I finished putting everything back on the Baby Pac playfield, including the flippers with new yellow rubbers. :) Before I attempted to put the new drop targets in, I searched online to see if there was any info out there explaining how to do it. I didn’t want to risk screwing something up. I couldn’t find anything, so I just flew by the seat of my pants (wooHoo!). I’m writing this post as a tutorial in hopes it might help the next guy searching for the same thing.

This would have been a lot easier with 2 people! I had to hold the playfield up on it’s side the whole time I did this. :( Too bad my wife wasn’t home yet.

Tools/stuff needed:

  • Phillips head screwdriver
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  • Needle nose pliers
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  • 1/4″ nut driver
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  • Fingers - get as many as you can. I have a whole jar of ‘em for emergencies.
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  • Bandaids for above
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  • 5 New drop targets from PBResource.com - $4/each.
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Instructions

1. Turn playfield on it’s side (duh)

2. Here’s the drop target bank:

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The bottom of that picture is actually the back end of the playfield (opposite flippers). Remove the two screws that I circled.

3. Here’s the other side:
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Remove the 6 circled screws - 2 of them are phillips, and the rest are hex heads.

4. Remove the two metal plates and it will give you access to the inside.
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5. Start with the drop target on the end. Knock it down if it isn’t already, then push all the others up to get them out of your way. Remove the spring for one target from the metal rod so it’s still attached to the target.

6. Pull the drop target down a little so you can work on it.
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7. Remove the lock washer at the end with pliers.
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8. On some of mine, the post holding the drop target fell right out. On others I had to push on the end to take it out. Here’s one of them:
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9. Remove the drop target from the metal arm thingy:
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10. The target is now free…pull it out.

11. Put the new target in the same way the old one came out, but be careful not to grab the top. By now your hands are going to be pretty greasy.

12. When you have all the targets back in, put the metal bottom pieces back on, lining up all the guide arms (or whatever they are called). This part was a bit tricky by myself.

Here they are on mine after I finished. :)

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I’m very close to being done with this…the only thing I have left to do is to replace the bulbs on the underside. Here’s a couple of shots of the top done:

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