Yay, just joined the club. Traded my Black Rose for a Marilyn Monroe Taxi! Always loved this game, now just gotta haul it up the stairs to the "game room".

Has anyone changed their flipper coils from the FL-11630 to the FL-11629? Not sure if current coils are weak in the flippers, I was told the flippers were rebuilt not too long ago, but I don't think the coils were changed. The ball sometimes doesn't make it up the left ramp so I was thinking of swapping out the old 30 coils to my new 29s I have on hand, to make it the game snappier. Any feedback with using this coil would be appreciated.

Jason

I think you are right. If don't get that ramp right it bobbles a bit, goes only half way, but hitting it right it makes the loop just fine, just not nearly as fast as say the kick out at Dracula. That sends the ball flying. The gap on the EOS seems to perfect so I guess I'll keep the -30 coils in there for now. Don't want to destroy my drop targets etc.

That is a great idea! Nice job! Did you paint all of that or is it a graphic? Either way, very creative touch.

Looks awesome. Where did you find the clear rubbers, was it a kit? looks great. Is the cabinet lined with sound proofing? I'm planing on doing the pinball prospeakers as well. Have put them in every game so far and love them.
Jason

Thank you for the link! I signed up on their website, now to decide, do I want to change out the rubbers I just put my taxi on Tuesday with these as well as my newly restored space shuttle or wait. I think clear will be awesome on either game, more so on my space shuttle with the LEDs that are installed.

Jason

Thank you for the heads up. I think I'm going to have to order one of these over a new playfield that I can't seem to find. For $300 not bad. Thank goodness for OT at work. Only bad thing is the down time on the pinball since it's my wife's favorite, she plays it every day since we bought it. I've done various rebuilds on other pins, but not a whole playfield tear down. LOTS of pictures will be needed for sure. Right now I've mainly got wear around the pop bumpers and half of the playfield is discolored a bit since only half of my game had mylar, the upper half color is off. Cleaning it with novus 2 and magic eraser helped a good bit, but still not great.

My wife thinks the wear is fine. She says it gives it character, I want my Marylyn Taxi to shine.

OK after seeing your playfield and watching the instruction videos they had for Pharaoh, I'm going to be ordering one hopefully next Friday. Will be a great fall project. And while I'm there, I'll add new items as needed for that perfect restoration. At least I know the pop bumpers and flippers were already rebuilt.

Jason

Here is my current playfield, I started to replace the ramps due to a crack in one, and tried to clean the best I could , but the color difference is there due to the fact only half of the playfield has original mylar on it. Not sure why the whole game didn't have it but oh well. As I tried to clean the upper playfield area, I actually went through the paint to bare wood. So my questions is, would you say take a crap load of pictures, strip it, sand it and put the hard top on, or just clean it a little more and roll on since its an old marilyn? My wife doesn't care which way I go, as long as it's back in operation by early December for friends/family to play during visits and parties.

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I was using the magic eraser with alcohol after Novus 2 didn't get the results I hoped for. Trying to make it clean, I actually when through the paint right to wood!