I'd pick up rudy parts and replace them while it's apart. Sector gear, eye links, etc.

Scoop protectors from Mantis. (Also has scoop replacements if yours is busted up)

Ramp protectors from Cliffy.

Disc assembly (hidden hallway kickout) (PPS or Marco)

Plunger assemblies for Rudy's eyes (Marco)

Full set of new stand up targets

Bunch of other small stuff that adds up real quick.

definitely go with chrome on wireforms, rails, and legs!

also, you are going to need about 2000 hours of spare time

maybe you can do miracles with this one ! too soon ! sorry !

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I know , I cringed when i saw the pictures ,

Please post a restore thread when you start, your work has always been top-notch.
The only mod that might be worth looking at is the lampshade from the mod couple.
Also, don't forget about this part from Marco 01-10223 for the trap door:
https://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/01-10223
Here's the service bulletin for reference...
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Nice call ! The trap door stop is rarely mentioned and always overlooked.

The shooter rattle is usually people putting a small rubber on a mini post that should not be there.
Buy new pf if u still can.

I recently did a full restore (entire cab, decals, older Mirco and had Kruzman clear it, and just about everything new) and was my first one and got the full ramp kit from Larry and Starship and didn’t have any issues even with them being thicker. Only slight hiccup was one of the blued ramp flaps had a few rust spots which he sent a replacement right away, but had to re-rivet them which I had to do for all the plastics (CPR) and metal guides since when I refinished\sanded them the brass showed through and OCD wouldn’t allow that LOL. Keep in mind, if you get the switch cover with the decal he supplies, it’s quite a bit lighter shade of orange compared to what was on my sample machine, so I just cleaned mine and used the original. He said that was only what he was allowed to reproduce when I asked about it. I tried contacting PPS to ask if the ones they sell were darker orange but didn’t get a confirmation.

Happy to help with any other lessons learned and anything else as I probably already went into too much detail but feel free to reach out, but I am by far no expert but did learn a lot and special thanks to all the helpful people on Pinsider, ESPECIALLY Bryan Kelly.

Excited to see the process if you decide to document everything.

Hope this helps. And stay safe.

stop bracket here:

https://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/01-10223

I would say that for home use games there is no need for scoop protectors and they severely screw with this game and cause rejects.
Mine was routed and the mirror scoop and out scoop have no wear on the edges.

The only spot that definitely needs some 'extra' mylar is the about 1-2" of the out side scoop where the ball lands and generally wears a hole in the art.

Thats pretty much what I did:

Reese rails and

Definitely get the mantis scoop/loop and mirror bracket.

On mine, I bought the pinsound and the pinsound shaker system.
Adding the shaker really modernizes the game.

Pinball Pro or Flipper fidelity speakers.

I bought Pinball pro this time, but will dp with Flipper fidelity in the future.

They cost only slightly more but have a more refined installation and instructions.

I love these types of threads. It's great to see you back on Pinside @cosmokramer.

When you disappeared from Pinside on Valentines day last year I got a little worried

Athens95 reproduces all the decals inside cabinet and backbox. Even makes new serial number stickers based on your originals. Must have if going this far.

if you bought your apron decals from PPS..........note that there is no shooter gage decal included.

I have one from Little shop of games. It's screen printed, very nice, vivid colors. I can send pictures tomorrow if needed.

I recently bought a classic arcades speaker panel, its nice and indistinguishable from the original that I compared it to.

My original has some scratches and registration errors, so its a no brainer to replace it.

So, its seems ok.

The manits scoop/loop is thicker material and welded in several places.
Its stronger and more robust, definitely an upgrade.

Im very happy with the pinball pro speaker kits I bought. It sounds really good with the stock sound card.

Im upgrading to the pinsound as well as LEDOCD and GIOCD. The pinsound is to control the audio somewhat, but really for the shaker.

Its hard to justify the cost, but on the super high end resto that I have going, its kinda a must.

I have installed 2smd frosted sunlight on everything and couldnt be happier.

5smd tower flashers for the #906 bulbs and #455 slow blinkers as well as pinled display rounds out my total LED conversion.

The game looks amazing.

That's a high level of confidence, thanks
Can't resist to share pictures.

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Don't forget, some of those starposts are for double rubbers.

The lighted LED pop light rings from your favorite vendor really lend well to this title.

I wish I had the full lamp list for you. It’s not too many actually.

I put in the pinball pro speakers, they sound great. The stock sound card bass really benefits from the larger sub speaker. I have the bass turned all the way down on the speaker and its just about right.

Cutting a biggger hole for it may not be necessary as the sound files are not that clean in the first place.

I added colored LED's but reverted to frosted sunlight for everything. I thought it was too much color in my opinion and cast a brown haze on the playfield colors.

I added plain translucent pop bumper bodies from Zitt and 7 LED dual sided pop bumper disc lights.
It really works well, but you can color match those if you want.

Right now Im trying to source Funhouse stickers for the pop bumper caps, everyone seems to be out of them.

I dont really like the originals and would think that there were ones with less clear backing on them.

Sorry if off topic but this trap door protector was mentiuoned above. Can anyone point me to how to install this-

Marco 01-10223 for the trap door:
https://www.marcospecialties.com/pinball-parts/01-10223

williams funhouse service bulliten

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I put an LED lighting system behind the backglass made by Arcade Upkeep that does a bunch of sequences to light up the FUNHOUSE letters. http://www.arcadeupkeep.com/shop/4594679907/funhouse-m3-backglass-title-mod/11396061 but looks like they are out of stock, so maybe check if they are going to do another run. It definitely makes the game pop in an unexpected way.

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