Twilight Zone
Bally, 1993Fair warning, though, the subway to the VUK might be smoked plastic. It was the last ramp I cleaned on mine and I must confess, for about 5 minutes I couldn't figure out why it wasn't "getting clean". Oh it was shiny and squeaked when I rubbed my finger on it, but it still didn't look right at the time. 
Quoted from Miguel351:Fair warning, though, the subway to the VUK might be smoked plastic. It was the last ramp I cleaned on mine and I must confess, for about 5 minutes I couldn't figure out why it wasn't "getting clean". Oh it was shiny and squeaked when I rubbed my finger on it, but it still didn't look right at the time.
I just did the same thing on my shop job, thought I was crazy for a minute...
We can rebuild him... we have the technology...
After all that abuse... the playfield still looks good underneth. Don't tell me the modern games have the same durability of this generation. That thing went through hell.
This morning's haul. It's a solid cabinet and head. Not perfect, but better than what I've got. I may see if a local buddy wants to take a crack at restoring the original one.
I also (thankfully) found a nice clean transformer. I would have hated to buy one and pay to get it shipped. But the one I have now is brown and furry and I'm not comfortable even plugging it in.
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2014-02-08 11.15.33.jpgI actually think it's all from being under a leaky ceiling. All of the moisture damage was in the front of the machine. Leak right down the glass or something. Nothing touched the playfield or sides of the cabinet oddly enough.
Temporary TZ home.
Yeah it's going to get blown apart at least one or two more times. This was just to get the boards all tested to make sure it boots and cat proof it.
Still got that "forgotten about it for a decade" fresh coat of yumminess on the glass. I guess I will need to be cleaning that....
2014-02-09 08.46.56.jpgI think it's so cool your taking/posting pics each step of the way.
It reminds me of what I went through with the Stellar Wars I found
sitting in a barn for so many years.
I was too excited to slow down enough to take pics.
Every time a component lit up or worked as it should, I just dove in
deeper... never taking the time to slow down and take pics.
Keep up with the updates!!
I hope you are able to keep your energy up for this cool restore TZ project.
Also, put me in line if you decide to sell it afterwards...
Yeah yeah ted...
Ran around all day, so I'm pooped for a bit, but going to spend some more time on this shortly...!
As for all of the pictures...these are just my quickie cell phone pics. I have my digital camera that I take hundreds of pictures on for each project. For me its important to keep the photo train rolling. My memory isn't where it really should be so the pictures are the only thing I have to help me put everything back together.
Quoted from NJGecko:Yeah yeah ted...
Ran around all day, so I'm pooped for a bit, but going to spend some more time on this shortly...!
As for all of the pictures...these are just my quickie cell phone pics. I have my digital camera that I take hundreds of pictures on for each project. For me its important to keep the photo train rolling. My memory isn't where it really should be so the pictures are the only thing I have to help me put everything back together.
That's the best way to do it. Tons of photos.
Plus with games like Twilight Zone there are tons of threads with tear down photos as well.
I'm a big fan of videos over pictures... because I tell myself the details and not just rely on the static photos. I have a small camcorder and just record a brief replay of what I did and describe the bits involved as I move through the game. So each segment is only 30secs or a minute typically. But doing that.. along with a visual tour of the game before I tear into a major section has worked incredibly well for me. Instead of trying to lay things out like the visual stacking of elements on a bolt, etc.. I can verbalize that detail much easier.
Quoted from JAG63:hard to believe anyone could neglect a pin this bad, how hard would it be just to wipe down the play field with a rag every once in a while, wow
Some owners don't know the playfield glass can be removed...or the backbox glass...
Quoted from gutz:Some owners don't know the playfield glass can be removed...or the backbox glass...
they must think it is like one of those ships in a bottle huh? lol 
Quoted from gutz:Some owners don't know the playfield glass can be removed...or the backbox glass...
Bah! Even I know that!
Quoted from flynnibus:I'm a big fan of videos over pictures... because I tell myself the details and not just rely on the static photos. I have a small camcorder and just record a brief replay of what I did and describe the bits involved as I move through the game. So each segment is only 30secs or a minute typically. But doing that.. along with a visual tour of the game before I tear into a major section has worked incredibly well for me. Instead of trying to lay things out like the visual stacking of elements on a bolt, etc.. I can verbalize that detail much easier.
Funny, personally I hate videos. I can't ever seem to be able to easily stop and zoom in on something when I need it. I take pictures, and a LOT of them, in the order I disassemble. So when I pull ball guides off, I have a picture of ever one, when I pull it off, what came off of where, etc...so reassembly sometimes (in theory) is just flipping through my pictures backwards.
The last time I used a video it was poor and of course went blurry JUST at the moment I needed to see something. But they do work well for a lot of folks. Just not me.
Quoted from NJGecko:As I was pulling the ball guides out it really looks like this game had some seriously low plays. Almost no wear on them!
I noticed that about the outhole as well, too. BTW, mine was dirtier under the apron. 
I've got the pics to prove it, too, but I won't post here, this is your thread.
Quoted from JAG63:they must think it is like one of those ships in a bottle huh? lol
When the pinball machine breaks, you just throw it away.
Quoted from Miguel351:I noticed that about the outhole as well, too. BTW, mine was dirtier under the apron. I've got the pics to prove it, too, but I won't post here, this is your thread.
Yours may have been filthier, but was it rustier?
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