Addams Family, The
Bally, 1992
Airborne
Capcom, 1996
Alien (Heighway Pinball)
Heighway Pinball, 2017
Black Knight
Williams, 1980
Bram Stoker's Dracula
Williams, 1993
Centaur
Bally, 1981
Centigrade 37
Gottlieb, 1977
Champion Pub
Bally, 1998Quoted from spinal:You have so much to offer your son and it’s great to see him work so hard. Inspiring! Thanks for sharing
I appreciate that.
When he was a kid I remember not wanting him to grow up and now he is an adult it is actually even better because it becomes more of a friend type relationship in addition to the parental one.
Quoted from High_End_Pins:I sand blasted my starter box.
I am going to refinish it. [quoted image]
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PPS System reminds me of the doctors office 
Tearing down the Radical.
I checked my reference points they appear to be from 2005
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That being the case I trust everything except the post measurements.
I likely use a different ruler now so I will update those.
I do that with some tape and a marker.
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Yeah. It is all about fluid management 
Quoted from fossmin:Thanks for sharing your post management technique. I always struggle with reassembly. This is great!
This is worth noting as well. Some thread on spacers are #8s so you have to make sure you place the correct post with the matching #8 threads in the corresponding places.
image (resized).jpgReady to complete the teardown of the playfield outside of the cabinet
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Need to pull and set up my notisserie
This is quite a process it takes up a lot of room.
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Playfield is out.
image (resized).jpgimage (resized).jpgThe wiring that is missing from the head down is threaded in starting at where the added feature will be.
Once it makes it to the connector location it is clipped and inserted.
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Quoted from High_End_Pins:Curtis keeps working at it. Down 5lbs already and that is without us really zeroing in on his diet quite yet although I see him already making better choices there.
Today it was hot
He can do 15 good push ups now. Before even 5 was a struggle.
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Walking lunges with a kettlebell pass through. [quoted image]
Kettlebell rows form is much better [quoted image]
Farmers walk [quoted image]
Can run farther without stopping
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Kettlebell swings are easier he can do more with better form
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Getting solid numbers for the effort[quoted image][quoted image]
HEP making:
High End Pins
High End Pallets
and now High End People
I'm not sure if Curtis is looking forward to his HEP brand when you're done with him 
Connections are made for the solenoid harness
Not too much thought needed on the sling
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Starting here I need to split the yellow and violet strand. I dont want to add a third 18 awg to this connector I made during the coil removal
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Instead I separate them
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Then use a smaller color correct wire to help them share the strand in a smaller footprint for the Molex pin
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This gives a easier to manage set of plugs. FC158F08-A39C-4FC9-BC4B-EC894EA85DAC (resized).jpeg
Solenoid Harness is now free
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And cleaned image (resized).jpg
Next is the lamp harness
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Because of the fragile daisy chains I will just terminate the strands onto plugs and make new wiring throughout from there.
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The plugs are keyed so they cannot be accidentally plugged into the solenoid harness B62DCA26-4F9D-4D89-BEE6-7415ACE90AB7 (resized).jpeg
I will also eliminate the fragile generic jumpers on the feature lamps.
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This one yellow/red image (resized).jpg
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This one yellow/blue
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This one yellow/red again
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This one yellow/green
image (resized).jpgFirst feature lamp strand
Three wires start the chain
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Fished through or retied into the harness EC3AB178-8251-4C75-9FC2-E6B576FC67C2 (resized).jpeg
Next landing spot is desoldered clean 8CB6E4EA-CBD4-4F71-AE2C-E12F5CD39D39 (resized).jpeg
Wire is stripped but not cut so I can thread the socket like a needle 95806BCC-6AD0-4B7E-AAAE-BFFB8EECA63F (resized).jpeg
Threaded and soldered rinse repeat 93F57639-73EE-4F26-B021-10AEEC918CA2 (resized).jpeg
Strand is done
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These are out
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Why you might ask
1)They are more fragile and brittle than the actual harness wire and will break off the lugs easily. Just a couple wiggles and they break image (resized).jpg
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2)It makes lamp location and troubleshooting easier knowing the exact color combinations at a glance per socket compared to following generic color chains.
This morning I start at the end of the Radical switch harness and will work my way back.
First is the trough area.
You have 4 switches one is mounted to a large plate which can be a pain to leave attached and clean the harness 8009AC08-30FA-40DD-8D55-5637E7E285D6 (resized).jpeg
To drive just these 4 switches we have 11 wires. This makes it sloppy and redundant.
It is the act of chaining at the switch the single thing they have in common which is the green/red wire that is creating this bulk.
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What I really need are just 5 wires.
BFA0D5C7-9304-4664-BDDC-2EC23F36E2A4 (resized).jpegThe main harness is freed from the switches and condensed down to the needed wires on an individual 5 pin plug. 3D163017-7C32-4955-AAE2-D9CB5007BA68 (resized).jpeg
Each switch is then wired color correct. This is done with a single green/red wire that is run in a neater pattern. F13D1E9B-5F6C-444F-BEEB-96404678D5E3 (resized).jpeg
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This configuration is longer and can easily be routed in a cleaner and more trouble free manner
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What steps do you use when cleaning the wiring harness?
Thanks
Quoted from High_End_Pins:Connections are made for the solenoid harness
Not too much thought needed on the sling
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Starting here I need to split the yellow and violet strand. I dont want to add a third 18 awg to this connector I made during the coil removal
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Instead I separate them
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Then use a smaller color correct wire to help them share the strand in a smaller footprint for the Molex pin
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This gives a easier to manage set of plugs. [quoted image]
Solenoid Harness is now free
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And cleaned [quoted image]
+1 for Shinedown song on your Apple Watch.
I don't remember if you've mentioned this in the past. When you reassemble the ball trough on a Sys11 / early WPC game, do you check the slope of the runway so that the ball doesn't damage the baffle by slamming into the leading edge?
Busy morning
Curtis and I are now on the same days and lifts for the 5X5 some of our weights are getting closer so that is helping reduce so much shuffling around between sets
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37E42CD7-81D9-43D4-8113-28F759667743 (resized).jpegE9C702DD-9AA9-4642-88CA-97D1CFA25015 (resized).jpegAs soon as I finished doing that this months salmon supply showed up.
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Still on the Copper River Kings. Pricing is down to 29.99lb on the whole fish. Got a 20 pounder. I need to hurry up and get it sealed up. This time of the year it can spoil quickly
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Switch harness is freed B2E860DC-570E-4702-8184-E757465F26B4 (resized).jpeg
Sub assemblies made up and organized 90424061-F535-46AE-B4EA-5AFF114CF560 (resized).jpeg
The harness now has nothing but plugs(Molex connectors that is)
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To clean it I put it in the sink
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Then soak it down with a orange based cleaner that is non corrosive 1AE370DE-1999-4B6D-ACEF-D13EDECCCE75 (resized).jpeg
Let that set then scrub with a paint brush covered in soap.
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All that remains is remapping the GI and placing it on a harness.
I am going to do that before I remove it so I will be a step further ahead at rebuild.
image (resized).jpgimage (resized).jpgimage (resized).jpgimage (resized).jpgimage (resized).jpgimage (resized).jpgQuoted from Gornkleschnitzer:I don't remember if you've mentioned this in the past. When you reassemble the ball trough on a Sys11 / early WPC game, do you check the slope of the runway so that the ball doesn't damage the baffle by slamming into the leading edge?
I do check the alignment but often it will need a tweak or two later to keep it from ejecting to hard or soft.
Most of the time I have those parts nickel plated due to metal conditions like this Radical
Up until somewhere in the WPC era they have a extra guide or shim these seem more robust and less flimsy than the later ones.
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The GI sections are placed with the switch sub assemblies.
image (resized).jpgFound some time today to work on the Whirlwind prototype cabinet.
It is very important on this project to keep it as original as possible.
That being the case there will be trade offs.
First the inside
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Free the wiring BC5964BA-F536-47E6-AFBC-904C291C3B64 (resized).jpeg
I don’t want to sand it and lose the original overspray pattern so I use scuffing pads a vacuum and a tack rag to clean it without over sanding. 6865B834-FAB9-40DB-BC3E-EA21F9DC3E1A (resized).jpeg
I would like the speaker grill to fit a bit better. A4EA259D-E04C-4328-986B-FC11A426D283 (resized).jpeg
I enlarged the holes it lands on DB5ED54A-EFAB-46A5-93D0-10E7BC460EE2 (resized).jpeg
Regrain and place CDC9E2E5-CDF3-400B-B73B-D121DED8B5FE (resized).jpeg
Other grills are done as well.
BE9BC1C7-B7C6-4DC7-8EC5-B3A47D167987 (resized).jpegThe front is torn down. 35558340-9E2E-4A62-9D5F-8B090C37E7DF (resized).jpeg
The shooter rod is rebuilt as the parts are the originals except the spring,washers rubber 65940A7B-3B2B-4F07-AACF-FCBBA9E2139E (resized).jpeg
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Coin door is refreshed F031D34E-3164-4CEF-8A61-BA3F3C26C971 (resized).jpeg
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The lockbar mech is swapped for a correct ct but nickel plated version. Not planning on going crazy with nickel but still want to address the corrosion and rust.
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I will do the touch ups last but the cleaning now.It is solid overall 027BC968-A538-43CC-990D-1B7C3F32F832 (resized).jpeg8567E3A6-92F4-47BB-A0F2-EF07BC5353BE (resized).jpeg
Things like this will come off C324B943-D54A-48EF-B1DF-8A3C03A2F049 (resized).jpeg
Polish usedDD59D173-B15D-4CBA-B7C9-21D44A078B13 (resized).jpeg
After rubbing lots of dirt comes off EB28AB4B-B1C2-4418-8D1F-3B97CE278024 (resized).jpeg
Makes the touch ups needed obvious. Nothing more or less
D1EBA9D0-CD39-43A5-9F95-3331E39D6FFD (resized).jpegThe rails are regrained
Starting a little rough 934A8A73-5C09-4098-8A0C-1850B716F8DF (resized).jpeg
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A red scotch brite is used carefully paying attention to the grain.
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New flipper buttons as well. I like the orange because it is not too drastic a change but actually matches at least something on the cabinet unlike the red.
C890CAFE-3A8B-490D-8A5F-65AA3D16F0D9 (resized).jpegThe front left lower corner has a large potential chip out. I will do my best to make it solid without major surgery
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First I polish it
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Now open it up and inject glueAF3CDC14-5F73-4DF1-BE81-3451778428FF (resized).jpeg
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Then clamp
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