Believe it or not, I've started to do the same thing. With stepper units and score motor that clean you just have to continue.....

Looking great!

That is absolutely amazing how clean it is. That is a great deal of time and effort, hats off to you. I don’t think I’ve ever seen an EM that completely cleaned! It seriously looks like it just came off the factory floor.

Incredible effort and result. Should play like a dream when back together!

Did you get your spring kits from PBR or somewhere else? Have three step 50’s to go through soon myself.

Excellent work! Looks fantastic, probably the cleanest looking restore I've ever seen in an EM cabinet.

And yes, EM's with 24VDC to the pops and flippers tends to be very fast games. Some of the Williams titles get a bad rap because the playfields are such a mess you don't get the experience the designers intended.

Great work.

Just outstanding. I would love to see this in person. Hmm, take $1,200 for it?

Absolutely. I've never cleaned a pin to this extent but just cleaning up all the steppers and score reels makes an EM very snappy sounding, like it should.

Looks great inside and out! Watched this thread for a while, outstanding attention to detail and great results.

When the ball is rolling on a flat surface again, late 70’s EM’s are extremely fast. Ok, how’s about $1,500 :p

Nice work as usual for you!

Where did you get those pliers? I'm going to need them at some point too.

Great looking result as usual

What did you use for the stencil?

I do like the crisp look vs a slight traditional overspray due to the paper/reusable stencil.

Turned out great, as usual.

I like the unseen areas to be painted as well when doing a cab. They didn’t do it in production to save time and money, no need for a coin op game.

When fully restoring a cab, it just looks right.

Absolutely spot on. Not the hack comment though, not at all. It's your attention to details that provide such a great result.

You get better at restoring by learning from mistakes. And man have I made my share too. And will certanly make more

You see so many threads people start about restoring but many don't finish. It takes a lot of time so patience is a must.

If I retire one day I know what my I'll be doing. There's just something about getting a 50 year old pin looking and playing like new again.

Top notch.

That looks fantastic, very well done. I wish they would have brought the purple found in the back glass into the cabinet. It does look great right now!

It is violent at the pops and would hate to see an issue with the clear coat after all the effort it takes.

But I don’t know if the 2k needs time out gas and if the Mylar would be an issue with that or residual die back.

When can we buy kits?

Where did you get them from?

It looks great!

But how does it play?

But I don’t think the speed is too far off from how fast it played when it was brand new. It’s a smooth playing surface once again. But I don’t know, was playing the arcade video games when I was a kid. Hated pinball :p

Can you take a video? Most gameplay videos out there are on tables in less than smooth condition.

One question for you mrm_4

You used a washer under all the playfield posts. When I re-assembled my Aztec the posts appeard to push into the clear coat around the outer edges quite a bit. I would assume the washer prevents the post from digging into the clear but also allows for the post to sit firmly on the playfield?