So I was given this pinball machine for free from a neighbor. He had it out front with a sign that said free and at first I didn’t think anything of it and ignored it for most of the day but then my curiosity got the best of me and I finally went over and asked about it later that night. He said it was working but then just stopped but no one had messed with it to figure out why. This was the key reason that made me say I’d take it because I didn’t want someone else’s problems. When I got the machine is was pretty beat up as you can see in the picture to the left. It looked like it was left out somewhere damp like a garage because the wood had swelled up slightly in spots. I was able to get it to turn on by simply cleaning some contacts and since then I have started a full blown project by cleaning the machine and all the little spring switch contacts but

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