Ladies and gentlemen it has been a long time, but I come back with fantastic news. I have gotten the game to boot. 🥳 I went ahead and got a new big blue in the power supply right off the bat. I then got a new 44 pin connector and repinned all the connections. This was a must since the old one...
This is a fully working Gottlieb Surfer in its current state!
Things I have done include:
-New Rubber and ball
-New Lights
-Sandblasted and Powder Coated Legs and Top Skirt
-Basic lubing and cleaning of all score wheels, player wheel, and bonus wheel
The only thing to mention about this...
Fully working. Back lock had to be drilled out but will get a new one on there soon. Control panel art definitely has ware, see photos. Message with any questions.
New bearings and rails that have been oiled, new big blue, new caps on logic board, and new lights and leds installed on playsheets. All other parts are original. Has a free play button but the coin slots also work. Message with any questions!
As the title states, I would like to touch up these very small corners near the T-Molding. What is the best practice? My guess was I have to take the T-Molding off, fill this damage with bondo, sand, and paint. Assuming the paint would blend in with the laminated black that is already covering...
@obitus1990 thanks! If it persists I will reflow and get the magnifier out to look for cracks
@andrewb Thank you as well! I did deoxit those sockets! but need to get myself a fiberglass pen and go through the chips. Thanks for the suggestions. I recently got a bunch of cocktail tables for...
@ArcadeTechGW well... all is well... not sure what I did, just went through and took all the socketed chips out and reseated them all for the third time and it is happy. Playing just fine. Sorry to gum up the forum with such a quick thread but... who's to know! I guess moral of the story is...
@ArcadeTechGW thankfully, I have an upright centipede in my collection that I am using to test this board. Power is for sure good in my upright. Same issue in both the upright cabinet and cocktail cabinet. Will check for ripple on the DC rail. What part on the PCB could cause this? my upright...