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Playmatic Speakeasy EM - How much to keep original
pmowry:
Hello,
My wife bought me a 4-Player Playmatic SpeakEasy EM http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=2269 for $150 from a local guy who did not have time to fix it as my 1st pinball machine. I was going to start a thread for my repairs, but let me know if it would be better on another forum. Anyway it had problems ejecting the ball because of loose screws and rails that should have been over some tabs were under instead and they were blocking it. So after fixing that and installing a $30 bag of rubber rings it is playable and everything seems to work except for a few lights. Playfield is in good condition as far as I can tell, but the backbox and glass are in bad shape.
The power plug is wrapped in black tape. Pulling that off, it is because the white plastic plug is cracked all the way through along one of the prongs. I was going to cut it off and put a basic new plug from Ace hardware, but this looks like the original to me. I cant find much information about this machine. Is there enough value to this machine to try and salvage this plug and any other parts I'd normally just cut and replace? I has going to drill out the lock on the backbox (coin door lock is already missing), but maybe I should learn to pick it instead. That's the type of stuff going through my brain.
So is this a type of machine I should do a careful restore with the prospect of reselling, or the type no one cares about and just be as careful as I want to be for the learning experience?
Thank you,
-Patrick
pbj:
Make sure backbox key isn't hanging on the back of the coin door.
Replace the power cord and throw away the old one.
Probably not worth a ton but enjoy your game and try not to permanently alter it.
TipsyMcStagger:
Definitely replace the power plug. Playmatics aren't highly regarded so won't be worth too much regardless but as long as you enjoy fixing and playing it that's all that matters.
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pmowry:
Thanks for the feedback. Unfortunately no key inside. I'll search here and other forums on what to do/not to do. But I'm sure I'll have plenty of questions.
If anyone is interested I may start a thread about it here. But for now I just setup a server at home to track the progress. I need to see how to get wordpress to link the thumbnails in the posts to the larger image in the media library, but it will do for now.
http://projects.pmowry.dyndns.org
pinball1234:
I have a speakeasy pinball machine but missing the backglass. Can anyone provide a high res photo of their backglass of the speakeasy pinball by playmatic?
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