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I picked up my first pinball machine a few weeks ago and it also happens to be the first pinball I ever played.
Given my love of the game, I've decided to clean her up and make her looks as good as possible.
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Quoted from Frogman:Love Pinbot - it's the first game I played too. Cab is beaten up but the playfield does look good, as you said. I'm on the hunt for one, too. How much did you pay for it?
i payed $1200 and I feel like that was a good price.
Quoted from volcanodiver:glad you're happy, but in the condition I think that's too high. but at least you got it.
Perhaps. It is all LED and came with a new vortex ramp that I haven't installed.
Flippers are original. I'm thinking of replacing the entire assemblies with fliptronic style.
Has anyone done this? Thoughts? Should I just do a regular rebuild kit?
Here are the preliminary parts I've put together:
Flipper kit: http://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=172
With the SFL 19/400 - 30/750 coil, A-12111 Coil Stop and the 03-7811 Normally Closed EOS switch.
Flipper bushings http://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=270
Am I missing anything?
Quoted from dmbjunky:I've always liked Pinbot's shrug of indifference on the side of the cab.
"Whattaya gonna do?"
lol... Yeah your ball drained right out from pop bumpers. So... What are you gonna do about it?
Quoted from RacingPin:You got a good deal. Looks like the plastics have been replaced and the playfield recently rerubbered. Swapping those plastics can be a 2-3 hour job and $140 expense
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It also has a set of plastic protectors.. 
So I got the new vortex ramp and I noticed a problem.
The still fall is too high(about 1/8") and does not allow the ball to travel up easily. You can hear it hit pretty hard.
Does anyone have experience getting this to sit properly? I've tried bending it but can only get the edge to cooperate.
So I started taking things apart for cleaning and encountered a lot os mismatched or incorrect screws & posts.
The plastics over the "Advance planet" target are not even close to level. Can someone take a similar picture of their board to confirm?
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Also, there appears to be a bunch of missing acorn nuts that have been replaced with nylon ones. Not a big deal, but it bothers me.
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Thanks for the pics. I'm looking into my mini play field issue.
Right now it's bowed from top to bottom. I believe that the screws/post in place might be incorrect. Can people upload a nice top view of their play field and any close ups of the post/screws form the side? I think I'm going to have to source a bunch of new hardware.
Thanks!
Quick update...
Ordered some parts (bolts, screws, springs, sleeves, flipper assemblies, etc)
Ordered a new playfield & mini playfield
Picked up a rotisserie http://www.wildwood4.com/pinball-rotisserie.html
I'm set to get a bunch of stuff done. The real question is where to start?
Personally, I'm leaning towards getting the cab done first as it's the worst part of the whole machine.
I've been looking at the LED setup and it's getting on my nerves. I'm going to rip out the blue/red GI lighting and go with white. The colored lamps really make the plastics look crappy. The only question is whether to go warm or cool white.
I'm leaning towards the cool white for that crisper sci-fi feel.
When I get a chance, I'll order them. Too many other irons in the fire right now. lol
Quoted from Plumonium:Where did you get your new playfield from? New or used?
Good luck with the restoration.
I ordered a CPR that was never installed.
Unfortunately, I'm in the middle of disputing the transaction as it got lost on it's way to me. So, now I''m without a playfield and putting this on hold for now.
Quoted from ToucanF16:Was it just delayed in shipping?
Over two months. Lost en route.
Quoted from ToucanF16:Shipping company?
DHL
Quoted from Plumonium:Pretty lucky man! Nice shiny new playfield.
Thanks. It need a couple of spots fixed and the clearcoat job on it isn't very good.
I've got to get it addressed somehow.
Quoted from TnJHead:Your ol playfield looks ten times better than the one I've got! You scored on the cpr playfield! I paid 400 for mine. Believe it or not it plays really well! I had to rebuild the flippers, visor assembly, fixed numerous switches, I still need to replace q74 and q75 to get the bottom pop bumper to work. I love this game!
When I do the playfield swap I'm going to throw my old one up here.
Quoted from Plumonium:Being a sci-fi title, I'm setup for natural cool white on mine. It will replace th red/blue setup I had.
Working on this in parallel with a Meteor project. What LEDs did you use for the GI?
Quoted from Plumonium:BTW, did you get your playfield touched-up?
I'm done with my paint touch-ups and ready to clearcoat if you been following.
I haven't done it yet. I found a guy to do it for a reasonable price though.
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