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My Pinball Playfield Swap - Stargate - All Electronics Done!
Buddabing:
Here's what the two playfields look like now. There isn't too much left to move. Next step is to move the remaining solenoids and do the decals.
ChadTower:
With all the trouble you're going through, may as well replace the cracked bats. You know that's going to bug you once it's all together.
Buddabing:
I've re-decaled and installed the drop targets and kicker targets. I don't have any pictures of the process. All solenoids have been moved over and installed on the new playfield.
Next up, I need to install new ground wire for the light sockets. It involves stapling some wire into the underside of the playfield. I'm going to borrow an electric upholstery stapler from a seamstress friend of mine, a normal stapler won't work. I'm using picture hanger wire for the wire.
After that will be the sheared-off screw repair. I bought a magnetic screw finder to precisely locate the screw. I also got some needle-nose vice grips.
My new plastics have arrived. Replacements for everything I broke are included in the package. So dropping the playfield did not cause any permanent damage except to my wallet.
Buddabing:
The harness is in the dishwasher now, wish me luck..............
I arranged the harness so that the fuse holders and the mesh surrounding part of the wire bundle went into the top shelf of the dishwasher.
Pictures will be forthcoming.
Buddabing:
Here are the pictures of the wiring harness, in the dishwasher and after I took it out. In retrospect, it probably would have been better to unsolder the leaf switches and clean those off by hand. Also, it definitely would have been better to remove all the light bulbs. Water got into the larger sockets anyway. The #67 sockets had water in them after removing them from the dishwasher. The #44 sockets had what looked like dried water spots like you see on glasses. I did not use Jet-Dry in the dishwasher, maybe I should have. I ended up removing all bulbs and cleaning the sockets out with my Pinball Resource socket cleaning stick.
While I was running the dishwasher it started making some funny noises. Maybe one of the wires was obstructing one of the propellers. Oh well, the wife hates that dishwasher anyway.
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