I accidentally put a thread under general repair so I'm making a new one here. Basically I got my first pin a week ago, a Silverball Mania. Its been sitting for some time, has no playfield glass or back glass (sadly), and the playfield has been touched up badly in the center and covered over in mylar, but is otherwise still there and in somewhat rough shape. The paint is still still on there for the most part.
I'm not worried about making it perfect (maybe down the road), but for now just want to get it working/playable/presentable.
First things first I cleaned it up a bit and vacuumed out the cab. Put any spare pieces/parts I found in a baggie for later. I ordered a rubber kit and the pop bumper caps from Marco, I should have ordered bulbs but I guess I'll get those next. I got a playfield glass and a junk Future Spa glass from Todd/TNT to fill it in for now - the Future Spa glass fits perfectly and has the same display layout.
Next I opened up the head, and removed all the boards and vacuumed that out. The boards are in great shape with no acid damage. The solenoid driver board has had 1-2 repairs but you can tell someone knew what they were doing.
At this point I have to clean up some questionable solder joints, check the voltages, and fire it up if everything looks ok. From there I'll replace most if not all the bulbs with 47s, clean up the playfield and wax, then maybe do some upgrades to the boards/power supply and pray I find a proper backglass down the line.
I'm not worried about making it perfect (maybe down the road), but for now just want to get it working/playable/presentable.
First things first I cleaned it up a bit and vacuumed out the cab. Put any spare pieces/parts I found in a baggie for later. I ordered a rubber kit and the pop bumper caps from Marco, I should have ordered bulbs but I guess I'll get those next. I got a playfield glass and a junk Future Spa glass from Todd/TNT to fill it in for now - the Future Spa glass fits perfectly and has the same display layout.
Next I opened up the head, and removed all the boards and vacuumed that out. The boards are in great shape with no acid damage. The solenoid driver board has had 1-2 repairs but you can tell someone knew what they were doing.
At this point I have to clean up some questionable solder joints, check the voltages, and fire it up if everything looks ok. From there I'll replace most if not all the bulbs with 47s, clean up the playfield and wax, then maybe do some upgrades to the boards/power supply and pray I find a proper backglass down the line.
