Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
Xenophobe Restoration
leapinlew:
--- Quote from: Peale on March 08, 2006, 01:21:10 am ---Pulled the monitor today - what a mess! Cobwebs everywhere.
This allowed me to get to the bolts that hold the monitor enclosure onto the pedestal.
Of course, I have to allow the paint to cure overnight. Problem is the monitor enclosure is just sitting on the pedestal. I *pray* we don't have any unexplained vibrations, or anything, or I can kiss this project goodbye. It should be fine, as long as no one messes with it... (famous last words)
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Awesome - thanks for the pic. Keep'em coming. I have this exact cab - so I'd like to see what I'm getting into! ;)
Kremmit:
Looks like that thing is still at work- Does the boss think you're nuts to put all this work into an old, worthless game?
clanggedin:
I have a spare wiring harness for my Xenophobe. LMK if you need it
leapinlew:
Are you going to get a new bezel?
SirPeale:
--- Quote from: leapinlew on March 09, 2006, 03:46:37 pm ---Are you going to get a new bezel?
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Maybe not at first. The thing that drove me crazy at first was the instruction plate under the monitor, it was spraypainted over. I got that off just fine. Maybe I'll start searching for one, and if I can get it cheap enough...but it's not a priority. What is...
Examined the main boardset today. I had remembered seeing a couple gouged traces on initial examination. So today I dragged it out of it's storage box, and sure enough, I'm guessing one of the joysticks must have smacked it during one of it's several moves. At least six cut traces, a knocked off cap (not sure what kind it is, I think tant?) one of the RAM chips had a corner knocked off it (but it looks intact, despite that) and the connection pins were mostly bent, and the solder joints broken on most of them. I fixed the pins first thing, but I'm going to have to wait for Cool Guy to hit the shop for the traces, he's got some wire that'll make quick work of them.
--- Quote from: Kremmit on March 09, 2006, 11:10:39 am ---Looks like that thing is still at work- Does the boss think you're nuts to put all this work into an old, worthless game?
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I don't even think the boss knows it's there. He comes into the shop very rarely these days. I certainly haven't discussed it with him at all, other than the initial 'hey can I buy this off you' 'no, you can have it' talk. I don't work on it during work hours, so other than taking a little bit of shop floor space, it shouldn't be an issue.
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