I just wanted to share the service & repair work I've done on my X-Files machine. I purchased it a couple of months back and then went through it. The write up is broken up in to 5 parts, with lots of photos along the way showing what was done.

For anyone interested, here are the direct links to the write ups:

http://www.enteryourinitials.com/2016/07/07/x-files-repair-service-log-1/

http://www.enteryourinitials.com/2016/07/12/x-files-repair-service-log-2/

http://www.enteryourinitials.com/2016/07/20/x-files-repair-service-log-3/

http://www.enteryourinitials.com/2016/08/01/x-files-repair-service-log-4/

http://www.enteryourinitials.com/2016/08/14/x-files-repair-service-log-5/

Been busy giving my X-Files a face lift over the week or so. I went through the process of giving it a complete overhaul mid 2016, rebuilding all the assemblies, full playfield, clean, etc. For anyone interested, a series of blog posts covering the work done can be found here: http://www.enteryourinitials.com/category/pinball/x-files-sega-1997/

Now it was time to sort out the cabinet. The artwork was really faded and in a number of places had been attacked with black and purple paint brushes. It wasn't horrible, but I wanted it to look better

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I went through the process of removing everything from the cabinet so the old artwork could be sanded away.

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Spent a bit of time preping the cabinet - fill, sand, repeat until happy

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Then applied new decals and reassembled the game.

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I'm really happy with how it's come up.