Pulled a bow and arrow out of an unheated junk shop in VT. It was literally piled above, around, and underneath with layers upon layers of junk. I wish I’d taken a picture before I spent the better part of an hour clearing everything away, but I did remember to grab a shot before I carted it out.
Serviced or rebuilt all the steppers and soaked the flash motor in alcohol to free it up. It still whines a bit (getting better the more it runs) and skips over one of the insert lights, but I’ll get it dialed. Cleaned and adjusted the score reels and gapped any switches that needed it.
Ordering sleeves to replace all the metal ones, and will rebuild flippers/ pops and put new skirts and rubber on.
Now that I have it working 100%, going to touch up a couple spots on the playfield and install a playfield protector that’s on the way from Germany. I bought a set of used plastics just to get a replacement for the broken sling.. still deciding if I’ll buy replacement pop-bumper caps.
The backglass is near perfect , which is surprising given the wildly varying temperatures of its previous location. The cab is really nice on one side, but peeling on the other, so I’ll put that side facing a wall. Maybe repaint it some day.
The game will be a surprise gift for my parents. They lived together in a tipi up until I was born, and my dad just spent 5 years living in one again (year round in western NY!). They have lots of beautiful native /western artwork in their house, and the Marche artwork will be a nice addition to their basement. They aren’t into pinball at all, but it’ll be a riot to have when my young nephews visit.
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The junk shop!
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