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Nails!!Why? at least they are in the black.
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Typical TOM backboard has the decal bubbling.
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Broken plastics throughout the game.A new set is in order.The ramps are in the same boat.
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Playfield is stripped.Topside.
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Playfield stripped underside.
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Playfield is thoroughly cleaned and moved into the paint shop.The Mylar sections have been removed as well.
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I will need to simply prep it and clear it first because the needed repairs and problems to be addressed are best deal
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I am finishing the teardown and can now better evaluate the cabinet condition.
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The floor is pretty filthy some but likely not all the staining etc can be removed. I will call that strike 1.
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TOM has a very thick vinyl substrate attached to the wood.This alone is tough to removed without deeply rasing or pul
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Holes that should not be there.
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More holes.
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Holes..
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Holes...
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Even the back of this cabinet is covered in vinyl with paint over top of it. Like what was noted about the art portions
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The corners are busted here and there.That is normal stuff.
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Moving to the other side we are back to the holes that are not supposed to be there.
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Okay that pretty much closes out the lower cabinet and hopefully explains why reworking it makes less sense that buildin
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The head is the same as the lower.Some of it is sloppy/typical factory work other concerns are damage.Like the lower it
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The joint is broke in the face of the head.Repairs to these rarely last or at the very least can develop a hairline cra
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That covers the cabinet.
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Now I will fix this disaster of a power box :-)
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Power box is rebuilt with a new connector and plated housing.Big improvement.I still need to make the proper mating plug.
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The harnesses have been cleaned ,
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Metal in the switch harness is polished.
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Coil assemblies are being cleaned,polished,re labeled and correctly rebuilt. Many of these assemblies had the rwrong ciols,
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Back to the playfield.
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Repairs are being made where needed.A new playfield would be nice/almost needed but they sre tough to come by so rep
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Shooter lane is sanded clean as possible.Further reworking is needed but will be done at later stages.
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The book area is the toughest hing to deal with.This one being a different color than the norm it makes it a bit more c
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The various repairs are completed.This means filling the blown out and incorrect holes from the rigs/hacks that were rem
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