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mr_doles:
For those of you that will follow this thread I apologize in advance for 2 reasons.  First this is my first restore so I will be asking a TON-O-Question.  Second this will take a very long time to get done because of inexperience, time but most of all money.  It is going to take a lot of money to get this thing looking good.

Here is the back story, I bought a Nintendo cab and I will be the first to admit that I overpaid, by a lot, but I have been scanning craigslist forever and finally decided just to get something.  Now he wanted $350 for it but the monitor and speakers were shot so I said $250.  When I saw it we agreed to drop to $175 but $75 would have been way more appropriate.  The monitor is burnt in (BAD) with Pac-Man.  He said it was a "hideous" orange when he got so they painted it black and made into a Mortal Kombat II (don't ask).  The Mortal Kombat II PCB does works, though I am having issues with the sound.  He said the marquee light did not work but the bulb was not attached all the way.  At least something works on this thing.  From what he said it was working fine one day, he left it on for awhile and when he came back no video or sound.

I have determined it to be a DK Jr and have decided to restore it to its original state.  So with out further a-do here it is.

Here you see a coin mech missing, the top marquee bracket missing, the burn in of pac-man, the CP looks like ass.


Here is the "hideous" orange color:


Here is the side art that I have to deal with.  It is nice but has to go.


Here is the Nintendo plate DJR1-UP-US and serial # of 14779.  Still not sure why there is a second plate, # MGS-UP-US and serial #25382.


I have ordered a few things from Arcadeshop, the marquee and marquee bracket, bezel and some misc stickers.  Going to get the CP from MikesArcade.  Not sure where I am going to get the PCB yet, trying to find a decent price.

So here are my first 2 questions.  First is striping this down.  I can see the orange laminate under the black paint.  Should I try to get the black paint off and see what is under there or should I sand it down.  I am going to have to do some bondo work for sure.
Second I have a Dynamo Cab running Mortal Kombat that I am planning on mame-ing so I was going to take the monitor from that (WG model 19K7648) and put it in the DK Jr, but from doing some reading I am not sure that will work, inverting and audio amp being the issues.  Any thoughts, if not know where I can get a cheap working Sanyo monitor?  Current monitor is Electrohome Electronics Model# 19" Col Gam Mtr Product # 38-G07904-KM Chasis# G07CB0 with a RCA sticker.  Not working but have not messed with it yet.

smalltownguy:
Not sure where you are, but I've got a 19" Sanyo monitor you can have. Zero burn in that I can see.

My buddy has tube ready to swap into an Electrohome G07, he just needs a better chassis and neckboard.

If you're close, we could work out a swap. If not, we could check into shipping. If it's a shipping situation, all I need is the chassis & neckboard for the E-home.

Looks like you've got some work ahead of you. Have fun!  :cheers:

mr_doles:
PM on its way

Mauzy:
That MGS tag means that at one point, it had a unisystem (or Multi Game System) installed in it. Seems you cab has had multiple lives.

Level42:
Damn they ruined that cab bad. Big  :applaud: :applaud: for your courage to go and restore it !

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