That is a good idea. I need to order one.

Whats the feeling on mylar on Clear Coat? Is it needed? Probably would not hurt on high wear areas.

OK, Clear Coat is tough. Just was not sure what the general thought about Mylay was.

Thanks for the nice words. I am very satisfied how it all came out.

Have been playing it over the last few days. It is playing great, super fast and smooth. Flippers work great, Left ball return kickback working great. Pop bumpers are strong, Hideout solenoids work perfect, Trough solenoids are strong, Ramp diverter solenoid working great.

The only issue I "think" I have is the slings seem to be a little weak. I am trying to trace it down. I ordered new leaf switches from PBR. The voltage at all the regular solenoids is 26VDC. When I measure the BR that powers these solenoids it reads 26VAV input and 26VDC output. When I isolate the BR I get 37VDC on the output of the BR. GRUMPY has been giving me some help with this but I still think the voltage at the solenoid should be 37VDC.

The rubber is not causing the weak sling action.

When I activate the sling it just does not have the kick it should have. The 2 leaf switches are in parallel and have a small capacitor and a resister wired parallel across the switch.

This is suppose to keep the circuit to the transistor active for a full solenoid activation. I feel like as soon as the sling arm opens the contacts on the leaf switches the solenoid is deactivated and does not get a full solenoid activation.

I may replace the capacitors as well to see if this helps but I still believe I should be getting 37VDC at the solenoid terminal. I am only getting 26VDC.

Been playing my restored High Speed a lot. It plays great. The outlane kickback problem is solved, now working on a few fine tuning items.

first one in particular is a freeway loop issue. When you flipper a ball around the freeway loop and get a good straight shot that sends the ball fast around the loop counter-clockwise I would notice the ball would sometimes hit the back left ball guide edge reflect and not continue around the loop. This is not acceptable.

This only happened when the ball traveled fast around the loop after a good flipper hit.

Looking close the ball guide sticks out a little past the 5" rubber.
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So I took each ball guide off put it between 2 pieces of wood
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and put a slight bend so not to stick out making a smooth transition from the rubber to the guide. Hopefully this fixes the problem.
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Also added a trough kick out cliffy. Did have to remove a little material on the curve as it did not line up exactly with the CPR playfield.
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Thanks, Got a couple more small revisions to do while the playfield is out:

Rework the Back flashers. Williams really did a crappy job with the 2 back flashers on High Speed. Gonna put red domes and integrate them more into the game.

Would like to do the removable red domes however may not have room. Might have to stick to the riveted ones. Still a huge improvement. Just waiting for parts to arrive.

That clear coat worked great. Goes on real well. you doing any progress posts as you go?

I held off installing these screws initially. I checked, the ball does clear the screw head. I do want to find screws with lower profile heads. rivet type pins were originally installed however it is very difficult to service the guides in the future.

That looks real nice. I actually have one that came wth the complete set I bought from CPR. Thank you for thinking of me though.

I just have not gotten around to putting it on. I just hate drilling into the paint job I did.

Ah yes, Velcro. That may just be the answer.

While the Playfield is out, replacing the ramp switches with new switches. Meant to do it during the restore but forgot. All new wiring and plug as well. Waiting on flasher lamp parts to finish then back together it goes.
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Yes, I like the red. If you need any other pictures let me know. I have more.

I did not have any problems installing the ramp. It is a tight fit but nothing that is a real pain that I remember.

Took care of another item I wanted to change on my #HS restore. The wire ball guide on the left side of the freeway loop originally attached to the ramp. With the installation of the new ramp I was not terribly excited to drill into the ramp and attach the end of the ball guide. So I bent a new wire out of .078 music wire and mounted the end to the spinner mount. So much better than attaching it to the ramp. And since the Freeplay40 ramp is designed to eliminate the cover plastic there is no reason to drill into the ramp.
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Reworked the rear flashers as well. Drilled the plastic in the back left and installed a new red flash cover. I decided not to install a red flash cover over the back right flasher due to limited space. It is not visible anyways so no reason to install a cover. I just relocated it to the small space just behind the freeway loop.
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Yes, The dome in the back corner is a huge improvement over the stock look. I am very happy with the way it came out.

New ramp switches installed, The game plays Extremely well. Solid and fun. All the work paid off.

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Sorry for the late reply, I just saw this post. I will find the part number and let you know.

Ok, sorry

I believe I used these...

https://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/077-5106-00

Nice Job on the upper right flasher. I did not do the upper right. It is very tight in that space. I switched over to the Parallel 11630 coils. I bought the whole assembly from Marco.