This is also a good idea I’ve had great success with arcade decals using the wet method. You don’t necessarily need to use soap. I use glass cleaner. There is a fine line between too wet and too dry because you can cause a lot of air bubbles. Buy yourself a squeegee at the dollar store to smooth out any issues.

Just undo the screws from the board to release all the components and slide the harness off if you’re refinishing the wood. You’re creating way too much extra work for yourself and creating way more room for error if you’re unsoldering everything. Seems awfully time consuming what you’re doing.

Looking good! I’m picking up an Ice Revue today from a 93 year old lady. It’s been in her family since they bought it off route.

It’s hard to tell from the videos. You might have just put them back together wrong by accident. A couple photos would help. It just seems odd that that many are getting hung up. Check out the diagram below to make sure you have it together correctly.

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Are you sure you have a-2662 (shown in the picture you posted) on the correct side of the leaf switches? If it isn’t it will get hung up and it would do exactly what you are describing.It’s very easy to do when you are putting them back together when you are pushing everything down through the playfield.(Don’t ask me how I know )
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Mine also has the red and blue apron. I agree that it must have been left over from the BAB run. It was my first thought before I even read JR’s post.