Nice Christmas present! ( I must watch too many pinball repair videos, because the first thing I thought was "Someday someone is going to be cursing while repairing the bridge and building mechs.)
Doesn't this thing weigh like 330 pounds? I'm wanting a stern pinball machine, but nervous about getting it up a flight of stairs by myself, and configuring it cause of the weight...
Hey man I know this video is old but I just wanted to say the reason the switch test wasn't working is because when you open the coin door the machine automatically turns off all 40 volt power essentially powering down the play field and everything. There is a switch inside of the coin door you flip on that will restore power with the coin door open, allowing you to run your switch and coil test
a fatal mistake was getting stern pinball machines, pinball expert made two videos about stern pinball and they have convinced me to not buy any from stern, I recommend you watch them too I you haven't already