Hi guys, new guy here(sure you hear that a lot), and I’m in the middle of doing basic maintenance on his ‘68 William’s Pit Stop. He’s had it since at least ‘72 when he pulled it out of a bowling alley he owned, and it’s been in his house and office since then and my dad grew up playing it. So the good news is it had only a few years of commercial use at most, and it’s been fired up at least once a year since then so it’s completely working mechanically. Downside is it’s had almost no maintenance done over the years. So I have some before pics, then pictures of what I’ve done already. The rubber was completely worn out so I got a replacement kit, and I’ve already swapped it all out except the plunger tip(which I also have replacement spring for, although it’s still in decent shape).

So reason I’ve made this post, is I want to do further maintenance but need some tips and advice. The play area has a thick layer of dirt, so I was wondering what the recommended cleaner/wax was since I obviously don’t want to damage the paint. The other priority thing is cleaning the glass, but I was just planning to set it a good distance away and just use some standard window cleaner and let it dry while I wax the play area(the play area glass I mean)

I would like to do some additional repairs and clean up work, the outside of the cab is pretty battered, and the inside could use a cleaning too, along with the scoring glass needing some form of resealing. On the upside I do have all the original documents too which is nice. But the biggest thing is the wax recommendation because my dad would love to have the critical stuff done this week so he can fire it up and play some rounds

The pics are kinda in random order, but I’m sure you guys can tell which is with the new rubber. Also took a pic of all the old rubber I pulled out(the bottom bumpers only gave out a year or so ago, the rubber I mean). I’m also fixing this guy up so I can use it and actually get some pinball skills down.

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Thanks you guys, I needed a bit of advice after reading the original manual it saying to use nothing but wax on the play area, I’ll look through some of these. I don’t think I’ll do a full tear down and clean at those point, most of the dirt is in the actual play area, plus I’m not up to putting it all back together at this point in time. Also I had Novus 1 reccomended before, but I was unsure due to the age of the table. Also I already got a replacement ball in the repair kit I got.

Well perhaps I should point out, I’m mainly cleaning dirt off the play field, it’s entirely possible the table hasn’t been waxed since it left the factory(or at least the early 70’s)

I think I’m going with the Naptha, better safe than sorry. Plus it is dirt, and not too thick either, although with the heat this we’ll see if I get over there to work on it in the first place

Ok, Naptha and p21s ordered, should be in next week just need to pick up some rags. Also, I don’t plan to do a full field breakdown, I don’t have the time, or want to risk messing it up, first time out I’m only doing a practical clean for play areas. Plus my dad really wants to fire it up again and I’ve kept him waiting long enough

Ok, got both of them in, just need to grab some shop rags(those would be fine right? As in new ones) then I’m in business to clean everything up tomorrow, um, just carefully clean the play area with the Naptha, make sure it’s all dry then do the wax right? Anything else I should know?