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Where can I get a small machine to change bills to quarters, and how much should I expect to pay for one? I don't see any for sale on here. Thanks.

This isn't a monitor issue. The game has been cycling through the power-up sequence over and over and over. The condition originally was to simply halt play in the middle of a game by going to that sequence. The monitor appears to be just fine.

I've got a problem with my Taxi spinout plastic. The edges have cracked and so the bolts holding it down to the playfield are loose. This is the big red plastic chute on the right side of the playfield. Anyone know where I can get a replacement, or have one parted out that can provide this...

I've got a new set of Tempest boards coming for my game, which hasn't been working right in a long time but I'm 99% sure that it's because of a bad boardset. Are you suggesting that I shouldn't just swap out the boards and power it up?

Do any of you with a complete Tempest board set have a working pair that you'd sell? Or, alternatively, if you have a main board that works, I'd take that alone.

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Here's some more info: the voltage coming out of the F1 fuse is +40, which should be only +25. Could this be a bad voltage regulator? Or would we expect the voltage exiting the fuse to be a little high? Could the raised voltage have burned out the coils are about the same time?

` Fuses are good. No problem with that or continuity between the wires.

That really is amazing. Tempest is a pretty easy game to move, but if you think a Battlezone would fit in the Fit, then that's awesome. Good luck getting it all together.

I have a Taxi (Marilyn) game and the bumpers have suddenly failed. The lamps are lit, but the solenoids are not responding to the ball when it touches them. All three bumpers failed at once, so I don't think it's a coil issue. The schematics I have for the game are somewhat vague as to where...

Everyone's had great suggestions here for you, and I would second the nomination of taking a taxi if you are limited on time; the bus takes forever to get out there, although if you've already bought a one-day unlimited pass for the Strip, that pass works for the bus on Tropicana Ave also and...

Does anywhere know where I can order the potentiometers for the Paperboy controller? My vertical direction has lost its ability to make the bike accelerate, and the horizontal is reading the left and right as the opposites. I'm guessing they're both worn out, as they don't appear to have ever...

On the plus side At least you found the problem and fixed it. It's the small wins that count!

Probably not Most of the pins you'll find for under $500 will be the old Gottleib EM machines, which consist mainly of the bumpers and slots that you aren't looking for. But if you can bring your price point up to $800-$1000, you may get lucky and find a modern game with the ramps and chutes...

Is anyone out there able to give me advice on Taxi? I got one today and there are a few minor things wrong, so I'd like to get them fixed. The basics are all great. But a few things aren't quite right: 1. All passengers are available for pickup at game start; 2. Marilyn's drop targets are...