Shopin' my indy jones pin

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Doing a deep clean then wax, and rubber kit. And trying to figure out why my mini playfield is not tilting like it should.

Mini playfield is removed and working on cleaning before wax.

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This is a lenec smith cabinet, ccc playfield. Has a nice clearcoat, and factory mylar for most of the playfield.
 
Full rubber kit done. All playfield gi led except trough area

Left flipper adjusted. Playable now.

And left pop bumper is nonfunctional... Never was apparently. Ill work on that later.


It looks sooo much better now... Damn near huo quality


Play is soooo fking fast with new rubbers and a wax...

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Do you see what I see.... Whats missing....

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I will say at around 2pmcst.

It has to do with the mini playfield that is currently not working.
 
Ok a little late...

But the gearbox for the path of adventure is there... But the darn motor was removed

So yay i get to buy a new one :(
 
Curious, when you shopify a pin, how far do you go?
Sure, depends on how ruined or nice it is... but typically...

do you replace...
star posts? lane guides? high voltage contacts (if present)?
entire pop bumper bodies, rings, etc?

brasso the metal ramps and bits?
full flipper rebuilds, down to the bushing and bats?

it seems to be a highly subjective thing, what's a full
shop job and what isn't... also prob depends on if it's
a keeper or a short term flip job (aka Gottliebs -oh damn!).
 
Curious, when you shopify a pin, how far do you go?
Sure, depends on how ruined or nice it is... but typically...

do you replace...
star posts? lane guides? high voltage contacts (if present)?
entire pop bumper bodies, rings, etc?

brasso the metal ramps and bits?
full flipper rebuilds, down to the bushing and bats?

it seems to be a highly subjective thing, what's a full
shop job and what isn't... also prob depends on if it's
a keeper or a short term flip job (aka Gottliebs -oh damn!).

I was just having this conversation with a friend looking to buy his first pin. I told him if they say it was "shopped" ask for a full list of what was done. Some folks think a shop job is putting a new rubber ring kit on it and wiping the playfield down with windex.
 
Curious, when you shopify a pin, how far do you go?
Sure, depends on how ruined or nice it is... but typically...

do you replace...
star posts? lane guides? high voltage contacts (if present)?
entire pop bumper bodies, rings, etc?

brasso the metal ramps and bits?
full flipper rebuilds, down to the bushing and bats?...

I inspect everything.

I wash and clean the hardware.

Plastics get polished, star posts washed and cleaned by hand. As replacements can be of a different color by a few shades.

When cleared, I clean the playfield, Inspect, and touchup if needed, then wax.

I go as far as inspecting all lamp sockets, cleaning or replacing, I will also rework those lamp boards where thr heat from the contacts cause divots in the solder and connectivity is lost.

The flippers, will eventually be rebuilt. I adjusted them in indy and they are fine, one return spring is wrong and will be replaced.

I took them apart, cleaned, and reassembled. Same thing with the coils and sleeves.

Optos cleaned, bridge driver board pulled, all components checked for value, diodes checked.

All boards pulled from backbox and checked for previous signs of work, caps visually checked, if suspect, replaced.

Remote battery mods will be installed.

Cabinet joints inspected, repaired if needed in main cabinet and back box.

Thrn I playtest to find if there are any other areas that require attention.

I have yet to sell a single machine I have acquired.


But no. A shop is not "rubbers and lights"

I inspect it head to toe , fix things once the right way, and not have to worry about bs old operator fixes.

Like coil wires wrapped around the terminal and not even soldered. Bad fuse holders with alumanium foil, or any crap that I would Never let a machine I own have.


Each person is different, but I stay away from flippers.

I can do the work they do, and I enjoy the machine and the challenge.
 
Remote battery mods will be installed.

Consider NVRAM "upgrade" for $15.
I'm a recent convert, myself.
You have to be good at desoldering.

Only draw back is the system clock will no
longer advance when machine is off.
This would adversely affect games that
have the "midnight madness" feature.

Sounds like you do a pretty thorough job!
 
Consider NVRAM "upgrade" for $15.
I'm a recent convert, myself.
You have to be good at desoldering.

Only draw back is the system clock will no
longer advance when machine is off.
This would adversely affect games that
have the "midnight madness" feature.

Sounds like you do a pretty thorough job!

Super caps are also an option
 
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