So, here we go.

The plan.

Restore the cabinet, repaint it using pinball pimp stencils.

Playfield swap with CPR gold PF. and plastics.

Back glass is decent (a few touch ups) so not sure if i'll replace that yet.

A few new parts, switches, pop bumper goodies, etc.

And that's it.

Playfield pulled and stripped.

Had one huge piece of mylar over the entire middle section of the playfield. Unfortunately it was applied too late.

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Parts, parts parts.

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Thanks!

Just tracked down everything i need (i hope). Man this stuff ads up fast.

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Just need to get the black lettered 2" zipper flipper bats now. Found them at PBR but i've never ordered from them. Understand its a bit like ordering from the soup nazi so I've always avoided him.

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New CPR Gold playfield. Pretty nice, artwork is close but not exact.

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Original vs repro. Just a small example. I've redrawn TONS of stuff so i know how hard it is but some of these lines aren't even close. Was there more than 1 version of the pf art? Who knows.

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The window is a bit more obvious. A lot of detail is either simplified or filled in.

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If anyone wants to save some time looking for Medusa parts, here's some research i did.

Marco Specialties

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Ministry of pinball

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Bay Area Amusements

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Mad Amusements

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Pinball Resource

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Action Pinball

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Pinball Wizard

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Clean parts!

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New ground wire an LEDS installed.

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New plastic set

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Anybody want to the old playfield? Its in pretty good shape. Has mylar over a lot of it.

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$250 shipped.

I love when parts come in.

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A little further along. So many dang parts!!

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The BEST way to keep track of your photos when its time to rebuild - a big ass monitor

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Thought i found replacements for these switches on Marco but they don't work. Any idea where i can get these? Mine are melted.

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never mind, looking for part number now...

never mind, looking for part number now...

Seems everyone is out of stock on the actual Medusa Manual and Schematics. But i tracked it down in the 1981 Bally parts catalog pdf.

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So i'm looking for:

Item Part # Description
-4- ASW-A20-13 Flipper E.O.S. (Left)
-5- ASW-A20-37 Flipper E.O.S. (Left)

-12- ASW-A20-36 Flipper E.O.S. (Right)
-13- ASW-A20-12 Flipper E.O.S. (Right)

Action Pinball (discontinued) Ugh!!

Normally-closed EOS switch with nylon spacer/insulator. As used for outer switch on upper right flipper on Bally Medusa pinball to control lower flipper illumination lighting.

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Think i found them at PBR!

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Grabbed this info from jadziedzic on the Medusa owners club thread.

"The end-of-stroke switches on the upper flippers are a special breed used only on Medusa. The upper left uses a paired ASW-A20-13 and ASW-A20-37, while the upper right uses a paired ASW-A20-12 and ASW-A20-36. The -36/-37 have an attached nylon switch lifter; all four switches are high current varieties. The inner EOS switches power to the lights beneath the playfield under the lower flipper inserts, while the outer EOS switches high power to the flipper coil. The BFLIP-01 kit sold by PBR supplies an EOS that isn't really a good match for the -12/-13 switches; it can be made to work by shortening the longer (movable) blade. The good news is that you can purchase the -13, -36, and -37 switches from PBR; the -12 switch is not available. If you get an extra -13 switch you can disassemble it and add some side lug solder plates to make an acceptable substitute."

Thanks man! i'm going to try these.

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Almost ready for primer! I can't wait to get this thing painted.

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Primed!

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