Was able to get a wishlist machine last weekend: Genie. (Fortunately the wife and boy are very patient with my obsession: it was Mothers' Day and his birthday both last Sunday when I drove 100 miles round trip to get her.)

The machine is fairly beauty, there's no flaking on the bg (it is faded--see pics--but still looks groovy, and the guy has a NOS one waiting for me in his garage when I get her playing sweet), the playfield is great except for the ball orbit at the top where it enters the game, and the cabinet colors are still vibrant (albeit with a few smallish scratches here and there).

The catch is that a whole lot of her is in pieces. The backbox was empty. He gave me an mpu board in a bag, plus a sound board and two power supply boards + all the connectors. I got two sets of plastics in bags. One set had a few heat warped ones, but only one broken one. The other set was just dirty. Sweet after some novus2. No rubbers, no fuses no feet. The 7 target bank was missing. He gave me two in a box. I made one good one. One of the lower flippers was missing. He gave me two mechs, plus assorted bats and parts. He gave me three extra pop bumper bodies, even though the ones in the game look pretty ok. I got an extra set of used playfield inserts and wire ball guides. He gave me a spare wiring harness for crying out loud.

The guy was great. Old school (in it since '74 I think), knows Steve at PBR personally. Bought the last NOS Genie playfield of him. He'll sell me too that if I want it down the line. Garage fulla machines. Shut me down on trying to buy his Space Shuttle. haha. Can't wait to head back up there to talk pinball some more.

Enough talk...here are some pics:

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I like the color changing led idea a lot... The guy I bought it from has a ni-wumph board he said he'd sell me if'n I wanted it for like 75-100 dollah. I have read many great things about the pascal boards. I'ma gonna see what I can do with the board I got first, but... i am sorely tempted... soon grasshopper.

I installed the 7-target bank, and at the same time realized that there was no reset coil for the 4-target one. I stole one of the coils from the spare 7-target I got--i know it's not the exact one, but I think it'll work fine; I tested it and it reset the bank just fine--and installed it.

I installed the missing flipper and adjusted it.

I discovered 4 broken diodes on one of the switch diode boards. Fixed. Thanks Radio Shack.

I am this close...

More pics tomorrow.

OK... I am saving for the pascal board. You guys have convinced me.
SunKing, I already done read your thread a couple days ago. That thing looks so beauty!
I have her back together and she turns on with displays showing all zeros, but that's it so far. Looking soooo good though.
Any help on the boot issue would be appreciated too.

I'll post some more pics later in the week.
So stoked.

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Update (finally!). After searching for days and days, I finally found the coin door short that was shorting coil voltage to my switch matrix, and blowing chips on my board. I went through two rounds of replacing switch matrix chips on the original board... and then I bought a new pascal board (just the cpu one -- all my other boards tested fine), and I didn't want to blow it up. So i had to find the short. Took FOREVER. Then there was a broken wire on a slam switch that was a nightmare to find... Then every single rollover needed cleaning and adjusting...

BUT... One month after I unboxed her, she plays better than new I believe.

That pascal board rules! I don't need to tell you guys how much it adds to the game. I LUV the second chance ball on a game like this. I replaced the bottom flipper coils with superflipper coils, replaced the coil in the bottom pop with the same one they use in the top ones (why do they put in a weaker one stock?), and replaced the coils in the upper flippers (no extra strength there, just new). Soldered the lamp sockets on the stupid metal plate thing for the bonus lites to make them all reliable again (still gotta do that on my Meteor one of theses days), but I still have two sockets that were too far gone and need to be replaced. Other than that, she's almost perfect.

Waxed her up (my 14 year old boy: "So, you waxed her boobs?"), jacked up the legs in back, set her for extra ball instead of free game, and OMG... it is such a beautiful thing. Fast, fun, and luv looking at up that Genie.

I'll try to post pics and a quick video tomorrow.

My only wish is that they used that snake charmer music somewhere in the game and not just in attract mode.