what most destroyed pins have been saved?

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what most-destroyed pins have been saved?

My EK pin was missing the head box and all of the internals, and the legs when I got it. Thanks to RGZGRIP (I'm pretty sure that's his handle anyway) and others, I now have the head box frame and one replacement wire harness. The other harness I will probably have to rebuild with solder and shrink wrap, because it's the one that goes to the playfield and I would imagine that would be a rough one to replace.

I'm hoping to find the other parts for this game as Evel Knievel was a huge influence on me as a kid and I don't want to bail on the project.

It just made me wonder what other pins have been saved that many might have considered "too far gone" initially.
 
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When I picked up my OXO it was dead, the playfield was COVERED in rat poop, all the kickouts were gummed up with poop and insulation, and tons of things were disconnected. So far I've cleaned it up, brought it back to life enough that the score reels reset properly, but it still won't launch a ball for play. I have yet to do a full cleaning of all the contacts, but once I do I think it will clear up a few more issues.

I really can't wait to get this one restored as it seems like a really fun game.
 
My first pin Charlie's Angels most would have passed on and called it dead due to the time/cash investment necessary. If I didn't count the fact that I offset most of my parts expenditures with profit on other sales, then I spent a small fortune restoring it!

By counting the offset funds though, I ended up breaking even or being slightly to the good when I sold it off.
 
a bally lost world.,replaced lock down bar and holder,a ton of bulbs,legs,some fried coils.still needs a speaker, back glass and dont know what boards it may need just lights up now.playing field had a lot of mice poop on it just pretty gross.
 
When I picked up my OXO it was dead, the playfield was COVERED in rat poop, all the kickouts were gummed up with poop and insulation, and tons of things were disconnected. So far I've cleaned it up, brought it back to life enough that the score reels reset properly, but it still won't launch a ball for play. I have yet to do a full cleaning of all the contacts, but once I do I think it will clear up a few more issues.

I really can't wait to get this one restored as it seems like a really fun game.

EWwwwwwwwwwwwww. Did they chew up any of the wires?
 
I seem to remember hearing of a game that Dokert saved that needed all of the wiring re-attached where a harness had been sawed through. Am I thinking of the right person?
 
I like restoring dead machines and part out candidates.

I do too, and I wish I had more time to do it. It is an incredibly rewarding feeling every time you finish a significant step in the process.

Just the thought that you I am able to turn something from trash into a desirable, useful item gives me a warm fuzzy feeling.
 
i tried to get a gottlieb volcano unsuccessfully.
it had no boards, no plastics, no legs, back glass trashed.
guy was asking $150 , lol i talked to him initially getting a response but when i started offerring to take it off his hands for less if it didnt sell on ebay (which it didnt) he stopped responding. i planned on it being a project obvously. depending on who you ask it might not have been worth buying the parts to rebuild, so i was gonna buy another gottlieb system 80 parts machine, since i needed a hart to find inner back glass and a few small parts for a mars god of war any who.
i just didnt know if i liked the machine or not so i didnt wanna spend a bunch for a complete one by the time u add in shipping/transport this one was semi local.

ohwell got a gottlieb haunted house to work on instead, cost more but def better pin, and def in better shape! lol!
 
Gottlieb Haunted House: I had to replace the back box top, the cabinet bottom, backglass, all the boards, some wiring, some coils, bulbs and rubber bands. It took a while, but was well worth it.
 
Gottlieb Haunted House: I had to replace the back box top, the cabinet bottom, backglass, all the boards, some wiring, some coils, bulbs and rubber bands. It took a while, but was well worth it.

This was very interesting to hear, PP, considering the bottom of my EK playfield cabinet is in tact, but it probably would be a good idea to replace one day in the future. I may have to hear how you did this as I have not yet looked it over to see how it's attached in place etc.
 
This was very interesting to hear, PP, considering the bottom of my EK playfield cabinet is in tact, but it probably would be a good idea to replace one day in the future. I may have to hear how you did this as I have not yet looked it over to see how it's attached in place etc.

The bottom of HH was tongue and groove with the cabinet sides. The bottom had deteriorated so bad, I removed the transformer and hit it three times with a hammer and out it came. I then chiseled back part of the edge, made a new piece from 3/4 inch oak plywood, then glued and nailed back into place. I'm sure there are better methods of replacing, but this worked for me and I did not have to worry about redoing the side artwork.
 
My Black Hole was sans driver board, cpu, most of the solenoids, most of the displays, the ball shooter, pop bumper caps, plexi window, pop bumper boards, lots of the wires had been hacked or chewed up, missing the knocker, card edge connector for the credit display and the back of the cab had removed itself from the rest of the cab.

But the back glass is perfect and the only playfield ware is around the new plexi and between the top 3 pops.

Runs great its my favorite so far.
 
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