV. Nice guy over there. He's a vid guy, so take it easy on him. Throw him offers and knowledge, less snark.

My 2 cents? 1K is closer to around what you can expect. But no one asked. I don't know anyone that is looking for a F-14, or I'd shove them your direction. Good luck!

I just played one today and all done up it is a blast...

It's next in line on my wishlist. Shipping kills though.

Im looking for a f-14 just have to talk wife into it haha,

Nice F-14...it needs a little cleaning on the playfiled but hardly any wear that I can see of from the pics. Use the magic eraser method...you can search for it here on pinside. Also getting the beacon working is not that hard...so buy the belt, pinsider above posted you can buy substitutes at Home Depot..I didn't know that..awesome. One last note: the Boston pinball guide is an aggregate and IMHO it is woefully inaccurate because condition is king in pinball prices and the guide has no metrics for it....Good Luck.

It's part # H85996 from any John Deere dealer. $2.

heck yeah...watch it will have babies soon..even money says you'll be up to 3-4 in a few months.

Unless the things a mess, we've got some lowballin' Pinsiders around here.

Good call, it is a great game. I have no plans to sell mine and wouldn't dream of it for a measely 500.

especially in the bay area. We don't even see beat up EMs for 500$

I am not currently in the market to be buying another machine so soon, if I was I surely would be wanting to take your machine for a test drive since you are fairly close! I'm saving up for a ToM a customer promised to me once they sell their home. Best of luck with whatever direction you take with this machine and welcome to Pinside!

500 isn't an outrageous initial offer at all for an average F-14 that needs work. When I said around 1K, I meant all the way around 1K. As in both sides of the scale.

...and yeah, people in the bay area aren't giving games away, but if you put in your own leg work asking around and rub elbows with the right arms, you can find appropriately priced 500-ish dollar games from the System 11 era.

F-14 isn't a bad game either (obviously I think that), so it isn't like you're keeping a dud. There isn't another game quite like it.

is it still for sale?

F-14 is one of my favorites in my line up. I wouldn't let it go for $1500, I'd be hard pressed to let it go for $2K. Much noise + much lights + easy rules = much fun.