Wells-Gardner 27" D9200 - no video, what do?

[gravitar80]

I have a Wells-Gardner 27" D9200 that displays no video. I can hear it click normally when it powers on but nothing ever appears on the screen. Doesn't matter if I have the VGA connected or not, there's nothing. I know about the D9200 being a PoS, but I didn't when I bought it in 2004. It's been dead for a few years and I'm finally getting around to fixing it.

Am I correct in thinking that buying a cap kit for the monitor and replacing the caps is the right move? I bought it new so I know they've never been replaced. What's the best way to find someone who can do that? I was planning to call some local appliance repair shops and try to find a TV/radio tinkerer who could do the job.

Is there a better way? Am I way off in diagnosing the problem? What should I do?

[dgame]

Does the neck glow? Smarter people than me will probably chime in but no glow no go? 


 

[gravitar80]

I don't think so? Would I know it if I saw it? The neck is the back of the tube, right?

I don't remember ever seeing a glow there when the monitor used to work, but I didn't poke around it much when it worked.

[dgame]

Yeah, power it up in the dark and the neck should glow around the pins at the back of the tube.
Its a faint amber light that can be very dim.

[gravitar80]

When I turn off the light and plug the monitor in, I see a blue spark briefly flash at the end of the neck and it makes a buzzing noise.

I'm guessing that's bad?

[gravitar80]

Are there any Wells Gardner service manuals or literature for the WG D9200 beyond the parts list / schematic six pager I already have?  I found a local repair shop and the owner thinks he can fix my monitor but he says he needs all the service literature and I want to make sure I gather up everything that's actually available.

 

[lilshawn]

yeah, whatever wells gardner has on site is about it.

as long as he has a schematic he should be good.

[gravitar80]

My tube is blown. I need to find a replacement tube or junk the whole monitor.

Argh.

[gravitar80]

Repair guy hooked my tube up to his tester and it's totally dead, possibly cracked. He says he can replace the tube if I find a replacement, but I did some searching and as far as I can tell there are no replacement tubes available on the internet. I need a Thomson A68AEG25X07 tube and the one and only site I found selling them says they're out of stock.

Where can I get a replacement tube for a Wells Gardner D9200?

[paigeoliver]

Repair guy hooked my tube up to his tester and it's totally dead, possibly cracked. He says he can replace the tube if I find a replacement, but I did some searching and as far as I can tell there are no replacement tubes available on the internet. I need a Thomson A68AEG25X07 tube and the one and only site I found selling them says they're out of stock.

Where can I get a replacement tube for a Wells Gardner D9200?

Easiest place to get a good D9200 tube is one a bad D9200. The boards fail on them way more often than the tubes. Call all the amusement guys in town and see if anyone has a broken D9200 you can buy for parts. I have one in St. Louis but I am probably not local and I am not shipping a used 29" tube with burn on it.

[gravitar80]

On the monitor board on the forum they told me it would most likely work with a tube that's similar enough, I found an A68AEG25X05 for sale online that should probably work..  or should I instead try to find a dead D9200 to cannibalize? But I'm not sure where I would find one around here (northeastern PA).