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Quoted from cottonm4:

It has been 4 months since I was last working on my Quicksilver build. Lots of things going on, like me getting over Covid. Long Covid: Constant fatigue.
Anyway, I have GI lights as of 30 minutes ago. Tomorrow I will start with installing the play field wiring.
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Just as with my Star Gazer build, I have continued with using the copper foil tape for the controlled lamps. I have had good results with both my Big Game restoration and Star Gazer build and see no reason to change.
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The cab is 95% complete. And the back box is almost finished, however, I have a problem I need to resolve before I can finish the back box.

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Quoted from cottonm4:

I have completed the controlled lamps wiring. I am making some minor changes to the GI and then I will move to wire up the switches.
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Going from this:
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Got rid of a lot of wire
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I shoved all of the excess wire up close to the wafer connectors. Once I have the back box installed and the harness connectors connected, I will get busy re-pinning all connectors. At that time I will remove all of the now-excess wiring.
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Next task is wiring up the switches.

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Quoted from cottonm4:

The wiring is complete.
I still need to buy a pair of new flipper assemblies from PBL. Other than the flippers, the wiring is complete. The drops have been overhauled. The pops cleaned and adjusted. All lamps passed the lighting test. And the switches all have continuity.
Because of the way I used the copper tape for the feature wires, I decided that terminal block would be the best way to attach the GI and feature wire from connector J-1 on the rectifier board.
I did this harness in layers the same as I did with my Star Gazer build. The lamps are on mounted to the play field. The switches are in the middle. And the solenoids are on the top. The solenoids are where you are most likely to have problems so they have been isolated in top position for easy access. 40 years from now, maybe someone will appreciate it
It is overkill? I won't argue against you. Indeed, I did question my sanity for the last two weeks because I could have slopped the OG harness on and been finished in a couple of days. But, in the end, I like doing wiring. I do not like chasing electronic gremlins but I do like running wire. Plus, I have that Cheetah harness from the populated play field I bought several years ago. I did not label any of the connections when I pulled that harness. After doing this work, I'm not concerned about tackling an unlabeled harness.
Besides, it is/was a 40 year old wiring harness and I am building this Quicksilver to sell. I still have the task of re-pinning every connector to assure a trouble free harness for a trouble free pin.
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Quoted from cottonm4:

And now that I am almost finished with my Quicksilver build it is coming unraveled.
Play field problems. Mirco play field problems.
Short story: I went in to the build room late the other night to look things over and saw this. I had a play field post spilt in half. And it took the paint with it.
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And this is what it looks like with a good post set into position.
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And what does Mirco say? " It looks like you over-torqued it."
I have not figured out what Plan "B" is going to be yet. I have about 3-4 hours of work left to do on the cabinet, and perhaps another 10 hours left to do on the back box. I will continue to work on getting the cab and back box finished while I figure out what to do.
Majorly bummed out.

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Quoted from cottonm4:

From Day 1, my plan was to build this Quicksilver to sell. I always have kept my eye on quality issues because I want my buyer to be satisfied and happy.
Now, I will have to advertise it as: "Fresh build Quicksilver, with a repaired play field..." That has a great sound to it.

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Quoted from cottonm4:

No. This is Mirco's clear coat.
This play field was produced with Mirco's "new" way of prepping play fields in an effort to overcome his pooling and peeling problems with Jersey Jack play fields.
This play field is 18 months old. I put the first post on about 4 months ago. So, 14 months cure time.
Here are some other areas showing heavy compression of the clear coat, which looked like pooling when the posts were in place.
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Quoted from cottonm4:

Some areas are not as bad.
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