I am getting ready to do only my second playfield deconstruct and reconstruct on my WOZ ECLE. I have a new shiny PF to replace the disaster that is in there. The last one of these I did was a TFTC and it went ok. Lots of pics and lots of bags. This one scares the hell out of me though just because of the size of everything and complexity--TFTC had a lot of stuff but nothing like this.. Should I take everything off the top first then go to the backside or should I strip the backside first? There is a really awesome thread on PF swaps that I read but I was hoping that someone had maybe done one of these in particular already. I am ready for the 80-hour slogfest just want to get some thoughts on this one if anyone has any that will help.

The game was in a bar and had a lot of crazy play on it. The cabinet is ok but I will be redoing that as well. It is a shame because this is one of the machines that had the art painted on the side (early version). I hate to cover it up but no choice. When I bought the machine apparently the guy that owned it was friends of some kind with JJ and he sent him a new signed playfield, and some other spare parts for the game. (That is what I was told). I now have all those parts.

Work to do:
The front of the cabinet has separated a little so I have to tighten up those fasteners that run from front to side.
Fix cabinet and apply new side art.(Ordered from JJP)
The topper is cracked have a new one to replace it(ordered from JJP)
New legs, and side rails (ordered from JJP)
Munchkin land has been beaten to hell. Will have to replace that and was not planning on it. $450 down the tubes there. If you are reading this and dont have a cliffy protector on that edge get one on there. I am going to order this today or tomorrow from JJP along with mylar protectors, new green lockdown bar, and a set of plastics.
Glass has a giant scratch right down the middle have a new one (ordered from JJP).
Replace all the rubber with titan bands (came with it)
Replace playfield (came with it)

I really am questioning my sanity on this one. I hate to see a really pretty game like this get trashed so I guess I am doing my part to bring it back from what is a really bad shape. The old playfield is terrible...I attached some pics. I like the idea of filming the whole thing on the ipad.

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HAHAHA! That is funny, but probably true. I don't think this thing was ever cleaned--ever....ever....did I mention ever. I am certain that wax was a foregone conclusion as well. Why he didn't just buy a standard instead of a numbered unit I have no idea if you were going to let it get like this. Well I am 4 hours in...they way I figure it about 116 to go and about 80 beers. minimum with the other work. That is about 1 1/2 beers an hour for those doing the math. Probably what will really happen is I will work on this thing for about 8 hours, have a beer during that time and about 15 after I quit each day. I just hope that I am not so frustrated at the end that I don't want the game anymore. That has happened once before with a TRON arcade game I redid. Looked and played amazing but I was so pissed at it I couldn't stand to look at it.

Just downloaded the manual...maybe the best manual I have EVER seen. Amazing! Will be a huge help!

So you did the bottom before the top? I am doing it opposite of that.

This is where I am quitting for the day. Have a bunch of parts in the tumbler.

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Question for the wire ball guides. I pulled them all up and are in good shape after running in the tumbler. My question is what is the best way to reinstall these. The holes they go in will need to be drilled a little but I don't want to put them in too far, and I don't want them to be loose. Here is a before and after of the rail. If you don’t have a tumbler get one!

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I have been pounding them in...I wince every time I hit one with the hammer...Ill get over it. I will shoot some pics tomorrow night. I am polishing the flat rails to get the ball trails off of them the best I can. Maybe a little over the top but I am tearing this thing down to the bottom may as well. For the age, this thing is the dirtiest game I have ever seen. Really sad. I probably should have bought a low play HUO one but this is a lot more satisfying--and painful.

I have for the most part got the top cleared off. I have a good start getting all the posts and rubber in on the playfield. I have found it is way easier to hot-swap those from one playfield to the next. The number of holes on the board can be overwhelming and this makes me feel better if nothing else. I have about 9000 pictures and I can't say how much that has saved my ass on this thing. I literally have taken a part of and by the time I cleaned it and prepared to install it, I forgot where it belonged. Between that, and running around trying to figure out where my screwdriver was (was in my back pocket), I probably walked three miles around my table set up today.

I have cleaned every part in the ultrasonic and tumbled to polish. As soon as I get the flat rails on tomorrow I am going to begin to remove the bottom parts and install those. While the playfield is out I will do the cabinet work. Ill take some before and afters of that as well. I am hoping to have this thing done by the end of next week. Will be tough but it is a goal.

I have a bench grinder with a wheel kind of like that and then a polisher on the other side. Already done.

Labeling the stuff on the bottom of the cabinet is key. For lights on the tape I wrote the number and circle it to remind me it goes to lights and on coils, I Number the parts and the. I write coil and the number on the tape so I know which one it is for and then put a mark on one of the wires so I can quickly connect it without thinking when I get there. Ideally, when I get the harness over to the new field I don't want to waste a lot of time hunting for crap--time spent now is time saved later. I have the top of the playfield populated with all the posts and rubber. Waiting for new plastics to arrive and some other parts for that. Hoping that they get here when I am done with the underside.

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Ok. Have the old cleared off and the new is populated. All I have to do is go through and put the items attached to the harness where they go on the playfield. I think about 4 hours left or so. I have everything tagged so should go fairly quickly. I already rebuilt the flippers and everything is cleaned.

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Ok have it all done. I need to put on the mini playfields and I have a complete set of Cliffys to put on. I do have one issue. In the picture below are three power connectors that I do not have a spot for. All of the lighting boards have power to them. The mini PFs do not use these connectors. Two of them are tied so tight to the loom that I cant image they connected to anything. The other is fairly long. Two have labels that you can see in the pic and one does not. They are all power so good news is that they all do the same thing. I just don't recall having extras but these three were not labeled by me as going to one of the boards so I am perplexed.

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Yup I saw that as well and also what hogbog said and he was one of the designers of the system, or the designer. However, looking at the manual as I went through this thing there were a lot of differences. Both w 1 and w 6 were not connected to anything when I took it apart. They are wound very tight on the loom and don’t reach anything. Hogbog said there were no extras and I would consider him a subject matter expert but these just do t have anywhere to go. The power to mini playfields don’t use this connector. Will see how powering up goes when the new plastics get here and after I mount the mini pfs

Almost there!

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Just finished the playfield. I have to replace the LED on the wizard so there is that so I guess 99.9 percent. Looks great. Here is what I did:

1 playfield swap
2 replaces munchkin land playfield
3 replaces all plastics
4 replaces all rubber with Titans
5 modded trees so eyes glow (pain in the butt)
6 added a few other LEDs in dark areas
7 cleaned and polished every single piece.
8 repaired cabinet

Still to do:
1 reconnect the computer and put backbox on
2 install new topper
3 install new legs, new lock bar, and side rails
4 install pinblades
5 finish up cabinet cleaning and install door, shooter etc.
6 Install back of playfiled (flying monkey)
7 install playfield hook up all the wires to the cabinet and pray.

Probably 10 hours of work left

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Well have it all back together. Boots up fine. Have a lot of things not working and some stuck closed switches. The switches I can figure out but not sure about the rest. Only the top part of the playfield only is lit up. Lot to do still. Not sure if I missed a connection somewhere or what.

Done! Special shout out to Hogbog...huge help! Body work done, everything up and running and looks amazing. No errors!

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