In Progress Road Show Restoration

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Whist the boards were out of the game, I took the opportunity to give them a clean and service.
First job was to install some nvram.

Next, the bridge rectifiers were replaced along with all the capacitors on the power driver board and mpu board.

I also re-flowed all the solder on the connectors and changed out both of the GI connectors as they were slightly burnt, before re-fitting them back in the game.



The side rails and back box hinges also went back on.

When I stripped the cabinet, I dismantled the coin door and had that power coated along with all the other parts at the same time.

When it comes to rebuilding the coin door once it’s been freshly coated, the hinge can be quite hard to move.

I find the best way to get it moving freely again is to clamp the hinge in a vice and slowly move the door backwards and forwards, moving down the length of the hinge until it’s fully free.
It can then be put back together and fitted back into the cabinet.
I also added replace my decals to the the down mechanism.



Now the cabinet is done, I can get the playfield in the rotisserie and start the strip down to see what needs doing

 

[Ant-H]

I made a got start on stripping the playfield down so I could give it a good clean.

First job was to remove the wire form so I can take that to the platers.

Once that was off, everything else was removed from the playfield. All the metal parts will go in the tumbler for a few days to shine them all up.


Now that everything’s removed you can really see the years dirt build and ball trails all over the playfield.
However you can also see that a new PF was definitely not needed on this game, as after a good clean and polish, I think it will look great.


The last 2 parts to removed were Red and Ted. I’ll dismantle, service/replace any broken parts and then rebuild them as both had issues with either theirs eyes or mouth prior to the restoration.