In the sleepy lil university town of Kent Ohio hides a mini pinball Mecca in the micro brewery of Madcap.

The games are owned and routed by Deez (Matt)
About 7 years ago my wife and I helped out by taking over the pinball league which allowed me to sweet talk Matt into getting more and more pins!

What started as 5 pins turned into about 20 or so depending on the month along with skee ball, big buck hunter, random arcades, a 16ft bowler, pool tables, claw machine, etc.
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Being the little sweetheart I am, I do my best to help out with tech and maintenance when needed so Matt isn’t driving 40 minutes one way for a stuck ball or a broken sling rubber.

Matt takes pride in the game room and making sure the games are well kept and play well.

The whole purpose of this thread is to capture the shop jobs I do and other random repairs on these games at Madcap Brewery.

First game up to bat, recently dropped off in the workshop is Jurassic Park. IMG_0266 (resized).jpeg

In September of 2019 this game was put out and has been a workhorse clocking over 14,000 plays.
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Inside the game the coil stop dust and residue from the traditional black rubbers is all over every inch of the game.
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Just from opening it up and poking around has me filthy already.
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The playfield is caked in dirt. IMG_0333 (resized).jpeg

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Topside teardown reference
Had to address a ball trap under the pops

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Over all this game was insanely easy to strip down with only minor repairs needed. The right flipper bushing in the linkage was shattered and the screw was worn in the middle.
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The nut on one of the pops sheered off when I tried to take them apart to rebuild
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I cleaned and polished the playfield and took the drill to it with some compound to bring the clear coat back to life
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Little bit of a bummer with the clear coat chipping when taking the posts off
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I added a larger washer under the post in front of the upper flipper, the original one was starting to chew up the playfield.
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Installing the super bands instead of the traditional rubber to help keep it clean
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After cleaning and polishing all the plastics, posts, ramps, wire forms, etc. I waxed the playfield and repopulated the topside
The bottom side got all new linkages and coil stops for all the flippers, new coil sleeves through out, and all stand up switches adjusted and tightened up.
Overall almost all nuts and screws underneath needed tightened from 14,000 plays worth of vibration.

Cleaned up pretty nice and plays insanely fast. I made the pops extremely sensitive and the spinner rips for about an hour after you hit it. She’s ready to be routed for another 5 years.

I think Godzilla is up next.

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Thanks!
I love this degreaser called Formula 88. For really touch stuff I use a half and half that I drench a rag with to scrub the playfield or other parts.
I use the F88 in my ultrasonic too.
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For light work I use SprayWay glass cleaner and Novus 2 if I need to polish.
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After I cleaned the playfield and tried Novus 2 I still wasn’t happy so I used this set up on my drill and it polished it back to life.
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As for the wire forms I cleaned them with the degreaser and then used Mother’s Mag. IMG_0470 (resized).jpeg

Good lord look at this filthy turd!
Dude I’m going to start making you buy rubber kits as soon as you unbox these games.
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Jurassic Park is back in the line up. Come give her a whirl.
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Also the pop bumper in Bond is back in action! Fried coil replaced. IMG_0565 (resized).jpeg

It’s amazing how a $0.06 clip can turn a $6300 game into a paperweight.
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Stranger Things ramp is all fixed and back in action!

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How many plays does that beast have on it now?