Hey peeps
I could NEVER come close to @newdos restoration.
This is more of a Gaz special wipe round with a rag
I've taken pics from the tear down so thought I may as well stick em on here. May help someone along the way. Who knows.
So the story with this one.....
Advertised here
http://www.pinballinfo.com/community/threads/williams-whitewater-£2600-ono.28762/#post-132135
After a bit of back and forward I managed to settle a deal with m the seller.
John (the seller) was by his own admission, not an enthusiast and knew nothing expect he wanted to sell it.
All credit to him for having the noggin to signup and advertise here and give us the chance to buy it as opposed to throwing it to the wolves on eBay.
So The moon and the stars aligned and Martin was able to collect and deliver on the same day, 2 days after instructing him
It arrives on Wednesday and I go over it quickly.
Here's the faults
4x GI fuses blown so very dark!!
No topper lights (I haven't looked yet but assume they're all blown, they look a bit silver!!!)
Batteries completely dead and looking a bit leaky but not beyond the battery holder.
Absolutely ****ing minging dirty, like the dirtiest pin I've ever had!!
Balls were almost sharp they were that ****ing rusty (queue smut comments)
Turned it on and ball popper is constantly firing so assuming bad opto somewhere
Whirlpool switch doesn't register so impossible to progress game and thus constant lost mine multiball every time you shoot the whirlpool as the first switch registered is the mine.
Flippers weak and generally needs a bit of tlc.
Please note I'm not lambasting the seller. He has been very accommodating since highlighting the problems.
So as it's unplayable, thought I might as well crack on stripping it down.
Sorry about the pics, still in the iPhone
And they're a little repetitive and boring as they're for my reference. I hadn't really planned on doing a shop log but I'm bored at work so thought sod it.
Whirlpool!!! More like black hole
Jobs to do:
Clean everything
Shot gun al the optos. Thanks to @myPinballs ive got a slack handful of them
Rebuild flippers with new parts
Replace cracked Boulder thanks to @Mfresh
I've got some LEDs to put in the tricky to reach spots
Re rubber
New chase lights in topper
Glue the fur back on Bigfoot
Remote battery holder
I think that should be it. It should clean up nice
The cab itself is very nice and unfaded.
More to follow.
I could NEVER come close to @newdos restoration.
This is more of a Gaz special wipe round with a rag
I've taken pics from the tear down so thought I may as well stick em on here. May help someone along the way. Who knows.
So the story with this one.....
Advertised here
http://www.pinballinfo.com/community/threads/williams-whitewater-£2600-ono.28762/#post-132135
After a bit of back and forward I managed to settle a deal with m the seller.
John (the seller) was by his own admission, not an enthusiast and knew nothing expect he wanted to sell it.
All credit to him for having the noggin to signup and advertise here and give us the chance to buy it as opposed to throwing it to the wolves on eBay.
So The moon and the stars aligned and Martin was able to collect and deliver on the same day, 2 days after instructing him
It arrives on Wednesday and I go over it quickly.
Here's the faults
4x GI fuses blown so very dark!!
No topper lights (I haven't looked yet but assume they're all blown, they look a bit silver!!!)
Batteries completely dead and looking a bit leaky but not beyond the battery holder.
Absolutely ****ing minging dirty, like the dirtiest pin I've ever had!!
Balls were almost sharp they were that ****ing rusty (queue smut comments)
Turned it on and ball popper is constantly firing so assuming bad opto somewhere
Whirlpool switch doesn't register so impossible to progress game and thus constant lost mine multiball every time you shoot the whirlpool as the first switch registered is the mine.
Flippers weak and generally needs a bit of tlc.
Please note I'm not lambasting the seller. He has been very accommodating since highlighting the problems.
So as it's unplayable, thought I might as well crack on stripping it down.
Sorry about the pics, still in the iPhone
And they're a little repetitive and boring as they're for my reference. I hadn't really planned on doing a shop log but I'm bored at work so thought sod it.
Whirlpool!!! More like black hole
Jobs to do:
Clean everything
Shot gun al the optos. Thanks to @myPinballs ive got a slack handful of them
Rebuild flippers with new parts
Replace cracked Boulder thanks to @Mfresh
I've got some LEDs to put in the tricky to reach spots
Re rubber
New chase lights in topper
Glue the fur back on Bigfoot
Remote battery holder
I think that should be it. It should clean up nice
The cab itself is very nice and unfaded.
More to follow.
