what e.m. are you working on right now?

Quoted from BleacherBum:
Thank you for your comments. I got my impression from other Pinsiders posts and restorations. I got a little carried away and ended taking everything completely apart. Might skip that next time.
Instruction labels were largely reproduced from file available on Inkochnito’s Pinball Cards web page http://www.pinballrebel.com/pinball/cards/ His page is hosted by Pinball Rebel. He doesn’t charge for using the files but, does ask for a donation if you like his work. I did send him some money. A couple I had to reproduce on my own. I did this in Word.
For the coil labels, I used a green craft paper that sort makes the originals. The original were very dirty so matching 100% was not in my wheel house. The originals appeared to have a shine to them so, I cover the craft paper with clear packing tapes and then trimmed to size.
For also other labels, I purchased some card stock that was off white.

So all the relay labels, the long strips that tell you what the relay is, are original? Peter doesn't have those on his website that I know of.

I don't know that you went too far. I've been known to take score motors apart to polish them. I don't do it every time but once in awhile you get a wild hair...

#2552 2 years ago

PJE

BleacherBum

Pinside+ Frequent

9y 57,900 392 11

Quoted from EMsInKC:
So all the relay labels, the long strips that tell you what the relay is, are original?

Those I had to remake. I do not have to capability of print long strips so, I had to staple shorter strips together. I am sure I have those files somewhere if you need a copy.

I pretty much had to disassemble everything as very little worked. It was kind of a mess.

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#2553 2 years ago

SDM

EMsInKC

Pinside member

Quoted from BleacherBum:
Those I had to remake. I do not have to capability of print long strips so, I had to staple shorter strips together. I am sure I have those files somewhere if you need a copy.
I pretty much had to disassemble everything as very little worked. It was kind of a mess.

Well, I sold my TZ so I don't need them now. But what font you used would be extremely useful

#2554 2 years ago

PJE

I used this font “Calibrate” for the relay long strips. This is looked pretty darn close to my eye. It was the best of the fonts I had available. When holding them next to each they are hard to tell apart.

#2555 2 years ago

RLC

big-c66

Pinside+ Frequent

Lula, GA

3y 45,050 852 6 19

I had a jukebox pinball machine give to its a 1976 pin Everything comes on the score reels are on 0 but a motor in the bottom keeps just running. So it want start a game I’m assuming a switch is either open or close n it’s not supposed to be anyone have some suggestions thanks

#2556 2 years ago

FIG

atpcfiaim

Pinside member

Capt. Fantastic shop and polish complete. Older restoration cleaned up nicely. NOS playfield purchased in Boston. Installed Bally embossed lane guides from Marco.

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#2557 2 years ago

DAD

phergott

Pinside member

University Place, WA

10y 39,800 321 9

That looks 'fantastic' Trygve.

#2558 2 years ago

FIG

atpcfiaim

Pinside member

1966 Gottlieb Central Park. Restored by me including cabinet repaint to original design in 1994. Cleaned and waxed, new rings installed 2022. Also installed new Pinball Rescue plastic set. Removed 2 balls and switched to 3 balls per game just to try something different.

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#2559 2 years ago

NIK

Nikrox2

Pinside+ Addict

Medina, OH

5y 89,800 1,581 18 15 1

1953 Gottlieb “Poker Face”. Still working on this one. Needed new skirts on the pops

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#2560 2 years ago

NIK

Nikrox2

Pinside+ Addict

Medina, OH

5y 89,800 1,581 18 15 1

And a 1969 Williams “Seven Up”. Actually have two of these lined up to do. But just removing the tar and nicotine brings the colors back so much!

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#2561 2 years ago

BYU

bayoubilly70

Pinside+ Frequent

Westminster, MA

11y 79,550 2,062 7

Some before and after "under the hood" shots... still need to swap out the playfield

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#2562 2 years ago

CMF

Flipsteen

Pinside+ Frequent

Working on a Sea Shore Pin with very rusty legs. Soaked them overnight in vinegar and next day rinsed, wiped, and lightly buffed with Mother's mag and alum with a hand towel. I have used evaoporust in the past but the vinegar is a whole lot cheaper and thought the results were comparable. I bought the cleaning vinegar at Home Depot for $2 a half gallon but any white vinegar should work.

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#2563 2 years ago

RIF

BorgDog

Pinside+ Frequent

Spokane, WA

8y 88,800 1,741 25 9

Quoted from Flipsteen:
Working on a Sea Shore Pin with very rusty legs. Soaked them overnight in vinegar and next day rinsed, wiped, and lightly buffed with Mother's mag and alum with a hand towel. I have used evaoporust in the past but the vinegar is a whole lot cheaper and thought the results were comparable. I bought the cleaning vinegar at Home Depot for $2 a half gallon but any white vinegar should work.
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Nice! Will definitely give this a try next time I need to do some.

#2564 2 years ago

WEN

jrpinball

Pinside+ Addict

10y 115K 10,722

Quoted from Flipsteen:
Working on a Sea Shore Pin with very rusty legs. Soaked them overnight in vinegar and next day rinsed, wiped, and lightly buffed with Mother's mag and alum with a hand towel. I have used evaoporust in the past but the vinegar is a whole lot cheaper and thought the results were comparable. I bought the cleaning vinegar at Home Depot for $2 a half gallon but any white vinegar should work.
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Great results. What strength is the vinegar (%acidity)?

#2565 2 years ago

CMF

Flipsteen

Pinside+ Frequent

Quoted from jrpinball:
Great results. What strength is the vinegar (%acidity)?

Hope Depot says 6%. They also have 30% vinegar but I wanted to try the regular first and it worked great.

#2566 2 years ago

FIG

atpcfiaim

Pinside member

1977 Williams Lucky Seven being stripped for pf restoration. Everything worked except the “Game Over” light in the back box. Gigantic screw found holding a flipper bracket. Evidence of a coil fire in the past. Top side stripped. On the table for photos to be taken on the bottom side prior to disassembly. No screws holding down the light sockets. Those are not going to be the fun part.[att=6876021,2840533 caption74EEAD19-504A-469F-8DAD-557FD109D76F (resized).jpegAC88F15D-CBEE-44F4-9DDD-FF661B09EB37 (resized).jpegF20291F2-7C13-491E-B37D-DD63215D01E0 (resized).jpeg381A41A0-8EC2-4527-B1DE-92FB1C9B6F53 (resized).jpeg=""]

#2567 2 years ago

MAO

MikeO

Pinside member

Overland Park, KS

11y 88,400 3,625 41

Quoted from atpcfiaim:
Gigantic screw found holding a flipper bracket.

Looks more like a hole filler.

#2568 2 years ago

MYK

undrdog

Pinside+ Addict

4y 99,050 3,218 9

New Flicker project. Major rust at the front of the machine, but past the first few inches it looks great inside.

Cabinet looks like it will clean up well. Picture shows a test spot cleaned with Mean Green Super Strength.

Looks like I'll have to remove the side rails to clean this one up. It will be my first time to remove side rails.

The lockdown bar mechanism is totally rusted. I'm going to have to break the glass and remove the play field from the other end.

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#2569 2 years ago

???

Mopar

Pinside+ Member

Been working on Flipper Cowboy on and off and today after doing a little extensive
work on the Roto Target, she's all gone through and playing fine.
I got a couple of the cracks in a couple of the plastics looking okay by applying a
line of clear glue on the backside, but I'm still keeping an eye out for a set..

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#2570 2 years ago

CMF

Flipsteen

Pinside+ Frequent

Been working on Flipper Cowboy on and off and today after doing a little extensive
work on the Roto Target, she's all gone through and playing fine.

Looks great. Numbers look good on the Roto Target too that often get marred.

#2571 2 years ago

TAR

pinwiztom

Pinside member

Salem, OR

11y 116K 8,946 311 18

Quoted from Mopar:
Flipper Cowboy

Do you have the bullseye target that the cowboy is shooting at on the BG animation?

#2572 2 years ago

???

Mopar

Pinside+ Member

Quoted from Flipsteen:
Numbers look good on the Roto Target too that often get marred.

Actually, those are decals from Pinball Resource.
This is the first time I went through a Flipper Cowboy, but on one of the
Cowpokes, I sanded down the numbered targets, taped off and painted
them white, then my Vinyl Graphic Designer made the numbers. This time
I thought I'd check out PBR, so I hand sanded to make sure the targets
were fairly smooth, and not only looked good, the PBR vinyls are easy
to apply and has a protected outer film, so I'm sure they'll last for quite
some time..

#2573 2 years ago

???

Mopar

Pinside+ Member

Quoted from pinwiztom:
Do you have the bullseye target that the cowboy is shooting at on the BG animation?

Are you asking if I have a spare Cowboy bullseye target?
I actually have an extra Flipper Cowboy, but besides a painted cabinet and
needing a good set of plastics, it's complete.
If that's what you were asking, it wouldn't take too much to make a target.
I can give you measurements if needed..

#2574 2 years ago

RAN

therooster2001

Inactive member

Westminster, CO

2y 10,400 7 1

Working on a 1962 Gottlieb Olympics. First machine! Small issues so far. 10/100 coin reels, the 10/100;bell, a 1 pt bumper switch, replay feature, light bulbs, coin mech work, a good cleaning, and a new backglass.

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#2575 2 years ago

???

Peruman

Pinside member

Merrimack, NH

4y 58,300 880 8 13

Quoted from therooster2001:
Working on a 1962 Gottlieb Olympics. First machine! Small issues so far. 10/100 coin reels, the 10/100;bell, a 1 pt bumper switch, replay feature, light bulbs, coin mech work, a good cleaning, and a new backglass.
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That is a really clean machine other than the BG. Great find

#2576 2 years ago

CMF

Flipsteen

Pinside+ Frequent

Quoted from Mopar:
Actually, those are decals from Pinball Resource.
This is the first time I went through a Flipper Cowboy, but on one of the
Cowpokes, I sanded down the numbered targets, taped off and painted
.

The PBR decals look great. Debating whether to use them on a Sea Shore restoration. Most of the roto numbers look good but a few have some paint missing.

#2577 2 years ago

???

Mopar

Pinside+ Member

Quoted from Flipsteen:
Debating whether to use them on a Sea Shore restoration. Most of the roto numbers look good but a few have some paint missing.

I put in a good size order to PBR when ordering the Roto Target decals so I took
another look at the receipt, and they were $18.00. For me it was worth it, but in
your case having only a few numbers missing paint, you might want to try a black
and white new fine point Sharpie. I've used them on the 60s Metal Score Reels
and with the Score Reel on the table in a good position, I was able to touch them
up were you can't noticed. I think maybe you might be happy after taking that route..

#2578 2 years ago

MLF

stashyboy

Pinside member

High Falls, NY

11y 91,050 2,643 14 44

Finishing up a major restoration project. This game was somewhat of a basket case. Original paint was in such bad shape, there was no choice but to repaint. Hand cut the stencils in poster board. All the usual stuff, plastics, drop target's, misc PBR parts. Everything rebuilt, replated, or regrained. Touched up and clear coated playfield. Plays rocket fast with DC flippers, pops and slingshot. The red is matte Fire Red (krylon rattle can), Heirloom White (Rustoleum) base color.

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#2579 2 years ago

???

Mopar

Pinside+ Member

Quoted from stashyboy:
Finishing up a major restoration project. This game was somewhat of a basket case. Original paint was in such bad shape, there was no choice but to repaint. Hand cut the stencils in poster board

Excellent job. Looks Superb!

#2580 2 years ago

???

Mopar

Pinside+ Member

I'm taking a little breather from the Flipper Series and decided to go through
and sell (possible trade) a game. Since I have 2 of them and Chicago Coin's
Add-a-Ball Bronco seems to be rare, I'll shop one out and because they haven't
any already, I'll take a few photos and send them to IPDB so Jay can put them
up on the sight. The weather's looking better here on the east Coast, so Bronco
will probably be an on and off project..

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#2581 2 years ago

CMF

Flipsteen

Pinside+ Frequent

Quoted from Mopar:
I put in a good size order to PBR when ordering the Roto Target decals so I took
another look at the receipt, and they were $18.00. For me it was worth it, but in
your case having only a few numbers missing paint, you might want to try a black
and white new fine point Sharpie.

I'm going to get the white sharpie. Do you think I need to cover with clear film or krylon spray after I use sharpie? Will the ball hitting the numbers chip off the sharpie ink? Thanks

#2582 2 years ago

TAR

pinwiztom

Pinside member

Salem, OR

11y 116K 8,946 311 18

Quoted from Mopar:
Chicago Coin's
Add-a-Ball Bronco seems to be rare,

I played one (Bronco AAB) at the pin-a-LODI show a couple of years ago.
Not a bad game .

#2583 2 years ago

???

Mopar

Pinside+ Member

Quoted from Flipsteen:
Do you think I need to cover with clear film or krylon spray after I use sharpie? Will the ball hitting the numbers chip off the sharpie ink? Thanks

I don't think it'll chip off the Sharpie, but putting a protective film over the numbers is a good idea.
I myself wouldn't use a spray. Since I have some on hand, I'd probably cut rectangular pieces of
clear vinyl at a size so they would fit the targets just above the rivets to the top of the targets.
Doing the same with clear mylar would be at least as good for protecting..

#2584 2 years ago

???

Ace24

Pinside member

11y 39,300 96

Quoted from Sea_Wolf:
Damn, I was hoping it was a coincidence.

Well, I did just score 1962 on Flipper Cowboy by chance. Didn’t notice it til I was about to start a new game today.

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#2585 2 years ago

ACE

paulace

Pinside+ Frequent

Charlottesville, VA

6y 72,300 1,400 8

I love when that happens - glad you got a photo.

#2586 2 years ago

KJH

pinhead52

Pinside+ Frequent

Colleyville, TX

10y 91,050 5,213 13 2

Ok gang, pf and bg's approved and now released for my Wizard project (Abra AAB). I had a shallow cab manufactured and have set up the first of 25. Amazingly Ive presold all 25. Do have a couple of "2nds" to sell.

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#2587 2 years ago

FIG

atpcfiaim

Pinside member

1977 Williams Lucky Seven. Playfield stripped for shipping to restoration shop. I had to cut and remove about 100 staples to free the wiring harness. Playfield pretty planked so I’ll be curious to see how this turns out.

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#2588 2 years ago

MRB

mark532011

Pinside+ Frequent

9y 82,800 1,716 7

Quoted from atpcfiaim:
1977 Williams Lucky Seven. Playfield stripped for shipping to restoration shop. Playfield pretty planked so I’ll be curious to see how this turns out.
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Are they planning to touchup or bare-wood repaint?

#2589 2 years ago

FIG

atpcfiaim

Pinside member

Quoted from mark532011:
Are they planning to touchup or bare-wood repaint?

I don’t know how they do it but the result is faithful to the original.

#2590 2 years ago

TPD

tomdrum

Tom's Pinball

Port Matilda, PA

6y 165K 7,299 16 52

Just picked up a 1967 Gottlieb Super Score. Been sitting in a garage for 35 years and hadn't been plugged in for 15 years. It actually started a game although the score reels were very sluggish. Nice PF & BG made it a no brainer to buy.

The operator who sold this game for home use way back when spent a lot of time to make sure this never had another coin drop. Removed every part from the coin door inside, pulled the coin chutes and even riveted closed the coin entrances.

I'm ordering a new coin entrance plate from PBR, if anyone can spare some coin chutes I'll buy them. While this will never see a coin drop again, I'd like the front to at least show the round coin entrance by the coin entrance plate. If anyone has a crappy parts door that's attending Pinfest, PM me.

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#2591 2 years ago

KJH

pinhead52

Pinside+ Frequent

Colleyville, TX

10y 91,050 5,213 13 2

Quoted from tomdrum:
Just picked up a 1967 Gottlieb Super Score. Been sitting in a garage for 35 years and hadn't been plugged in for 15 years. It actually started a game although the score reels were very sluggish. Nice PF & BG made it a no brainer to buy.
The operator who sold this game for home use way back when spent a lot of time to make sure this never had another coin drop. Removed every part from the coin door inside, pulled the coin chutes and even riveted closed the coin entrances.
I'm ordering a new coin entrance plate from PBR, if anyone can spare some coin chutes I'll buy them. While this will never see a coin drop again, I'd like the front to at least show the round coin entrance by the coin entrance plate. If anyone has a crappy parts door that's attending Pinfest, PM me.
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The coin chutes are fetching a pretty penny these days, upwards of $75 per chute or more

A couple on ebay, $89

ebay.com link: itm

#2592 2 years ago

TPD

tomdrum

Tom's Pinball

Port Matilda, PA

6y 165K 7,299 16 52

Quoted from pinhead52:
The coin chutes are fetching a pretty penny these days, upwards of $75 per chute or more
A couple on ebay, $89
ebay.com link: itm

Yes, I already looked there and they are out of the question price wise. Looking for some at a sane price. I have 30 Bally SS chutes and would sell someone who needed them for $5 each.

#2593 2 years ago

FIG

atpcfiaim

Pinside member

1978 Gottlieb Joker Poker. Cleaned, waxed, adjusted, and new rings. This was supposed to be the easy one. Took twice as long as I thought it would. Also installed 3” leg levelers. Plays like it used to except faster.

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#2594 1 year ago

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Mopar

Pinside+ Member

This morning I finished up C.C.'s Bronco's playfield, and the
machine has now been all gone through and playing properly.
I had this machine (actually two) for years. This is the Add-
a-Ball version, and somewhat recently I learned that the AAB
seems to be pretty rare, so I shopped one out and will be
sending pics to IPDB.
It's a decent playing game, but I like all 4 of the Gottlieb True
2 Player AABs better. (Just noticed. Need to put on the Pop
Bumper Caps)..
btw: if anyone happens to have the addition instruction card
(saying when/how added balls are earned), I'd appreciate a pic,
or otherwise I'll have a couple made just going by game play..

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#2595 1 year ago

MLF

stashyboy

Pinside member

High Falls, NY

11y 91,050 2,643 14 44

I have seen several of these posted for sale lately. I am hoping to add the resetting drop target mod as I did on my 2001. It's a different set up as there is no trip bank, so will have to change the logic. Plays 100% after a full restoration.

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#2596 1 year ago

SDM

EMsInKC

Pinside member

Shopping out a Hot Tip, restoring my Cross Town, and repainting an Eight Ball Deluxe. Not an EM, still a great game though.

Cross Town playfield cleared.

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#2597 1 year ago

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Silverstreak02

Pinside member

Lutz, FL

8y 61,300 1,306 4 7

Quoted from EMsInKC:
Shopping out a Hot Tip, restoring my Cross Town, and repainting an Eight Ball Deluxe. Not an EM, still a great game though.
Cross Town playfield cleared.
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That playfield looks great. It’s also a fun game.

#2598 1 year ago

SDM

EMsInKC

Pinside member