Tear down :

After the inspection, the next thing you have to do is take the entire game apart. The purpose obviously being to separate the big project into a bunch a small ones.

Mini Projects:

Cabinet:

• clean entire thing inside & out
• remove T-molding
• remove bad wiring
• remove back doors
• repair damage to exterior wood & prepare for paint
• paint all - black areas, base coat on sides, and side art (requires new stencils or templates)

Control Panel:

• strip old overlay off and clean off old adhesive
• repair damage
• replace T-nuts (blind nuts)
• clean (and paint if required) any metal parts
• apply new overlay
• repair or replace controls
• repair or replace wiring
• replace top molding

Marquee:

• repair lamp fixture
• by new or used marquee

Metal Parts:

• sandblast (glass bead) all metal parts to bare metal
• paint all parts including moldings, coin doors & frames, coin box lid & handle, hinges, carriage bolts, etc. (In this case, I had all of the parts powder coated.)

Monitor:

• buy new or used

Game Boards:

• get a PCB mounting plate
• get a board set (and repair if needed)

Wiring:

• get a switch with mounting plate for the 'memory protect' switch mounted inside the coin door
• get a volume pot with bracket
• repair or replace all wiring

 

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