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Cheese's Donkey Kong Restoration Project

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SirPeale:
Yes, I'm going all the way.  I bought the paint yesterday.  I'd pre-order the art, but I don't know when it's being released, and don't want that money tied up doing nothing yet.

Lutus:
Alrighty, if you get a Sanyo20EZ monitor you must use the original power supply (100V outlet).  The Sanyo CANNOT plug directly into an isolation transformer from the wall.

I would go with a G07 if you can get one.  Lots of parts available and easy to trouble shoot.

So, you need the following for a dedicated machine:

FUNCTION:

-Monitor
-Gameboard (2 board style preferably)
-Mike's color inversion and audio amp board seen here
-marquee
-control panel
-sideart
-paint

Stuff from Mike's Arcade

OR

-computer monitor
-simple computer running MAME with DK
-marquee
-control panel
-sideart
-paint

Either way you got DK, but the gameboard is the option I went with, and the original hardware just PLAYS better and the arcade monitor rocks vs. the computer monitor

CheeseSndwch:
Well I had a chance to steal some time today before I went to go workout. Not very much progress but I’m glad I got a chance to get some work in.

- Removed the monitor mounts/brackets(?) you can see a bit of the side art that was underneath the bolts
- I was going to pull out the power supply but it was on the verge of raining so I decided to leave it for another day
- Noticed a pretty significant gap on the bottom right corner
- Started noticing a lot of spots where things don’t line up to great…a bit worried about that
- Removed the security bar; luckily the holes were not as bad as I had expected
- Removed the coin door
- Wanted to remove the marquee light and the bezel but I was having trouble. Lots of random screws

Thoughts/Suggestions/Encouragement?

BUCKETHEAD:
I did this with my empty POPEYE cabinet.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=79183.0

And i have to say?

That cabinet looks to be in better shape than mine was!

CheeseSndwch:
Thanks Bucket.

I got some more work in today. Nothing major.

- Removed the upper bezel bracket (kind of a pain, one of the screw heads was stripped)
- Removed the bezel
- Removed the aftermarket marquee light
- Removed the power supply
- Removed the speaker and speaker grill
- Shop Vaced the interior

The next time I get a chance to get some work in I plan to clean the exterior thoroughly. I tried peeling off one of the stickers but it left a lot of junk on the cab. Not sure if I’ll need a heat gun or some kind of cleaning solvent.

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