TAF is my first... Well second Pinball, but the first, didn't work. I had planned to fix it until I bought TAF. So I sold it to fund my Digi Pinball Sim I am planning later. I wasn't sure if I had to remove the entire post, or if the flipper was supposed to come off the post somehow. Glad I didn't wrench on it
Well, it is all apart, aside from the upper right corner. I just could not get to it. But since there is no bulb there, I cleaned it while still attached. All the parts have been washed, so I will let them dry over night. Currently I am working on installing all the LEDs. I am replacing every bulb in it with LEDs. I did the backbox and flashers before I started the teardown, so I could see how I liked it... LOVE them!! But one of my Red Flasher LEDs is not working quite right, so I will have to get a replacement for it. No matter which socket I put it into, it is very weak. Barely lights at all. No biggie.
Tomorrow morning, while my wife is still asleep, I will go out to the garage and polish all the metal bits from the playfield. So with a little luck, we will be trying to beat each other on it again tomorrow afternoon!!
For the record, the dishwasher did my plastics no favors. They are more warped now. I set it to it's gentlest setting, thinking that would not use too hot of a water, but alas... It seems it did.
No biggie. I will either heat them tomorrow, or as originally planned, this summer for the next cleaning. I also need to order different balls. My brand new ones I put in 3 weeks ago are already magnetized. I thought I ordered The ones that would not magnetize, but I guess I didn't.
I will post up some pics when I get it all back together. For now... This is it when I had it almost disassembled...
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