Okay, somebody advise me on taking apart my Space Invaders upright.

[quarterback]

I have this SI upright that I picked up a while back.  I've poked around inside it from both the front (through the coin door and the CP area) and the back (though both the removable panels) but I'm not 100% sure on how the whole thing opens up.   It's not stored in my home, so I don't spend a lot of time even looking at it, but there are some parts I've tried and haven't quite figured out.

The CP is obvious, with panel clips that can be unhooked from below.   And the two panels on the back are obvious as well and let me access the boards themselves as well as the SI backdrop etc.  But I don't know how to remove the front glass and, frankly, I'm a little afraid of pushing on something and cracking or dropping it.

It seems to be 'trapped' in some grooves.  Obviously it's good that it doesn't just come flying out the front onto a kid playing the game, but how do you remove it?  Does it only come out the back and not the front?  Do I need to remove something else first before I can get it out?    Do I have to remove the mirror?

I'm also interested in replacing the bulbs behind the marquee, but I'm not sure how to get to those either.  They look difficult to get to although, my guess is that if the front glass is removed, it'll be easier.

And I'm going to want to remove the monitor as well.  I haven't tried at all to remove that yet, so maybe that part will be obvious to me, but if somebody can give me tips, I'd appreciate it.

Finally, there's the mirror.  I'd love to not even have to put my grubby little fingers on it at all, but if I need to pull it before I can remove the front glass, the monitor or the marquee bulbs, then somebody should tell me the best way to go about it before I screw something up.

Thanks!
qb

[PCtech]

Hope this helps

http://www.brentradio.com/SpaceInvaders/SpaceInvaders.man.pdf

Hey...I did something useful (don't tell anyone, it'll ruin my street cred')

Good luck!

(Yes, I know there is a way to shorten the link, but I don't know how, and am too lazy to look it up)   

[SithMaster]

i think its fine.  the long ones that stretch the screen are really the only ones to shorten.

[quarterback]

Hope this helps
http://www.brentradio.com/SpaceInvaders/SpaceInvaders.man.pdf

Hey...I did something useful (don't tell anyone, it'll ruin my street cred')

Thanks for the link, but it's a difft 'model'.  The confusing part is that, on mine, the monitor faces straight up into a half-silvered mirror and the front glass is 'locked' in.

The good news is that I figured it out and I didn't have to take out the mirror.  What you have to do is open up the top door on the back.  Screwed into the ceiling of the cab are two large wing nuts ("large" being something like 1"-1.5")  By turning them 90-degrees, it allows you room enough to pull back on two metal bars that run the depth of the machine.  By sliding back those two bars, you release the top of the front-glass.  Now you can go around the front of the machine and lift the glass up and out.

Quite clever, actually.

[danny_galaga]

Hope this helps
http://www.brentradio.com/SpaceInvaders/SpaceInvaders.man.pdf

Hey...I did something useful (don't tell anyone, it'll ruin my street cred')

Thanks for the link, but it's a difft 'model'.  The confusing part is that, on mine, the monitor faces straight up into a half-silvered mirror and the front glass is 'locked' in.

The good news is that I figured it out and I didn't have to take out the mirror.  What you have to do is open up the top door on the back.  Screwed into the ceiling of the cab are two large wing nuts ("large" being something like 1"-1.5")  By turning them 90-degrees, it allows you room enough to pull back on two metal bars that run the depth of the machine.  By sliding back those two bars, you release the top of the front-glass.  Now you can go around the front of the machine and lift the glass up and out.

Quite clever, actually.

i dont suppose the manual on klov (if any) has any info? btw, im really interested in the monitor set up. when you finally DO get the cab apart, could you take some pics? like to see the basic set up of monitor, mirror and how the backdrop works...