![]() This seemed like a good place to start on the machine. One of the first things mentioned to me by the owner was he wanted the batteries removed off the CPU board. I have no doubt a few extra things will pop up along the way (they always do) as I work my way through the machine. There are some marks which I should be able to clean up.Īfter having a look over the machine and making notes on parts that would be required for the rebuild, I put together a few orders so I could get under way with the repair & service. The side cabinet art isn’t too bad either given the machines age. The shooter rod has seen better days and will benefit from a good service. I’ll see what I can do about some nice pricing plates too. The owner has asked me to clean this up and give it a face lift. There are 2 bolts missing from the coin door and also some pop rivets in the coin entry housing. There are no pricing / instruction plates on the apron, but I should be able to print off some nice ones to lift the machines presentation. I am a bit concerned the one on the apron may lift some of the Williams apron art off, so will need to be careful when doing it. The owner has requested they come off, so i’ll be removing them when the time comes. The old company that used to route the machine has “kindly” placed their sticker on the apron and also on the lower right drain on the playfield. If anyone has some pieces that might suit, let me know and I can pass the details on to the owner. I will keep an eye out for any replacement plastics though, so the owner has the option to buy them if desired. I won’t be replacing any of the plastics during this service, although I will clean what’s there and also flatten out some of the warping. It’s obvious the game has taken quite a beating in its past. The biggest visual problem I could level at the machine (looking past the filth build up) are the broken plastics. The display is perfect and translite in good condition. Back box GI looks to be good though and I like the use of #455 flash bulbs behind the storm cloud on the translite. There are a few globes running on the top half of the playfield, but everything in the bottom half is off. The first thing that stands out with the machine is a lot of the GI on the playfield is out. After a solid clean up, it’s going to run so nicely for many years to come. All things considered, it’s not in bad shape and is in good hands with it’s owner. The machine is a container pin from a few years ago now. Once complete, it’s going to be hard to let the owner take it home.įirst I’ll start with a quick overview. Whirlwind is a great game and I’m very excited to be working on it. I don’t have plans to do any board work and the owner has a few requests on specific things he wants addressed, which i’ll be following. ![]() I’ll be doing my usual rebuilding and cleaning of all assemblies, along with fixing any game play issues and giving the machine a bit of a face lift along the way. How could I refuse? □ This isn’t a restore but also not a simple service either. The universe has other ideas though and through a chance message, I was asked if I could work on some machines that needed a bit of TLC, with Whirlwind being first on the list. I’m always on the look out for a new Pinball project to work on as I love giving them a new lease on life, but pickings have been slim lately. A good way to continue working on pinball machines (without going broke buying them), is to work on other peoples machines and bestow to them the same love I give mine (the machines that is, not the owners.).
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