1972 Gottlieb Flying Carpet - Bought this on Ebay March 2021. Machine would only turn on and eject ball to shooter. If it had not turned on, I would have walked away.
I cleaned up the ball count unit and that got pretty much everything else going on the playfield. Have painted the faded cabinet and replaced all rubbers, posts, lane guides, etc. Replaced most of the bulbs with LEDs. Used mylar circles to fix many badly cupped spots on the playfield. Novus on the playfield. Had to fix some issues that the previous repairers messed up (mostly missing screws and someone left the playfield reset bar hanging down-which is why it never reset properly)
Still to do: Touch up cabinet, Fix issue with stuck O relay (will post this elsewhere), fix some switch stacks which were horribly bent when the reset bar was left down), replace or fix backglass (horribly chipped), wax with pinball wax, change over remaining bulbs to LED.
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Not a pinball, but still an EM:
1971 - Caprice Shuffle Bowler - Another Spring 2021 Ebay purchase. Worked pretty well from the get go, but the 10s reel on player one does not increment reliably. Need to disassemble and clean + check contacts. In process of replacing #47 bulbs with LEDs. Need to replace two fluorescent lamps. Cleaned playfield with NOVUS, but want to redo with silicon spray. Need to clean and lube contact boards. Right now, all the games work except I can not get it to go to the Beer Frame (changed the setting for this, but nothing happened). Using the #5 Sun glo wax and that might be a little fast....getting some of the #6 and silicone spray.
Not mine, but this is what the game looks like.
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Glenelg, MD
's-heer Hendrikskinderen
Surrey, BC
Linton
