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Starting out with a decent game for it's age.
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Cabinet is slightly faded.
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There is a lot of swirling and cracking in the playfield.
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Starting out with a NOS playfield. It is not drilled or dimpled on the topside.
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It is not drilled or dimpled on the underside either.
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While the playfield is not used it still has many issues to overcome in terms of aging .There are some scuffs and scrapes
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The white shows it well in the pics.
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Graining like this usually makes the flaking happen quite easily.
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I am not positive what type of finished surface I am going to go with.Obviously since I need to drill and repaint much of
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Now that all the evaluation stuff is done I will begin working on it.
First off is replacing the burnt board.It could be
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Transformer and harness are removed.
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This is the replacement board I will be using.It replace the need to solder all the wired to the back of the board.
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Wires have been cut prepped.
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Previous connections that were once soldered to the back of the board are now made with Molex.
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Playfield teardown and removal begins.
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Playfield is out of the cabinet.
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Playfield stripped underside.
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Topside teardown is nearing completion.
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Now that the old playfield is stripped bare I will use it to make a template for the replacement.
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Template is made.
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NOS playfield is undrilled nor dimpled.
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Template has been used on the underside to predrill the new playfield.
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Same story on the topside.No holes or dimples.On the older games that use wire guides as in lane returns etc proper loc
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Topside is now drilled an dimpled.The following pics will show the before and after.
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Lower prior to drilling.
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Lower after drilling.
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All holes for the wire guides have been accuratly placed.
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Center prior to drilling.
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Center after drilling.
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Upper prior to drilling.
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