Zaccaria Magic Castle Refurbishing project - Part III!

MAGIC CASTLE (SS) 1984 - CABINET REFURBISHING


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Flipper buttons and credit button need a good cleaning since it has accumulated a lot of dirt here throughout all the years.


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Grinding of switches for the flipper buttons.


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Polishing the side rails with Autosol and sides of the cabinet with furniture polish.


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Cleaning of the side rails where the playfield glass is attached with a tops soaked in acetone, this is a area which always gather a lot of dirt.


COIN DOOR


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A switch is used to add credits and is activated when the coin return button is pushed.


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The cables at the coin door was connected to a small circuit board with three blue cubes. The red wire to the circuit board as seen in the picture is +12V voltage supply taken from the power board and the yellow / blue wire is ground. I think this circuit board has been used as some sort of counter, so I removed it and connected the cables according to the electrical diagram.


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Service Credit Push Button was loose in the cabinet so I solder the wires according to electrical diagram. After this was resolved, I could add credits by pressing the coin return button and start a new game via the start button.


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Coin door was in pretty good condition without any rust but the lid for coin return was missing.


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Polishing of the coin door with Autosol.


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New lamps installed in coin door. I found signs for different coin values.


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Coin door after cleaning and polishing with Autosol.


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A funny detail is that the original lock with Zaccaria key was still present in the coin door.


COIN DOOR STICKER


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I assume Zaccaria ship their second generation pinball machines from the factory with the sticker added on the coin door. Thanks to David, who has reproduced the sticker.


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Zaccaria sticker attached to the coin door.


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Now is the coin door complete and shine nicely in the game room.


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Now can the playfield be lifted into the cabinet again and it is almost time for a test play, shall be really fun!



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