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my new used candy cab
« on: May 19, 2005, 11:04:37 am »
I need to move a candy cab and all I have right now is a little cargo van.
Is it OK to transport a candy cab on its back?
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Re: Is it OK to transport a candy cab on its back?
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2005, 11:27:45 am »
Isn't a candy cab really short?  You could stand it up in most cargo vans, IIRC.

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Re: Is it OK to transport a candy cab on its back?
« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2005, 11:36:00 am »
it's a really small cargo van
I can't stand it up
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Re: Is it OK to transport a candy cab on its back?
« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2005, 11:39:39 am »
I would take the monitor out and secure it separately in a well packed box, then there would be pretty much no reason to worry.

Don't mess up that candy monitor!

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Re: Is it OK to transport a candy cab on its back?
« Reply #4 on: May 19, 2005, 11:54:12 am »
If you remove the monitor and leave off the back panel. It should be fine.
(It sticks out.)


With the monitor out, it's VERY easy to transport and move around.

(At least on my Super Neo 29)

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Re: Is it OK to transport a candy cab on its back?
« Reply #5 on: May 19, 2005, 12:11:28 pm »
ok  :)
thanks for the advice

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Re: Is it OK to transport a candy cab on its back?
« Reply #6 on: May 19, 2005, 01:02:23 pm »
Against all advice and my own better judgement, I've transported more than one machine on its back or side on multiple occassions. This was either due to having nothing to tie it down with or to having limited vertical space.

I've never had one mess up on because of it. That being said, I still don't do it anymore.


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Re: Is it OK to transport a candy cab on its back?
« Reply #7 on: May 19, 2005, 06:06:08 pm »
Candy cabinets ARE NOT designed to be laid on their backs like normal cabinets are.

Are you SURE you can't stand it up, they are only like 4 and a half feet tall.

If you have to lay it down I vote to lay it on its side.
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Re: Is it OK to transport a candy cab on its back?
« Reply #8 on: May 19, 2005, 11:06:19 pm »
don't hurt me guys.. but
i bought the machine used, the guy didn't have the keys, i couldn't figure out any way to get the monitor out..
it came home on it's back
but I think it'll live ;)

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Re: Is it OK to transport a candy cab on its back?
« Reply #9 on: May 19, 2005, 11:59:55 pm »
Ive got a couple of panels off now and there is a rod on one side like what's used to hold up the hood of a car
I suppose I should be able to open the front and easily rotate the monitor but I've never had one of these and I don't know how

looks like the monitor is 15 ~ 31.5KHZ
the tube is Samsung A51KQJ63X
should I be able to connect directly to a regular VGA card?
right now it's connected to a JAMMA connector but someone did a lousy soldering job on it and it's going to have to be redone anyway



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Re: my new used candy cab
« Reply #10 on: May 20, 2005, 12:47:13 am »
I've removed the locks from the back panel, the large front panel, and the coin mech door.
I've got no clue how I'm going to get the coin box one.
There's like a zillion screws and things I'd have to remove from the inside
Should I just drill?

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Re: my new used candy cab
« Reply #11 on: May 20, 2005, 12:48:08 am »
Drill it, lock is going to have to be replaced anyway. And the coin enclosure will catch all the metal shavings.
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Re: my new used candy cab
« Reply #12 on: May 20, 2005, 12:52:38 am »
thanks paige
funny how we just need that little reassurance at times :D
too late to be drilling tonight though...

can you help me figure out how to open the monitor bezal thing?


oops.. I forgot.. there's one more lock under the CP  :(
that's going to be a tight one too
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Re: my new used candy cab
« Reply #13 on: May 20, 2005, 10:04:19 am »
There's a couple of places in the manual that say
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They are OPTIONS to change in
SERVICE S/W and KEY.
Any idea what that means?

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Re: my new used candy cab
« Reply #14 on: May 20, 2005, 10:13:25 am »
QUESTION:

Every time I've tried to drill a lock, it just mostly scratches the lock up and doesn't even come close to drilling it out.  Am I doing something wrong, maybe there is a certain bit you would use for metal, or does my wussy cordless drill just suck?

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Re: my new used candy cab
« Reply #15 on: May 20, 2005, 10:15:48 am »
I can't say
I've never had to drill one out before but I guess I'll give it a shot this evening

Here's a shot from my manual:


how do I open the front so that I can turn the monitor?

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Re: my new used candy cab
« Reply #16 on: May 20, 2005, 10:22:56 am »
Can't help you, I've never even seen a Candy cab in person.

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Re: my new used candy cab
« Reply #17 on: May 20, 2005, 10:31:30 am »
doesnt hte control panel flip up, forwards, then you can open up the monitor bezel......


i think...

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Re: my new used candy cab
« Reply #18 on: May 20, 2005, 10:33:03 am »
maybe so,
but there's a lock under the CP that I haven't been able to remove yet with my big monster sized hands :(

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Re: my new used candy cab
« Reply #19 on: May 20, 2005, 10:26:30 pm »
Whew.. finally did it!




Now I can't decide what to do with it.
I've already got my big Mortal Kombat II cab I'm working on for horizontal.
I was thinking about making a one player vertical cab out of this but I don't think a spinner or trackball would fit.
At least not the trackball I have now anyway.
 ???

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Re: my new used candy cab
« Reply #20 on: May 20, 2005, 10:37:49 pm »
My experience has led me to always drill the coin box lock FIRST.
That is because I've found the keys to the OTHER locks inside the coin door on many occasions.
Alot of the ops used to set all their coin boxes to one key, and then leave the other keys inside the machine for when they had to actually service them.

If you find the keys AFTER you drill the other locks out, it's a real bummer because they are obviously useless at that point.

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Re: my new used candy cab
« Reply #21 on: May 20, 2005, 10:50:20 pm »
thanks for that advice!
WHERE THE HECK WERE YOU YESTERDAY!!!! >:(  ......  LOL

no problem..
well.. that would be a bit of a bummer but I didn't drill any of them out
I just unbolted them from behind
so now I'll just have to put them all back on again either way  :laugh: