Following as well. just picked up a nice FH with a beat up play field AND - a beautiful new mirco pf to install. Been trying to get everything working perfect so I can play for a month or so before I start my resto. Will surely learn from your work!

Rudy is giving me a couple problems, so please document that portion of your resto with a ton of details!

Thanks, I saw these. My issue i am having is with the 'right left' centering of the eyes. even after removing and cleaning the whole mech the eyes are slow to return to center position. I have some of the little brass eyelets on order that i hope helps fix it. Its a unique mechanism, since there are no springs, but the tension of that little rod is clearly what "springs" the eyes back to center.

Aeolus, when you get a chance can you share a pic of your crazy steps diverter mech (near the second plunger)? Mine is not working quite right, and i just noticed it doesn't have a spring on it. I assume it should have one. I don't see this mech in the manual, so a pic would be a great help!

If you dont have a good pic pre-disassembly, please share one when you repopulate your new pf.

check out Beelzelboob's FH restore thread. He does a ton of homework on the color and i think he has a perfect match. He includes the paint code that you can walk into Home Depot with.

Aeolus, one last picture request: Can you post a pic of your Rudy motor driver board (under playfield at bottom of cabinet)? I have been having issues with Rudy's jaw, and i just figured out (based on the manual) that i may have wrong transistors in the 5 "Q" slots on the circuit board. I know that the manual can be wrong though so i thought i would see if i can look at a pic of someone elses board.

Nice work! In the middle of mine. did you put mylar in the pop bumpers?