Tag: taxi
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Scraping ain’t going to work
Tried scraping the playfield but that isn’t going to work. Will have to sand it down completely.
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My Taxi playfield is a mess
I am finally trying to make some headway with this playfield. It’s such a colossal mess. The short version is that some previous owner sprayed Varathane (or similar) clear coat all over the playfield but did so without removing much of anything. Posts, metal, leaf switches, etc all got sprayed. Not only is it grossly…
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Repopulating Sinbad and getting aggressive with the Taxi playfield
Got everything but the flippers done on Sinbad over the weekend. My oldest helped a bit on Saturday and that was fun. Got the Taxi playfield back on the rotisserie and started messing with it. Got some good results from a green scrubby and citrus degreaser. I’m bound to remove some good paint too but…
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Big Guns and Taxi work
Still troubleshooting Big Guns. Getting some good help from Pinside on that but it’s terribly slow going and I feel confused about everything. In the meantime I got some LED strips from Comet that I plan to place under the cannon plastics in Big Guns to help light that area and the upper part of…
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Yet more Taxi teardown
Removed the old pop bumper parts. Everything but the metal parts will be replaced. Now the topside is free of obstruction and I can start cleaning it in earnest.
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More Taxi teardown
Disconnected a bunch of switches, pulled the kicker and catapult arms, and removed light boards. Getting everything that pokes up above the playfield out of the way. Pop bumpers are the only things left.
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Taxi: hardware sorting
All the hardware from Taxi. The top set has been tumble polished and cleaned. The bottom set is organized so I can take an inventory and replace most of it. These kinds of tasks take quite a long time.
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More Taxi teardown
This afternoon I removed the flippers, slingshots, slingshot switches, and both drop target mechs on Taxi. Labeled all wires using the system I developed working on Big Guns. Still need to remove all three pop bumper mechs. May end up removing all mechs as many have rust and tons of grime on them.
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Sad sad Taxi playfield
A few really terrible areas on the playfield. Not even sure what I’m going to do with this playfield. Clean first and reassess.