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Turtle power!!! A TMNT restore.

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patchboston:
Sunset Riders is a kick-ass game, but it wasn't the sole focus of my childhood :)



--- Quote from: Mauzy on May 25, 2009, 12:36:09 pm ---
--- Quote from: Level42 on May 25, 2009, 10:16:24 am ---Although not "my" era, it's good to see some restorations like this and Simpsons etc. for a change....

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Kinda nice to see machines that were still around when I was young in the arcade age!

I do wonder why theres no love for Sunset Riders. This is the second recent thread I've seen where someone buys a konami cab and hopes its not Sunset Riders. I guess all the love is in the licenses...

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ZORK2:
Patchboston, PM me tomorrow, give me your email, I'll send them right to you, the pics will be a better resolution and I can send as many as you need.......

patchboston:
I decided to work on the power supply for a little bit this evening. Stripped the whole thing apart and gave it a much needed cleaning! Popped it back together and voila! Works! However, I did notice something unsettling...the monitor chassis is making a "arcing" sound. I honestly think this is unrelated to my power supply cleaning and it's the flyback ready to go. The focus seems to go out after a power down, and upon turning off the monitor the whole screen shrinks to a center dot on the screen, both tall tale signs of a failing flyback. I put my ear up to the monitor and its def. coming from either the chassis or the tube. Eventually I'll take the monitor out for a cleaning and get a closer look at the board.

back to the cleaning -
The whole power supply was filthy, so I wiped down everything and replaced the ac-line and the ac-line filter. Will stop at rat shack on friday and pick up a couple new fuse holders while I'm at it. Tomorrow evening I might try and take out the harness and wash it with some warm water. It's a little mucky from 20 years of dust and debris.

oh, I also figured out that I have three control harnesses instead of 2. What was throwing me off was the fact that they grouped number 2 and 3 in one bundle! Couldn't have done it without pics sent to me by Zork, thanks man.

patchboston:

There's a small amount of damage around the button holes, would you recommend bondo or wood filler?





Few more pics from May 27th.
I had to use a combination of intense heat and sanding to get this thing to where it is. I was a little worried about wood warping so I steered clear of goo-gone or other chemicals!


Now here's my question,
do you think it would be better to fill the CP holes with straight bondo, or should I plug in the holes and then do a light coat of bondo to even out the surface? This game is a keeper and its not going anwhere

--Dave

8way:
Personally i would plug the holes first then bondo. Nice cab, great game brings back some good memories.

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