Arcade Collecting > Restorations & repair
A New Hope... "I knew you could do it!"
Lyellin:
Is that the one that was on Craigslist for a bit? If grad school wasn't in my way.... and graduation, I was gonna drive out there and grab it - Pittsburgh is my old haunt.
RetroACTIVE:
--- Quote from: Lyellin on March 18, 2009, 09:24:54 pm ---Is that the one that was on Craigslist for a bit? If grad school wasn't in my way.... and graduation, I was gonna drive out there and grab it - Pittsburgh is my old haunt.
--- End quote ---
Yup! It was my first trip to Pittsburgh... that city has some wild topolgy!
RetroACTIVE:
I've had a little time to dissect this thing... I found a few things...
#1 - Broken gear on the U/D pot.... not to worry gear replacements on the way!
#2 - Gooey old bumpers rotting and causing the controller to basically stick and not return to zero... (springs are actually ok)
Here is a pic of the inside / bottom and regulator board
Here are the PCBs ... they are super clean... except for the crud that the fan blew on them! Not sure what the serial numbering scheme is on these but this one is an even 10000!
Good news... I could not tell what conditon the montior was in when I picked it up... its perfectly burn free!! It aint no Amplifone... but hell I'll take it!
chassis..
"travelling through hyperspace ain't like dusting crops boy!"
Lyellin:
Very nice, I'm glad someone here grabbed that. If it was up in... 6 months, I may have done so myself, and made that my first resto.
Yea, Pittsburgh is a bit... hilly. The development of the city and the surroundings is actually very interesting, as is the history of the city.
Does make for a lot of heart attack hills though.
Level42:
One tip for the WG deflection board: resolder ALL connector pins. Then check them with a multimeter....
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