The pinball restorations continue! 1978 Gottlieb Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Part 1

[@whatevernamegoeshere3644]

I love seeing into them so much. They are beautiful

[@AnthonyPresley-l8f]

This was my first pinball. Pretty fun game

[@pezjohnson]

Looks great, Max. It's always amazing how much a simple cleaning can go a long way to make the game look better. I have to second the "No Grease" usage on the coil mechs. Take those sling shots and flipper assemblies apart and clean. No Grease on metal to nylon. Only metal on metal needs any greasing. Go to the Williams Phoenix game and rebuild those flippers for practice. Gottlieb Flippers are more complicated. Clean, not grease. Also the bullet style bulbs are a nice touch, although not necessary. Lastly, the coil sleeve for the knocker is incorrect style. The longer sleeve is usually necessary so the plunger doesn't wiggle free. But terrific job so far. Looking forward to the rest of this and the Phoenix videos.

[@MaxsGarage]

Thanks for the tips. I’ve had to disassemble coils on the Phoenix when fixing its drop targets so cleaning the plunger and inner part of the sleeve on the flipper coil should be no problem. I saw that the coil sleeve on the new knocker coil was shorter but I manually moved the knocker and it seemed secure. I’ll replace it if it becomes a problem.

[@pezjohnson]

@@MaxsGarage it looks great so far

[@delirve12]

Please do not grease the flipper plungers! Over time it will gum back up with the coil dust and other debris from the flipper mechanism. Installing a new coil sleeve should go a long way. No lubricant needed as the coil sleeve is nylon and is self lubricating

[@MaxsGarage]

Got it. Cleaned up the plunger/sleeve and it operates smoothly.

[@delirve12]

@@MaxsGarageexcellent work! You are doing a great job

[@insightoftheages5571]

3d print posts..

[@MaxsGarage]

I looked online but couldn't find a STL for that specific post.