Man, has it been a while.
I finally got back a compatible chassis for this that I sent out months ago.
It needed more than just a cap kit- that at least I am now capable of- and it was too damn hot today to do anything out in the sun so I thought what the hell.
I needed to make some harness adjustments to get everything connected properly but after double checking the boardset (it ran before with no errors at least!) I fired the whole thing up and was rewarded with great sound and a pretty decent image- which hopefully I can dial in with a little effort.
It gave a warning that the wheel is not responding so I will have to do some investigation.
The coin vault is gone and although I have the coin door assembly it is a mess so that needs so work too.
It won't coin up, even from the test switch board, so I need to sort that also.
Not 100% yet, but very encouraging.
Maybe before the end of THIS year I can get some linked play going on with the other one?!