Restore Progress - Gottlieb Bronco

[MilitiaMan]

Picked this up from a local Craigslister for 80 bucks. It is filthy, but starting to make some progress.

I figure posting here will keep me motivated to finish it quickly. Please follow along!

Started out really filthy! It was actually worse than this when I started, but I cleaned it up a bit as I was pulling parts off.



After a few Magic Erasers and a lot of denatured alcohol, here is where we wound up.



And then finally, 3 coats of wax and replacement of a few badly damaged posts.



Now ready to start tumbling metal and putting things back together!

Thanks for looking.

Steve
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[Redland Man]

Looking good.

[k7]

dirt protects paint. i'll take dirty over clean with a rusty pinball anyday.

looks nice.

[VanManDan]

what a difference!!! looking good!

[busa32927]

how did you do the rings around the inserts in the middle.  good looking so far

[jmsvero]

Looking good.
jeff

[MilitiaMan]

how did you do the rings around the inserts in the middle.  good looking so far

Black Sharpie paint pen and a VERY steady hand. I try not to get too carried away with touch up work as I am not an artist. If it is something simple like a circle or a straight line, I'll touch it up. Otherwise, I generally leave it alone.

Thanks for all of the kind and motivational words, everyone. I'll get back it again this weekend!

Steve
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[VanManDan]

You could use vinyl decals to cover each one, as long as the surface was smooth.

to bad the lower playfield registration is off a smidgen.

[MilitiaMan]

Wow. I can't believe it has taken me since June to finish this! What a lazy bastard I've become!!!

Anyway, the playfield restoration is done and it looks like a brand new machine.

But, I'm having a problem. This game was 100% working before I tore the playfield apart. Anyone know what might be wrong?



Steve
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Steve
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[MilitiaMan]

That is supposed to be a video. What the hell?

http://s731.photobucket.com/user/Militiaman23/media/A0373B34-77A2-40E8-B66B-3A8CA55C9D74_zpsbpscv3lv.mp4.html


Steve
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[FUNWIZ]

The white wire with the red orange stripe on the C23 coil stack D is closed stuck and needs adjustment, open it up and it should play fine. 

[MilitiaMan]

I've looked at every wire in here and I don't see one that matches that color.

I found Coil Stack D (Ball Shooter Relay) but there are no wires in that stack that match that color and all of the switches on Stack D are open.

I hate these old machines. They smell like dead people inside.

Steve
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Steve
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[Weeze]

don't get me wrong here, not trying to sound like a smart ass........ so whats locked on? find what is and what it does and that should take you to something that aint gapped right.

[MilitiaMan]

No worries on the smart ass ... I'm the first to admit that I know very little about the inner workings of an EM machine.

That said, I have no idea what is locked on. It's not obvious by simply looking at the playfield.




Steve
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[FUNWIZ]

Hope your bringing it to FPF, just make sure all the parts in the correct place, I'll tune it up.

In the mean time, check under the playfield, you'll see this ratchet unit, check both coils making sure they move freely, and its resets all the way to home position, it should have these contacts open as shown.   It might need to be lubed to make sure its not sticking.