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StuDaBaker:
Well, since I've been bitten by this bug, I came across an ad for a Ms Pacman working arcade game for a ridiculously low price. Without too much optimism I decided to give the guy a call. He said it was still available and that another guy was supposed to come look at it and already offered him double for it (I wondered why someone would offer a seller twice as much for an item than what they were asking, but I digress). Long story shortened after a couple days trying to get with this guy to check it out I finally got directions to his place and met up with him last week. He plugged it in and the control panel lights came on but no display or sound. I pretended to fiddle with it while he talked with his roommates for a few minutes and then told him that I didn't have time to sit and figure out what was wrong with it, but I'd give him $5.00 more than what he was originally asking for it and they loaded it in my truck. This is what I got for my $ and some phone calls.


As you can see, it's got some pretty serious burn on the monitor.
The glass is scratched but not really as bad as it seems in the pic. If this thing is salvageable I'm sure I'd replace it.


That lower right corner is the worst spot on the cab.
Hmm. Corner protectors or remove wood grain laminate, repair and re laminate?


Internals of the coin mechs seem to be pretty much intact. No keys, of course.


Top down view into the cabinet. Actually wasn't as bad as I expected. Maybe I'll retract that statement after I get those shields off.


Ok, now we see why there was no display at all. This is what worries me a bit. Need to buy or build a discharge tool before I attempt to plug that back in. I'm not hopeful of the monitor working, but you never know I guess.

Time will tell if I can turn this turd into a tiara, any suggestions are welcome. I'm a still a noob at this stuff so I could use any suggestions. My dream for this is to ultimately turn it into a multi-pac, though those seem tough to find these days and not sure what a fair price for one of those kits are.

dafelandry:
A friend of mine sent me this link.... http://home.everestkc.net/mdoyle/multipac.htm some guy selling a 96 in 1 multipac..... dont know about how legit or good it is (could be dead)

or you could always hit up lizard lick http://www.lizardlick.com/pages/boards.shtml and get the 24 in 1 iv heard good things about that!

as for the monitor im a noob as well my scramble formation monitor was DOA.... so swapped it for an LCD for a mame cabinet...

opt2not:
That's a nice cabinet to restore. Other than the monitor issue, it's probably in better condition than what my Canucks cocktail was at.

If you're going to repair and re-laminate it, you'll probably have to do the same to all the sides, if you want to retain the same wood colour. I'm sure over time the laminate faded a bit. A new application of wood grain laminate might not match what's there.  Or you can go through the route I took and removed the laminate to give it a new painted finish. I personally am not a fan of wood grain looking cabinets...

How are the joysticks?  Have you taken apart the CP's yet?  It'd be great if you can salvage the originals.

As for the monitor, perhaps it's just the tube that's trash-able, the chassis might be salvageable. I'll be watching your progress, good luck!

opt2not:
I just pulled off my last piece of Laminate from the swiveling monitor-mount part of the cocktail cabinet. I was going to throw it out, but you wanted to do a less labour and cheaper attempt at restoring the original Laminate, it's yours if you want it. It's a 16" x 21" piece that I managed to keep roughly all intact while peeling it off. It should be enough for you to play with.

It should be an exact match since my cabinet is also a midway cocktail, but the grain might be tricky to line up.

I was thinking you can cut away the laminate and make a clean line, fill in the damaged parts with wood filler, the let it dry and sand it into shape. You can then cut the exact shape of the laminate out of the material i have and contact cement it back in place.


Removing the laminate is easy, just heat it up with an iron or heat gun, wedge a putty knife or paint scraper under it and peel it back.
Getting corner protectors would probably be easier, but if you want to retain the original look, this route might be good enough if done right. Let me know.

StuDaBaker:
dafelandry, thanks for the links, and even though it's a little more and roughly 1/4 the options, the 24 in 1 appeals to me more. Tempts me to order one to put in a drawer until I'm ready for it.

opt2not, the joysticks seem to be in good shape, but I haven't had the opportunity to go over them. They look to be original. When I get in to them I'll post some pictures, but at first impression they seem salvageable. The overlay on the opposite side of the above pic is totally gone and I'll be ordering a set soon. Once I get that I'll be itching to take them apart, if I hadn't already.

Thanks for the offer of your laminate refuse. I hadn't really considered doing that. I'm sure it would be very tough to match up the lines in the grain, but if the cut piece fits tight, I'd probably be the only one to notice. If you could, please hang on to it for me a little while until I get the t-molding off to assess the rest of the cabinet. I'll let you know either way. Thanks again. :cheers:

Nice canuck canabanet BTW! That's going to be sweeeeeet when finished. Probably doesn't mean much to you coming from a Chicago Blackhawks (my family from Chi) and Tampa Bay Lightning fan. There are a few hockey fans living in Florida!

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