simbalion Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Well, even though I am waiting for that CRT chassis, I decided to check out my Battlezone a little more tonight. Seems the thing that put it out of action was a broken left controller. One of the plastic plungers for the micro-switch is broke in half. Actually found a spare micro-swicth laying in the cabinet, but no spare plunger. The other apparent issue I can see is whoever last worked on the wiring in this thing was a total hack. The back door switch is broken so they decided to somehow bypass the wires into the front bezel using an old cut down extension cord! Sheesh! Also it appears they were having a connector issue for the main board, so they cut four wires off the connector and soldered them directly to the board. It might work this way, but its going to be a pain in the tail for me to remove the board with my feeble soldering skills. Hopefully the boards are still working. Even if this guy does come through with the monitor board, I am not going to be buying any more games from the arcade operator he is selling them for. Yeah, I could have a Space Invaders or an actually good looking Pole Position for $100 each, but what nasty surprises am I going to find there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike99mccarthy Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Wow I can't believe some of the horror stories I read online about arcade game repairs. You know practice makes perfect with soldering. try doing some simple projects for practice like a DIY controller for your favorite console using real arcade parts or an a/v mod on a classic console. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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