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Stingray:

I cleaned mine up with some automotive buffing compound.

-S

Bitnerd:

Good news........got it working!!!!  First off, I want to thank everyone so much for their help and insight.  Y'all have been a great source of information.  Yesterday, i decided that I would get the lamps working first, even if I couldn't get the game to work with the coin door molex connected.  I stopped by radio shack and picked up a 2 prong male/female molex connector.  I figure I would take the lamp wires off the main harness and put them on the button light kit that I had installed.  I tested the lamps first.  Put power to both of them.  Kewl, they lit.  I traced the lamp wires back to the main door molex and pulled them off and connected them to the two pronger.  Flipped the power back on to make sure all lit.  Everything looked great.  Now here is where I got a nice suprise.  I hook the door wiring back up to the harness and start a game just to see if it was still acting up.  Low and behold, the games starts.  I check the coin mechs by dropping quarters in.  Dayum, they work too.  I don't know what happened by taking the lamp wires off, but it is all working now.


P.S.  Gonna stop by Bob Roberts tonight on my way home to pick up a lock and key set for the door and some new lamps.  Also going to put in a new switching power supply.  The one in there now is a little old and I measured the voltage on it.  Was a little low.  The 12V is measuring 10V.

Bitnerd:


--- Quote from: slicer_d on March 25, 2004, 09:07:43 pm ---This doesnt directally relate to the original post but I have the same coin door and the coin reject buttons are all rusty not quite as bad as bitnerds but bad enough for me to want them to look better.  Does anybody know a way to clean them and keep them from getting rusty again or at least to help prevent it.

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Hey slicer,

That was going to be my next question because you are right, the chrome on my door looks like hell.  Do you think we should start another thread for this one or just let it ride?  I would actually like to find new replacement parts if I can.

Bitnerd

Stingray:


--- Quote from: Bitnerd on March 26, 2004, 09:49:28 am ---

That was going to be my next question because you are right, the chrome on my door looks like hell.  Do you think we should start another thread for this one or just let it ride?  I would actually like to find new replacement parts if I can.



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Before you replace them you really should try cleaning them with some buffing compund as I suggested above. You'd be amazed at how well this stuff will polish off rust & crud. The reject buttons are easy to remove from the door so you can get some good elbow grease on them!  ;)

You also might try some kind of metal polish like Brasso.

-S

Bitnerd:


--- Quote from: Stingray on March 26, 2004, 09:31:57 am ---I cleaned mine up with some automotive buffing compound.

-S

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Sting,

What do you use to buff it?  Just regular rag?

Bitnerd



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