I picked up this machine a few weeks ago. These are the pics of bringing it home:
It thought it may be useful to provide progressive updates on the resto & I hope it is of interest to others. I wanted in particular to cover some of those issues which are confronted in a resto, perhaps even trivial, that we just do automatically without thinking too much about it. Quite often these are the curses that previous owners have bestowed upon us. As an Australian perhaps these 'curses' are magnified because machines and parts to provide the remedy are often from a far away place-the US mainly.
Anyhow on to Spin Out. This is a machine I wanted because in a past life I was a revhead and just like pins that really never leaves the soul. Spin Out by its art & perhaps ruleset I hope will provide a continuing practical reminder of that enjoyable past life.
I rate the machine condition cab 5; pf 6.5 & bg 7. As is usual when I got it home I wanted to establish whether & how it worked. It worked fine albeit with a variety of resto issues which I will cover as we move on. I always like to establish operationally where a machine stands before I start a resto. Through a resto I also try to maintain the continuity of the initial status so I do not create new issues.
When I said it worked it did so without the lightbox score & name lights operating. That was traced to poor contact/tension of a female terminal on a light box jones plug. But that then highlighted that the bg when it was lit was not quite what I had expected. It had a fair degree of flaking within the yellow name Spin Out & I figured I better do so something about this at the start of the resto. But given my previous poor experience with restoring a bg I already had bgresto in sight!!
However I thought I would give it a go and at least give it the triple treatment to prevent any further deterioration. So after preparation (I do not clean the bg prior to treatment-too many experiences making it worse) I applied cross coats of triple thick and then used Clays method of applying gladwrap to the flaky areas and dampening down any raised sections. 24 hrs later I removed the gladwrap (it by miracle! just comes straight off) and the bg is sealed & the lifting pieces were flat & secured. I then touched up the affected areas using Createx & Americana acrylics & to my absolute amazement it turned out pretty good. I was stoked & as a result one less order for bgresto.
At this stage I completely disassembled the machine to undertake the cabinet, the score motor board, the playfield & finally the lightbox resto.
NEXT the cabinet.