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cmrl9

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I have been collecting bits for my Ghostbusters Pro to do a full strip down, re-rubber and clean.

Started today....

Managed to get a full set of New Old stock plastics, a couple where broken in the machine, will change all the plastics that arn't rivited.


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Cleaned the left sling area and polished all the metal with Autosol....

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Looking much better, mmmmmm shiny metal.......


yuk filthy flipper bats, worse than I thought and faded
 
The rails where black, well almost, so not a bad result
 
When you make a stupid mistake and order the wrong 7/16 rings.... I double checked didnt realise there are two :(

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Where can you get Titan rubbers, as imported a load of parts, then remembered @David retro stocks them at Retro arcade

purchased the correct size , some new flipper bats and something else, hoepfully will arrive soon, awaiting also a delivery from Marco
 
Started with new plastics and bought some sort of Ghostbusters fix kit, supposed to stop the ball jumping over the lanes, and puts a centre post (optional) im going to try it.PXL_20231002_173240682.jpgPXL_20231002_185237002.jpg
 
I’ve got to be careful Chris, as last time I followed one of your shop logs i ended up buying a LOTR though that shop log was a bit more in-depth (to say the least😂)
 
I’ve got to be careful Chris, as last time I followed one of your shop logs i ended up buying a LOTR though that shop log was a bit more in-depth (to say the least😂)
lol, well at least it's a great game, imagine following an avatar shop log and then buying.

I'm a bit more experienced now, there no way I would do some of the things I did with LOTR, although to be honest it was in pretty bad shape. Ghostbusters is mainly only dirty, there no salt damage on all the metal. It's also in some ways simpler to work on.

I do have a ton more pictures, but there pretty boring, there not that much to the bottom half of Ghostbusters on the pro.

This one to complete will take some time, I'm working on the playfield first, then collecting more bits for the underneath. I'm leaning towards a total mech rebuild as it's had about 8,000 games 🤣

But will play it in between and time it with work holidays
 
All plastics cleaned and polished with novus 2 and then novus clean and shine, except the new plastics, only clean and shine.

Bolts and washers cleaned with autosol
 
I’ve got to be careful Chris, as last time I followed one of your shop logs i ended up buying a LOTR though that shop log was a bit more in-depth (to say the least😂)
Well you can't go wrong with Ghostbusters, personally I think the pro is better, the magnet slings are too unpredictable, Slimer on the pro seems to stop the ball going straight down the middle from launch ( I seem to remember the premium slimer resting place is different, but I might be wrong, Ive only played the premium at chief coffee and it was a while ago) and it's less cluttered.if you tweek the ball saves and settings it's a great game. It's the only game my wife has shown any interest in, as in she will play it, and my youngest and non pinball friends seem to like it.

It is set to a minute ball save, which keeps the 7 year old engaged and the wife not frustrated.

Unlike twighlight zone where my youngest had one go, because it's difficult and set up stock, doesn't want to play it again. Although to be honest twighlight zone is a little tricky and the theme of zero interest to most people
 
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now ghostbusters gets the prestigious award of having the worst least accessible rubbber ive seen...

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The big long one under the plastic.


The only way to get to it is to take apart absolutly everything including slimer for ********* sake



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the god damn awful rubber
 
now I forgot how much I hate pop bumbers, had to get the soldering iron out to get the things apart, the skirts where all chiped and looking rubbish

and then relaised they needed a total rebuild :( a Marco order, I had got skirts and case, however im not putting crap back in for the sake of a couple of days, the whole lot had to be removed to change anyway
 
reassembling...


Started cleaning plastics ready for the machine


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Shiny ball guide thing :)


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Firestation polished and ready

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Before.....


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After looking nice.,,,



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Skyline back in...



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Filth.... need to clean




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Looking nice and clean....



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Rubber of doom back in.....




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Goza back to zap you all....


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Lane guides back in new rubbers and clean..




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Begining to take shape






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PKE guard in :)


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Fed ex didnt turn up today although some bits from retro turned up, just not the second order I actually needed :rofl: hoepfully northern Ireland finest postal service 24 hours = 48 at least will turn up tommorow.

The fed ex bits I need desperately, still have the dreaded ramp to dismantle and clean which will take some time and some other bits of plastics, don't think there's much more I can add back into the machine until the bits arrive except the new flipper bats that did turn up today from retro. :)
 
Delivery arrived lots of different bits, fitted all captive ballls with Silverjet


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Disamtled Rick plastics and cleaned all the parts




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All parts to rebuild all the pop bumbers


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Had issues with the LED,s what a pain pop bumbers are....



Asembled Green skirt with clear green housing to represent slime...

looking nice




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Chrome plated pops....


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Changed the flipper bats, big difference between left and right......

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Fitted looking nice



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All small rubbers in pink, looking nice...

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Pops looking nice

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Storage factilty plastic assembled and on the machine.....


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sigourney plaatic fitted


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Started work on ramps they are dirty...

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more dirt


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even more dirt


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Side blades fitted

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Ramps on and working


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