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Arcade Collecting => Miscellaneous Arcade Talk => Topic started by: pbj on November 28, 2014, 06:14:09 pm
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Thanksgiving. Relatives with the junk store announce, "you're good with this stuff aren't you?"
(http://i.imgur.com/48HooNCl.jpg)
Key is missing. Much BS later, here we are.
(http://i.imgur.com/9ZpJ20Pl.jpg)
Drilled a hole in the latch, ran a wire out the top.
I'm all ears if any of you know how to do this right.
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You drilled a hole through the top of the cab? Are you ---smurfing--- me? Usually there is a hole on the back or bottom of them where you could reach the lock if need be.
A locksmith could have made a key and it wouldn't have been too expensive. You just ruined the machine for no reason.
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Nope, I ran a wire out of a factory drilled topper mounting hole. There are four holes in the top already.
Ruined the machine? :lol Ok
Will have to dust off the pachitalk login....
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Nope, I ran a wire out of a factory drilled topper mounting hole. There are four holes in the top already.
Ruined the machine? :lol Ok
Will have to dust off the pachitalk login....
Phew. Relief.
But next time, just bring it to a locksmith. Every time I go, I'm surprised at how cheap I walk out of there and wonder how they make money.
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Keil, I can understand your passion but c'mon. Thin particle board cabinet wrapped around a worthless slot machine. I really try to avoid irreversible hacks on machines but the idea of loading this ugly beast into my car and taking three hours off work for a locksmith to declare "I dunno, this will be expensive" is laughable.
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Figured this one out. Lock assembly unscrews and detaches from back. Two pins hold the actual lock in place. Poked them in with a hammer and nail and yanked lock out. Inside is a shaft with a slot in it. You can turn with a flat head screwdriver. I yanked a dowel rod off a foam paint brush, flattened one side slightly, widened the dowel hole, painted it red, put epoxy in it and glued it to the shaft.
(http://i.imgur.com/lHzOEttl.jpg)
If it falls off, back to the screwdriver. I left the wire in place as a backup.
Back to the junk store it goes!!!
:cheers: