I am doing a complete The Addams Family Restoration. I've got a brand new cabinet, new play field and will be replacing almost all of the playfield parts. I will document it along the way. So far I have a beautiful TAF playfield that Ron Kruzman clear coated for me Thx! I got it setup in the rotisserie and started the initial transfer of components. I moved the lighting board and along the way will be replacing every bulb with CoinTaker Premium Non-Ghosting bulbs! This will be beautiful when done. I will update weekly as I make progress.

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Thanks guys! I will rotate and work on the top

Quick update on progress, it's been slow going since I had some business travel last week. So far I've managed to install the top side of the pop bumpers, I think I got the colors in the right place. I transferred the switches from the old graveyard ball eject onto a new one and installed it. Got all the cliffy's and some posts installed around the grave yard. The top side of the sling shots are installed. All 4 flippers have been rebuilt and installed.

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I do the t-nuts as I go, as I remove parts from the old to the new. I've been avoiding the ball guides but leaving room so I can get to them when I decide to tackle that.

I try to gently draw them in the from front, using a large 1" diameter rubber washer followed by a large metal washer to put less pressure on the clear coat.

Found it on a for sale ad here on pinside earlier this year, then sent it off to Ron Kruzman to be clear coated. It's beautiful, going to look amazing when its all done. I am doing a brand new cabinet too. Gonna be mint

A mix of new and old, depends on the condition of each one.

Making good progress! Most of the top of the playfield is done. Just need to install the new ramp. The bottom side is coming along nicely, just a few more major components to install and then it'll be time to migrate the wire harness with the switches and remaining lighting.

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Sure hope I've got this spaghetti labeled well enough! The old TAF playfield is almost stripped down, will send it off to HSA for a Stage 2 restoration.

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Bump

Lots done! The entire top is done! The bottom has all the major components installed. The next step is to move the wire harness over and start installing the remaining lights, switches and solder to all the coils.

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Got the playfield wire harness out of the cabinet today, time to start attaching it to the playfield.

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BUMP!!!

Whew, this project has been going on almost a year! We moved to a new house back in April so there has been a lot going on that kept me from this project. Finally making some good progress again and it's almost done! New cabinet is almost ready to go, boards and wire harness have been moved over. The he play field is finally 100% done and ready to go into the cabinet. Perhaps this weekend will see this project to completion!

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Got the playfield into the cabinet today and fired it up! The smoke stayed inside so thats good! I do have a little debugging to do. 7 lights are not working and the flippers are acting odd. So I'll have to work through those issues before it's ready to play!

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