I put all the plastic parts in the sink with hot water and pine-sol. I probably used too much, but it was about 50% pine-sol..maybe a little less. I let them sit in there for a few hours, and most of the gunk comes off them. Then I hit them with Fantastik or something like that to get the remaining gunk off…most of it is already gone or loose by then. As with most of the arcade related things I do, I got that tip from someone else.

I didn’t do that for the wires but probably could. I’ve used the dishwasher in the past for wiring harnesses and it works great. On this one, the wires are all soldered to leaf switches and I’ll probably just clean them with a rag…at least for the wires going to the control panel.

Another thing that works great on wiring and other dirty parts is Bleche-Wite. It’s a tire cleaner you can get at most auto parts stores. You take whatever you want to clean and put it in your driveway…spray it on and let it sit for a few minutes. It eats away all the dirt. Then spray it with a garden hose and it looks like new. I did this on my Moon Patrol monitor and it looks like a new one:
http://www.noiselandarcade.net/index.php/2007/04/25/moon-patrol-updates/

Make sure you are careful with that adhesive remover…it can also be a skin remover. You have to wear chemical resistant gloves. It’s almost like a stripper.

That’s cool that your plastics came out good. It is a pretty neat trick.

>Did you have to modify the lower posts on the playfield
>that the big Mr. Pac and Ms. Pac attach to so that the
>plastics were level when installed? Did that make any
>sense?!?!

I know what you mean, but I didn’t do that. They do seem slanted, but I figured maybe they were supposed to be like that…not really sure.