So I'll start this off with the fact that I've never even played an EM, let alone owned or moved one. (I've never actually moved a machine at all -- the only one I own was delivered to me). However a deal came by on an original Fireball, everyone says it's a classic game, and I'm trying to learn as much about pinball as I can, so I figured why not - worst case, I can just re-sell it. It's supposedly in great condition (pictures coming today).
I'll be picking it up next week, and in doing some research, I found that the heads on early machines don't fold down. So it sounds like I have to take the head off to transport it, but I'm not sure what I need for that. What tools should I bring? And is it as easy as just labeling all of the connections from the head into the body, taking a million pictures, and then disconnecting the wires and unscrewing/bolting the head? What other things should I be concerned about? How hard is it to get into the head?
My planned steps, and please correct me if I'm wrong or add new ones:
1) Remove backglass
2) Take pictures
3) Label connectors with electrical tape (or is there a better way?)
4) Take more pictures
5) Disconnect wires from the head.
6) Unscrew/unbolt/whatever the head and carefully put it in the vehicle (wrap with blankets)
7) Take legs off of body
8 ) Put legs in vehicle
9) Put blankets around body
10) Put body in the vehicle (pinball body, not a dead one in case NSA is watching ).
Then when I get home, I reverse the steps, excluding taking pictures.
Are there any specific gotchas with Fireball that I should be concerned about? Anything special to look for? Am I getting in way over my head? (I just soldered for the first time ever with help from LTG, so I'm REALLY new to this ).
Thanks all!