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Complete White Water shop - It has ended phew!!!!

newdos

newdos

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Hi Guys,

I must be mad, but I have delved straight into my next project the WH20. This beast is a mess to be honest so I think it is going to a lot longer than the FT did. Also I am doing a playfield swap which I have never done before so another first for me!!

Here are a few pics before and the progress I made yesterday so far.

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Filthy light board!!
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And head pretty much stripped

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Cab with playfield out - minging!!!
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All Mechs are filthy
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The jet bumpers have two different lamp holders in them one is a 55 and two 44s ????

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Well on the way through teardown now

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It was proving all too much for Floyd !!!!

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This is as far as I got yesterday - not a bad days work!!!! more to follow soon!

Cheers Kev
 
Good going for a days work. I like to spend at least a day procrastinating the shyte out of everything before I even pick up a tool. Haha.

Can't wait to see your results!
 
And here's me only half way through my first playfield strip after a few weeks. You're definitely a machine Kev. :p
 
replicas said:
It's not a race, it's a passion for owning a beautiful machine.
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True, I think we've all got that in spades. :) (Plus the level of abuse the pin suffered in a former life makes all the difference to how long it takes, or so I've discovered the hard way!)

Kev, are the pics so far of the old playfield? How come you're swapping it? Looks pretty nice to me from the photos.
 
node said:
True, I think we've all got that in spades. :) (Plus the level of abuse the pin suffered in a former life makes all the difference to how long it takes, or so I've discovered the hard way!)

Kev, are the pics so far of the old playfield? How come you're swapping it? Looks pretty nice to me from the photos.
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Look a little more closely, it's a dog.
Eh Kev.
 
Rus121 said:
I like to spend at least a day procrastinating the shyte out of everything before I even pick up a tool.
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It's not procrastination - it's called planning.
node said:
And here's me only half way through my first playfield strip after a few weeks.
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Wow, that's fast. I've been at my Paragon for over a year and still haven't stripped the ruddy playfield!
replicas said:
It's not a race, it's a passion for owning a beautiful machine.
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Thanks @replicas, now coming in last place won't feel like losing :)
node said:
(Plus the level of abuse the pin suffered in a former life makes all the difference to how long it takes, or so I've discovered the hard way!)
Kev, are the pics so far of the old playfield? How come you're swapping it? Looks pretty nice to me from the photos.
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Yeah, that PF looks pretty good to me too! Or did you just get a good deal on a spare PF?
 
Yeah guys the playfield close up is pretty naff. I got a much better 2nd hand playfield in the deal so its going in. Got it from @Paul off here

I need to touch the playfield up a little - anyone know how to get the blue right for the playfield ???
 
How about this for hack - I cant believe it even actually works!!!

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The new chip has literally just been pushed over the top of the old one(presumably knackered) not even soldered on!!!!
 
So @replicas is this stripped far enough ready to swap the loom over to the new playfield then ? Mind I will first be touching the new one up and then clearcoating before I move anything over. At what point is it best to put the blind nuts into the back of the playfield ?

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Carl Spiby said:
I see you avoided revealing the identity of sandal man ;) Is it Andy Netherwood? :p
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I wish carl !!!! No it was my son Matt who was helping me with it for one day - the sandals are mine though - Birkenstocks no less lol!!!!
 
OK a few issues - firstly security torx screws with the pin in the middle - where do I get the tools ? Need them to get the metal light topper of the head and the back box lock as well

Cab is now stripped and bare - what should I do with the base - looks like it has had a bit of water on it at some point ??

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Wooden side rails seem to have had a piece added to the top of them - guess this was because the metal slide rails were knackered. How do these would rails come off as I need to replace them ??

See in pic below

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Found this in the base as well - looks like it has had a few games 120183 to be precise!!!!!

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Lots of 'spare' bits attached to the speaker!!

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And finally for today sanded the head ready for new decals (when I get some) What was the blue paint again was it Peugeot Indigo blue and what colour primer for it ?

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Sand the bottom of the cab,
The wooden side rails are glued and nailed so will need scraper to ping them off.
The paint you need is either Peugeot indigo blue or Peugeot royal blue. Both will do the job.
Grey primer is best to use with blue.
 
Love the hack on the CPU switch matrix. I think the meter is a coin meter and not the number of plays.
 
So is there anyway to fix these inserts or do I just live with them. I know you can get the basic insert decals but some of these have pics on from the playfield as in this one ?

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