Hello, I have recently fallen ill with the pin-bug... After visiting a small "pinball museum" in my local town, all of the memories came rushing back! My jaw dropped multiple time's when reminiscing of playing these machines with my older brother (who was with me at the time) and I couldn't help but be nostalgic.. I am a motorcycle technician and consider myself to be very mechanically savvy and have an average amount of electrical experience with 12V stuff, bikes/cars etc. and decided I absolutely had to have a pin. This is all new to me other than playing but I feel as though I can wrap my head around the concept and principal of the inner working of the machines. I know it will take time and plenty headaches but I'm ready! I decided to sell off a few of my prized vintage motorcycle collection and get some machines to have in my home. I came across a guy that deals with arcade games and such and he recently picked up a Bally "Mousin' Around" game and I really wanted it.. Im only 26 years old but as soon as I saw it, I remembered playing it frequently when I was a kid and absolutely loving it! I probably overpaid but the looks and gameplay were something I wanted and were valuable as a memory. So I took it home and spent an entire day meticulously cleaning and detailing the machine. I have all of the original paperwork and owners manual and service manual also. I couldn't be happier.

My question is, Ive never owned a pin and wanted to know if there is anything I should be aware of, look out for, keep up and maintain? I noticed 1 of the pop bumpers is not working and some of the side targets are not working either, plus a few bulbs are out. Before I go crazy ordering parts and lights, can anyone give me some do's and dont's? Any info is greatly appreciated! Thanks!

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haha thanks for the quick replies! It did still have the factory manual inside the game so that was a nice surprise, it even had the original un-installed factory mylar sheet. One thing i forgot to mention, the guy i bought it from had purchased about 100 games from somewhere and he took out the batteries on all the pins. He actually snipped the tray off of the board but luckily there is no damage on the board from the batteries at all! I noticed that marco's sells new battery trays but the guy told me that people usually just solder wires to the board and have the tray setting in the backboard to keep that problem from ever happening... Should I re-install a new battery tray to the board or have the tray setting in the backboard so it can't ever damage the main board??

Are you referring to just doing a thorough check of all the wires for good connections and also checking the connectors at the boards?

Okay, I had a good look at the machine today and found that 1 of the wires for the bumper targets had come loose. I re-soldered it and I'm assuming that will fix the 3 that weren't working. They are wired in series so that makes sense. However I found a burned connector and relay panel under the playing field... how should I fix this and also how do I determine the cause of burning?

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AHHHH, you have my dream game!!! I want that Indiana Jones!!! Maybe we could link up sometime since you're so close