My first EM restoration. Love the unpredictability of Klondike a great EM. Waxed? Fast as hell, as any modern pinball.
Replaced the small primitive chime unit with a Williams 3- Bar.Added some green LED at the Jackpot Unit at top and the drains.
The Pop-up ball block between the flippers got a Fire LED from Comet.
I hate that you rarely see the pop bumpers lit, the play field is really pretty when they are.
Set the rotary bonus unit in the head to Novelty, its great hearing that thousand unit clicking over, a special sound.
I must have done something right, still plays great 4 years later. It gave me confidence to refurbish 6 Ems.

I think it ups the scoring for each switch/ 10 points=100, etc. Some may call it cheating but unless you are a phenomenal player you will rarely hear the sound of that 4th/5th score reel combination.
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I changed the Bonus lights to LED, first solid, next two flashing, and Grand Bonus a color changing so you can see it. Now need to get the knocker working, set up for free play you don't win games, but when that 100,000 light comes on it would be nice to make some noise.

Hope to see some others machines, especially Yukon and Gold Rush.

2 green LED under the apron, one on each side. Double sided tape.
I used to "Fire" LED in the Pop up they look good but didn't really give the Campfire effect I was looking for. I bet your Red looks as good or better. Red bands on white flippers.

I bought one of the Slot Covers and its really good quality.

Since I plan on keeping this game going to get a new back glass (BGresto) and strip it down and clear coat. Hard to photograph LED, when I did it people were cussing about souping up an EM but got used to it. Would really like to find a way to light up the center field,which is really dark.

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Nice machine! If you get a chime unit try to find a Gottlieb, they sound better. If you want to try something different throw an extra ball in, this would have made a great multi-ball.
Hope Pinsiders will join in with pics/stories of their machines.

Daditude has a Gold Rush for sale in Texas for a good price if anyone is interested.

After shipping from Australia that was an expensive plastic.
To the Owners out there, what is a GC Klondike worth?

You would need a pattern (male) on the bottom and a heated (iron) pressing down on the plastic sheet.
We used a pattern maker (now retired) who made mahogany molds for specialty parts where I worked.
It would be possible to use High Heat silicone rubber to make the molds if you had an old plastic.
Basically this thing is a sheet of plastic with 1 bulge.
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I purchased new ones off Mr.Pinball classifieds, a little disappointed in the colors. Remember someone here Posted the images so you could print your own off but I don't have the link.
When you remove the old they are basically strips of card stock so you could print your own with a scanner.
Just remember to index the EXACT location where they start and end.
In the photo above you can see mine are a little off. The glue had set up so I left it.

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Maybe somebody in Photoshop can clean these up, I don't have it.

Not my idea, I stole it from somewhere on Pinside.
Did this on several machines, looks cool to me.

There you go! When you click on your image the strips appear to be to scale. Look great.
At least I got my new scanner out and running.

Wow that puppy is beat up! Looking forward to seeing your progress.

Could someone with a Klondike set up measure the total height?
My machines are tore down and I'm trying to fit one in a 5th wheel under the cabinets. Thanks for any help.

Thank you. I have 69 inches to play with without removing cabinets. Going to move to a slide room and take down a small section of cabinets.
Just want a couple of EMs in this RV!

Sorry for the late reply.
They were made by Pinball Rescue in Australia. Twice the weight of plastic, great graphics.
I understand the the Owner of Williams rights and the Owner of PR got into it over reproduction rights so they went out.
Many stories here with a search on the History.

Always thought this wouldn't be difficult to reproduce. Why couldn't a 3D printer do the plastic?
A decal could suffice for the graphics.