Theatre of magic

 

Star Trek left the building to day and I got an AC/DC and an Attack from Mars instead. The Teathre of Magic looks a bit empty. I disassembled the upper side of the playfield until I came to the pop bumpers and it’s so much easier to work with those when the playfield is out of the cabinet. Having it outside also gives easier access to all other mechanisms at the lower side for disassembly and cleaning.

 

These bumpers have taken some serious beating and will be rebuilt with new skirts and bodies, the right one also need a new lamp socket. It’s quite common that the leads break on these but repairing it with wires as it has been done here isn’t the best solution.

 

This bumper have been taken apart and then been reassembled the wrong way round, the metal yoke should be at the other side of the fiber yoke, it did also miss the rod washers. Another of the bumpers had a broken metal yoke, the three bumpers really need an overhaul.

 

 

This is another reason for taking out the playfield, the front left corner of the cabinet has cracked. I think it’s just the leg and leg bracket that keeps it together. One of the side rails are also lose and I need to remove of the back box to reattach it. It will be easier to take care of the broken corner when the cabinet is all naked so it will have to wait for a while.

 

This is a bit odd. Someone has cut the cables to the coin switches and attached another cable that goes through a small PCB which is then wired in to the driver board in the top box. I haven’t got a clue of why this has been done, I will reconnect the switches as they should be and get it to work the proper way.