Spy Hunter tear down and shop job

I've got a tech coming out to check on the +12V short, (gave up and called in an expert).
Now moving onto the shop job. I don't think I'm going to remove the mylar since it's not bad and it's going to a neighbor. I am going to try to polish it up a bit though.
Here are some pics
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I've got a scan of the spinner in case anyone needs it.

Thanks Pinster for the support. I used a dremel for the first time to polish the gates, ball guides and some screw heads. WOW! All I used was some mothers mag and the dremel cotton wheel. I'll grab a photo of that. Here's a photo of some dirt.
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Couldn't stand the crud! Had to remove the rust and repaint
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So, I wanted to shine up the Mylar. I bought the $19 3M headlight restore kit at Ace. I tried the 800 grit on a small section and got nervous with the scratch. I just used the 3000 gray wet sand disc, then 3M compound followed by Plastix. I'm happy with the results. I even used the Plastix on the paint with stellar results.
Here are a couple of pics. One will show the edge of the Mylar where the ball never travels. You can see how close the shine got. Not bad at all. I wouldn't use the compound in the kit on the paint as I don't know what's in it.
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Actually, I used a small amt of compound and Plastix. I smeared it around and it wasn't messy. The instructions say a dime amt.

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Haha thanks guys

Here's yet another lesson in "get that battery off the board!"
Perfectly good looking radio shack battery....not!

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The tech that came out installed the new Ram memory in place of a battery!

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Thanks, yes the gray disc (shown in pic above) is the 3000 grit. Sprayed the water only on the disc. I will tell you that if you're going to keep the mylar, this is a great way to go. The orange pad is the polishing pad. I used it with both the supplied compound then followed by Plastix. I only used the orange pad with Plastix on the paint. I also waxed the entire PF with 100% carnuba.

New parts in, now let's put this thing back together
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For all my fans
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Still needs a few things like the pop bumper cap (EBD is on there now) and the Bally/Midway coin door sticker. Got new pf glass too which will make it look really nice.

I really like this headlight restore kit. Throw out the 800 grit. Keep the 3000 grit, orange pad and compound. Buy some Plastix. I used the Plastix and the orange pad on my 1981 Big Game. Great results there too. I'm sure the TC Kit is great. I just didn't have time.

Thanks, here's the link to the custom card. (Love this hobby where people share)
http://www.pinballrebel.com/game/pins/card/spy.jpg
There is an instruction card link on the site too.

Fanatic, check this out:
http://familyarcade.blogspot.com/
Good pics of the artwork you probably need. I'll post some of my upper pf.
I'll PM you the scan I took of my spinner before I repainted the white area.
So glad I can help someone since people are always helping me with my questions.

I see that PBR has a replacement cap. Guess that's my reason to finally open an account with them!
http://www.pbresource.com/pfbumper.htm
all the way at the bottom of the page.
$6 bucks! Love it!

Got some planking near the top left gate. I need to research how to save that area.

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Saw this little trick on the net somewhere to shine those leg bolts
Drill, scotch pad, mother's mag

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This game really needed the Mylar. Most of the PF's I've seen without Mylar are in bad shape.

Here's a mod with red LEDs in the headlights on the pop bumper.
Just kidding! I made it into a custom key chain for my neighbor.
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Now that would look great next to this pin!!!! Nice find, I played spy hunter at my local 7-11 in the 80's!

For those that have followed this thread, I thought you might like a pic of the pin in its new home! This is now my neighbor's first pin. They have three little ones that are gonna love it.
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