At only 300, you could get the repro pf and still have good value when finished
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Quoted from winteriscoming:I guess it depends how far you want to take it. It's a wonderful moment to be an AP owner since new playfield, plastics, and backglass are available. I have invested in all of these for my game, but I plan to keep it. I think you'd be hard pressed to break even on selling after a restore with repro parts, but maybe I'm not aware of a surge in value on this game since I bought it several years ago.
It looks like you've got a busted pop bumper cap, and I don't think those are available.
I'd approach it by getting everything you've currently got working and decide if it's a keeper. You may be looking at a couple hundred more dollars just getting it up and running if there are many coils to replace along with whatever components needed for board repair, more if you end up replacing rather than repairing a board.
Repairing boards on your own is cheapest, but you'll need to be able to desolder, solder, use a multi-meter, read schematics, and otherwise be patient with troubleshooting to track down problems. I've spent many hours working through board issues in my games. It does end up costing more than you'd think because you'll need one-off components here and there and tracking down a single source for a one time order is difficult. When you end up sourcing components from multiple vendors just to get everything you need, shipping costs and relatively high prices for small volume orders one add up. Even if you could come up with a definitive list of all the parts you need to replace in advance, you very likely would not find them all from a single source. I enjoy board work, but totally understand the appeal of paying someone else to do it.
You are probably right after time and parts it would be tuff come out ahead. But
If you were planing on playing it for a while I don’t think it would a loss
Just imo
Pretty cool game even for now
Quoted from RGarriott:Started a little cabinet clean up today. I tried to use simple green to clean the inside smoked filled panels but it didn't cut it. I had to use zep cleaner. That worked like a charm
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Nice
Anyway you can make copy’s or scan the stencils. That would be a nice tool to have for cabinet restore
Quoted from RGarriott:Iv been wanting to learn how to do that, not really sure how to take a picture and make a vectored file from it. Ill see what i can do.
I can’t do that either. Maybe even a tracing of each. I plan on getting an ap at some point..be nice to have. You did allot of leg work.
Quoted from RGarriott:Started painting backbox hardware today and the transformer. I also got all my screws and bolts out of the tumbler. Looking pretty good I think.
I also bought some wood to make some repairs to the backbox. But after i got into it I decided I was just going to make a new one. It just had to much water damage and side damage. It also had some random nails and epoxy holding the bottom together. It has to go.[quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]
Do you have wood working experience. ?
It looks like you popped that out with no issues. Looks good
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