Tag: pinball restoration
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Repopulating Space Mission
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EM work
Pushing hard to get Space Mission finished this weekend and organizing parts for Spanish Eyes. Working on EMs is fun.
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Space Mission playfield restoration complete
Last night I finished buffing and polishing the Space Mission. It had been two months since sanding and doing a medium cut buff, which was more than a month after the last round of clear was applied. I was hoping that waiting longer for the clear to cure and using a better tool would give…
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Tumble time for Space Mission parts
Pulled the Space Mission rollover switch wires out of the tumbler and cleaned them up. They were super yucky before and now they are shiny. Then I put all of the Spanish Eyes metal into the tumbler to get that started. I also spent some time organizing Space Mission stuff to see what I have…
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Plugging away at Shadow
While Z worked on Spanish Eyes (see other post), E and I worked on tearing down Shadow. It’s really a crime how i’ve let this machine sit idly for so long. I had previously removed most everything from the lower playfield up to the diverter ramps, but this machine is complicated and daunting so i…
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Spanish Eyes teardown
Middle-oldest was looking for a way to earn some money over the weekend so I paid him to teardown Spanish Eyes. He removed everything that could be removed without messing with the underside of the playfield—including the apron and ball trough parts—and sorted out the pieces for me. He was a little grossed out by…
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Sticking 10s score unstuck, and other Spanish Eyes troubleshooting
When I went out last night to show Allison the machine, it no longer started a game and when I got one started, as soon as a 10s score happened the match unit coil would lock on. Found the 10s relay and adjusted the leaf switches. Unfortunately one is very oddly bent from some prior…
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First repairs on Spanish Eyes
No pretty photos today but i got started with the most obvious problems. The lock relay power had come unsoldered so I reconnected it and adjusted the switches on that relay. They were totally jacked but working right now. Also examined and adjusted the score reels and relays. Resoldered a wire on the 100s and…
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New pin: Spanish Eyes
So happy to have this machine. Drove all the way to a town North of Milwaukee to get it and overpaid a bit, but it’s worth it to me. There is a lot of work to do to get this thing playing right, but i think it will probably only take a couple of weeks…