Hi All,

Just got hold of a WH20 (yay!) and have a couple of questions. The game is in fairly good condition but there is a couple of little things I'd like to look at doing.

Firstly the game is pretty dirty, everywhere on ramps etc. From what I can see WH20 is going to be a pretty hard game to tear down completely but I just wanted to hear from anyone else who has done it. I'm not looking to completely take everything off the playfield but just enough so I can nicely clean the back of the game, habitrails etc to get it fairly clean again. Is this doable?

2 of the leg plates are knackered (bolts just spin in them). I can get replacements but how hard are these to replace?

Secondly the game is partially LED'd and I'm going to be swapping some of these around. I was thinking of doing LED's in the topper but looking at another post this appears to be a no-go as LED's burn out due to it requiring special bulbs, are there any LED kits for the topper out there I can get hold of?

Thanks!

Thanks dude, looks like I need to track down a manual then! I will also replace the leg plates and leave the topper as is.

Thanks, I plan on doing a partial teardown which is no problem as the first game I decided to do this on was a BSD (most people lament it for being difficult to pull apart due to all the ramps, WH20 looks to be about the same in terms of difficulty). Likely will do it over a weekend or I have a week off around Christmas so might do it then, I plan on making it my 'Winter project' to pull a lot of the stuff of the top, clean it, re-LED it (previous owner put in LED's in most places but are all super brights which in some cases are too much so will swap out with frosty ones) and put in a few mods, I plan to fit mantis protectors behind the lock targets as the plastics here are totally smashed and may do cliffys as well (I think the WH20 is the most I've ever seen in a set, 7 pieces!). I've already put in a spare color DMD I have (came out my old JM when I sold it but looks way better in WH20) and done the backbox LED's and helpfully someone has already put in a battery holder so nothing to do there. Topper is in good nick, just has the usual fade. I will likely put some pictures up once I've done all the work in a few months time.

I like the idea of the shelf board, I generally lay the parts out on the floor as I have a bit of space around the games in the rough position where they sit on the playfield but these often get moved around during the course of the rebuild which is a nuisance so a board would be a good solution.

That's good to know, nice to see another UK based pinsider with one as well! (Don't suppose you use pinball info? I'm more active on there, same username but spelt Archyta5 instead) You've probably gone a bit further than I plan to but good to know it isn't too bad to strip. I've got everything I need to get going it's just getting round to it now Thanks for the advice everyone.

Ahhh, good to know. I generally stick to the same name/similar on different forums. Makes it less confusing