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My Pinball Playfield Swap - Stargate - All Electronics Done!
Buddabing:
I've removed one of the two screws whose heads broke off while I was tightening them. For now I'm going to leave the other screw alone.
I first removed all metal parts around the screw in question. There were several. Next, I used a magnetic stud finder to locate the screw. Next, I drilled down on the underside of the playfield. I hit the screw on the first try. :) Finally, I gradually widened and deepened the screw hole until I could get the ends of some needle nose vise grips on the screw.
Once the screw was out, I filled the hole with wood putty. It'll have to sit for a couple of days before I can put all the parts back that I had to remove.
In the meantime, it's time to work on the cabinet body.
Buddabing:
This picture shows the cabinet stripped of most of the wiring. The challenge will be to clean the transformers and power supply (not shown) without breaking anything, and to get all the nasty black dirt out of the cabinet.
ChadTower:
That's some serious kickass work. :notworthy:
Buddabing:
Progress on two fronts. First, I stripped out all the wiring harnesses in the cabinet. I also took off a lot of parts from the sides of the cabinet in preparation of painting the cabinet. Then I sanded. Finally I put on three coats of black semi-gloss latex paint.
Buddabing:
I put the wiring harness into place. I've also repopulated all the light sockets and screwed them into place. Some of the leaf switches may have been broken by the dishwasher, we'll see if that is the case.
They say that the wiring harness has "memory" and that the sockets will naturally line up. That is mostly true. There is one tricky area which has seven sockets in a circle that I can't tell which socket goes where. Worse, these seven sockets are soldered to the ground braid. We'll see if I got them right when I start testing.
Next up I need to make sure everything is connected right. There are probably some more parts I should reorder, including those leaf switches. I also have to repopulate the fuses. Of course all the fuses look exactly the same but have different ratings.
I opened up the box of miscellaneous old parts that I got from the guy I bought the machine from, and there were some flipper bats in it.
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