Documenting my first Hardtop on one of my favorites: Taxi mbaumle is having me focus on the top side as it’s mechanically and functionally 100%. I’m taking everything off the top just to make things easier to line up which will allow me to clean up everything. He has new ramps, pop bumpers and misc parts so we can make this look like a new playfield swap.

We will take a few liberties while apart to convert flippers to WPC style, pop bumper lighting to the stranded wire (vs. flat tin style) to facilitate future pop bumper tear downs. Also clean up of the drop targets with new decals and reflow of pins. He prefers incandescent so will stay as original along with new original blue start posts and lane dividers.

It’s a perfect candidate for Hardtop as there has been some creative fixes for the many inserts that are worn out. So I feel no guilt sanding the inserts down!

Usually when I do a swap, the game comes and we take the playfield out here. They take the cabinet back with them (often they will redo the cabinet) and when I’m done they bring it back and we go through and make sure everything works. That’s the case here.

Here’s a few pics including the ends where I had to remove a few pieces to fit on the rotisserie.

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Teardown beginning:

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Further tear down:

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More yet further tearing down lol

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Almost there!

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Few more:

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Last of top side tear down.

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I removed the pop mechs, slings and drop units so they can be rebuilt. Looks like one of the coils for pops is not like the other so will see if we put in 23-800 that manual shows.

One of the sling brackets is wrong but he has plenty of new ones. I also pulled the two red ejects so they can get cleaned up. They’re pretty dirty.

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Here’s where we are. Started with 220 and then to 320. This makes a mess so wonder how those do this in their homes. You will need to pull the wide and rear rails as the hardtop fits under.

Max got a 3M headlight polishing kit which I used to follow up on the inserts to avoid using clear. I think this worked well and will do a dry run testing. The sanding didn’t take very long except all the custom areas of touch up used. I dropped the flipper mechs so the bushings hung lower than the playfield before starting to sand.

I’m very happy with the results so far. It’s not too bad of a job but thankful it’s on a rotisserie and out of the cabinet in my garage. At this point it’s still less work than a playfield swap but prepare for a mess for the sanding.

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Total star post count is 27 blue singles.

Here’s the sizes of the posts on my poorly drawn (not to scale!)

Ramps are spartan so not much to do. A switch on each. He has a new blue spin ramp but the red is still in good shape. I’m liking the blue so curious what others use?

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That’s nice! I hate woodworking with a passion and I just don’t have the skills. Maybe one day I’ll get someone to teach me!

Heads up on this plastic. You’ll need to drill out all but the one red mini star post. No big deal. Wonder if there were other versions or missed on the aftermarket ones. I taped them together with an old one on top to drill through.

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Committed myself and it’s sealed down. Everything lines up pretty well and you have some wiggle room. I had to slightly open up the pop bumpers to fit but it was minor trimming.

All the posts are in and making progess on reassembly for what parts were reset from cleaning and tumbling. I broke a handful of post screws but had them on hand to replace. The nylon nuts are getting replaced with the original nylock nuts.

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Yes I think so too. His is a early-mid September build.

Flyer is hard to see if it has it but IPDB has some with and without.

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Some plastic riveting.

The old:

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Installed the new pop spoons...

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Drop target assemblies being torn down for cleaning.

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Good news! We’re going blue so soon ramp was finished up.

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Cleaned up the drop boards and reflowed pins. I like to use the rosin pen to help.

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Here’s the drop brackets after cleaning. They look great! Waiting on the hardware to be tumbled and we can put these together with new sleeves.

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Drop brackets rebuilt. Will get new sleeves installed when put on the playfield.

Flippers rebuilt. It was missing three of the three 6-32 nuts on the back of the one flipper so I installed some. Made sure the other side was snug. We rebuilt them with the Marco kit for Taxi and it has the ears and springs to covert to WPC style. I only had to drill the two 1/16” holes.

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I also installed new coil sleeves and checked all the other mechs to make sure there was nothing broken. They all checked out fine.

Installed a missing wire form by the left side of the lane change. Had to bend something up but was pretty easy.

Top side is now done. Second overview picture has the flippers installed.

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Installing a new target and using the Stern style support to keep this new one from bending backwards.

Drilled out the rivets and remove them along with the from and rear bracket. Put a new piece of foam target on and screw together. A new decal was used.

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Top side and soldering completed. I replaced hardware with correct or new where the old didn’t look nice.

All that’s left is sling switch testing and testing the lighting.

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Lol! It was like drilling a hole in my own head!

I believe it is. I’m not sure exactly what type.

GI tested and working.

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Tested inserts too. Had one bad 555 but replaced and back in business. I’m testing without the diagram so we may find one or two I missed when we plug it into the cabinet.

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I missed taking a completed and running picture but mbaumle came up and we got it up and running. Hoping he can snap some pics or video. No major issues. A couple of bulbs and adjustments and it plays great!

If you want to make your Taxi play like new, a Hardtop is great option. My butt was handed to me! It plays fast and smooth. A good shot still feels great and it doesn’t affect the play. I’m very impressed.

This was fun one to do! If you’re able to shop a pin, this is a good project. It will require you to tear it down about 2/3, but the results are like a new playfield.

Awesome!!! Thank you for sharing video.

mbaumle had them already for me to install. He should know.