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OMG What have I gotten myself into -- 10 MORE CABS!
smalltownguy:
Very good tips! Yes, I just got ahold of a decent auto ranging meter this summer, so I guess I'll be learning how to use it.
I was just reading one of the stickies on the KLOV forums monitor repair thread tonight -- very good stuff in there about testing the B+ voltage.
I don't notice too much in the way of foldover or flagging on this Sanyo, so I'm inclined to leave it as is for now. I will test the B+ voltage though.
Thanx for the 5v tip too, I'll keep that in mind for all my games.
Definitely an audio rebuild kit in my future....
mgb:
yeah more than likely the audio rebuild kit will fix the sound issues on the DK.
sstralkowski:
I'm really enjoying this thread. A lot of it is ove my head, but I'm loving it anyway.
Donkey_Kong:
Your garage must have been immaculate in order for the 9 cabs to fit so nicely! Great games! May the force be with you in getting them repaired...
smalltownguy:
--- Quote from: Donkey_Kong on September 09, 2010, 08:47:32 am ---Your garage must have been immaculate in order for the 9 cabs to fit so nicely! Great games! May the force be with you in getting them repaired...
--- End quote ---
DK, it WAS clean.... :laugh2:
On a more serious note, I'm trying to keep things contained by cab, so as not to get the 'bomb went off' effect going on. I've kind of been jumping around a bit from cab to cab as I've been trouble shooting. I'm waiting for parts for a few of the cabs that are first in line.
--- Quote from: sstralkowski on September 09, 2010, 08:19:35 am ---I'm really enjoying this thread. A lot of it is ove my head, but I'm loving it anyway.
--- End quote ---
Thanks sstralkowski! You know, a very short time ago I would have said the same thing. A lot of what I'm undertaking will be things I'm doing for the first or second time. I've replaced capacitors before, but I've never recapped an arcade monitor. I've tinkered with arcade cabinet mechanical parts before, but never really worked on replacing or servicing things like leg levelers, interlock switches, jamma harnesses, switching power supplies, ground cables, marquee lights, coin mechs, volume potentiometers, etc.
Speaking of coin mechs, I dug into the coin mechs on the Ms Pac Man cabinet last night. Owner told me that one side didn't work (and so he taped it off with electrical tape), and the other side seemed to only work 1/2 of the time. The other 1/2 of the time, the quarters just fell into the cabinet and not the coin box. I opened up the coin mech door, and here's what I found:
Yes, folks, your eyes are not fooling you that a TOILET PAPER ROLL TUBE scotch taped to the inside of the coin mech opening!!! LOLOLOLOLOLOL I've seen some jerry-rigged things before, but this one comes close to the best yet. And this is supposed to be a 'restored' Ms Pac Man cab, too. The left side mech is totally missing, which would explain why it 'wasn't working' .... DUH.
Needless to say, I ripped out the poop paper roll solution, and fitted 2 coin mechs from the Neo Geo (Wizard of Wor) cab. A shot of WD-40 and 10 min later Ms Pac Man has 100% fully working coin mechs. Now I just need to cap the monitor, and she's done.
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