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Sept. 20, 2006 - To Be Continued ...

Sept. 25-28 2006

This machine was a pleasure to work on. It was full of odd parts and pieces - some not even part of the game. Otherwise, after removing all the chaff from inside, the game was in very good condition. A basic once over, contact clean and adjust, some gunked-up stepper assemblies, and a good clean and wax brought this game back to life.

Some persuasion was required to remove the shooter. It had rusted pretty bad and would budge. A session with the wire brush, some new springs, and good as new.

The coin door had been bent pretty bad but fell back in shape quite nicely after a little persuasion, some de-rusting, and some elbow grease.

The player up stepper wasn't advancing or enabling the correct player or lights. A good contact cleaning solved much of it. The stepper arm was gunked. Also, the player 3 rivet was not making contact with the circuit board. A little sand paper and solder solved that.

Cleaning the playfield: Wax On - Wax Off .

And here's the finished Nip-It Pinball.

Additional info ( not shown )

• Repaired bally gator ( was stuck - had to fully disassemble and removed all grease )
• Replaced all rubbers and lamps.
• Cleaned and adjusted all contacts in lower cabinet
• Cleaned all score reels and repaired as needed.
• Degreased the cabinet to removed staining from age.
• Sealed backglass with triple thick to preserve.
• Resoldered multiple bulb sockets
• Total Time - about 35 hours