Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
Farb's Donkey Kong Restore *COMPLETED*
Farb:
Jimkirk & Donkey_Kong,
Thanks for the eBay link... I've already got a bid in :)
Attached is a photo of the underside of the control panel. It looks to me like a Nintendo joystick. There is a set screw hidden in the ball top which I loosened and attempted to screw the top on tighter. Either the ball top's hole isn't deep enough or the shaft thread is too long -- it can't screw down completely (although I was able to get it down further than it was). The shaft thread is still exposed however even after tightening.
I wasn't able to find anything on videogames.com. I did find a site called videogameparts.com that had replacement shafts -- I assume that was what you were recommending?
->Dan
jimkirk:
--- Quote from: Farb on May 23, 2008, 02:08:07 am ---Jimkirk & Donkey_Kong,
Thanks for the eBay link... I've already got a bid in :)
Attached is a photo of the underside of the control panel. It looks to me like a Nintendo joystick. There is a set screw hidden in the ball top which I loosened and attempted to screw the top on tighter. Either the ball top's hole isn't deep enough or the shaft thread is too long -- it can't screw down completely (although I was able to get it down further than it was). The shaft thread is still exposed however even after tightening.
I wasn't able to find anything on videogames.com. I did find a site called videogameparts.com that had replacement shafts -- I assume that was what you were recommending?
->Dan
--- End quote ---
Yes that's a DK joystick. Either the threads in the ball top or on the shaft are probably bad. If you can take it apart you might find the problem. If you can't fix it you could buy a shaft and ball top from videogameparts.com. Assuming the stick works well. It would probably cost less than mikes stick. Yours looks to be in pretty good shape.
Farb:
Thanks for the further info, Jimkirk. I've taken the joystick apart and both the threads on the ball top and the shaft look okay. I'm wondering if at some point, someone put a different ball on there. I'll probably just wind up replacing them since the shaft is in so-so condition anyway.
On another note, I lost the auction for the coin drawer. Does anyone have some measurements and pics of the drawer itself they can share? It looks like it's fairly straightforward to build from scratch and I may go that route since it'll only cost a few bucks to make one out of plywood vs. spending $30 to get a used one.
Thanks in advance.
->Dan
Farb:
Below is a pic of the cam lock I removed from the coin door. It looks to me like it's 3/4" but all I really see mentioned on the board is 5/8" and 7/8". Am I reading the length wrong or is this an oddball lock? Any idea where I can find a replacement?
->Dan
Lutus:
You got me beat by 100 points in DK. My top score is 204,500. Dang it...... (walks to DK machine with that twinkle of determination in my eye) :laugh2:
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