I have been considering my first playfield swap for a long time. I recently purchased a cpr paragon playfield, and started off by building a rotisserie.

Here is the rotisserie and new playfield:
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Here is the old playfield, with the bad Mylar job I did in 1993.
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Here is the back of the playfield
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I have ordered some parts, and I will begin cleaning the old parts and adding lighting to the new playfield in the next week or so. I will try to document the restoration here.

I purchased the replacement sockets earlier this week. One question for everyone, where can I find ground braid, and the little tabs that people use to connect the lamp sockets to the ground braid?

Thanks,

John

I did a poor job of placing Mylar on it 25 years ago. I will post more pictures once I strip the playfield.

I ordered and mounted lamp sockets. Next step is to get the 18 gauge wire.

A few questions:
- someone showed some tabs under the lamp sockets that the braided wire was attached to. It sounds like @hep uses them on his rebuilds. What are these tabs called, and where can I buy them?
- what size staples do people use to attach the braid? I would like to match factory original as close as possible.

Thanks,

John
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I set this aside for a while due to other priorities. I finally picked it up this week.

Harness is off the old playfield:

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Found a few issues with the GI bus connector. I will post a picture tomorrow.

Used the old playfield to take notes:
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Next steps are to begin cleaning the parts that I pulled off, and run the harness through the dish washer. Hopefully that will happen tomorrow.

John

Cleaned lots of parts yesterday. Found a few issues. Started laying down the wiring on the new playfield today.

Playfield wiring:

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Cleaned parts:

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Broken parts (missing e-clip, bent screw, missing lock nut, broken rubber kicker part):

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I figure that I have about twelve hours into it so far.

Good progress to date. The underside is almost compete.

Testing the GI wiring a few weeks ago using a 9v battery:
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Saturday’s progress:
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Today’s progress:
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I am surprised at how much I have enjoyed the work so far. I have a nice sense that I have made something better. Lost track of the hour count, but must be close to thirty.