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I use Hakko 807 at work, but cannot afford one for home use so I mostly use wick, but have also used plunger type suckers. I agree with YellowDog, if you can afford it. No matter what you decide to use, you should make sure you learn and execute proper technique or circuit board destruction will...

You're very humble. Yours looks superb.

Thanks for the info. Awesome info. "So you're saying there's a chance? What's all this one in a million talk?" LOL.

Me too. LOL

your resto Quote:"Thanks for the comments fellas. I love working on stuff like this (no electronics, ha ha). " Me Too. LOL

Your resto AWESOME!! I enjoy seeing something different. I love any type of restoration. I love restoring old radios, motorcycles along with arcade games. I would restore old cars and trucks if I had more $$$. Nice work. Thanks for the pics. Did you ever see the episode of American Restoration...

I have a SI that isn't working. I just got this game home and don't know it's history. The monitor powers up , but there is a lot of strange characters displayed. $# and other symbols. I can make out a few words and there seems to be some changes in the characters. Almost like it is running...

Got any pics of this game?

Again Ian speaks the truth! DO NOT use any type of contact cleaner in these EM games. Also WD40 should never be used in these games as a lubricant. All it does is draw moisture and attract dirt. Again all of this is explained in the DVDs that I mentioned previously. Keep us up to date on the...

Check this guy out.http://www.pinrepair.com/mipinfix.htm Better yet buy his dvd's and do the repair yourself. I have several of his DVDs. They are awesome, very informative. He covers nearly everything related to EM games.

Awesome job!

Way to go blbarchik! Glad you figured it out. I think most of the problems with these EM games are more mechanical in nature than electrical (ie switches leaf not moving far enough to make contact or something similiar to your problem etc. etc.) Sometimes a coil may go bad or a wire might break...

Cool. I'm signing off for the evening. I will check back tomorrow evening. Good luck.

Let me know what you find if you go into it and come up with a fix.

Also, I would like to have a better understanding of the inter-workings of a vector type game. Where is a good source of information on these games? I want to be able to repair and maintain my Tempest for decades to come.

Unknown. I don't know the exact history of this game. It looks as though everything is original as far as I can tell, but I am obviously no expert.

So I am playing my Tempest when all of a sudden the screen goes dark (completely black, no images). I was able to continue my game, but no picture, very challenging. Then the picture came back. It has never acted up like this. Is this an indication of a flyback going out?

What RetroHacker probably was trying to say was that while in the process of replacing the flyback; Hucklebuck73 could also give the game a cap kit treatement. I don't see anywhere in this thread that RetroHacker stated that a cap kit fixes a bad flyback. Just an observation. By the way nice...

I guess I didn't understand the importance of a change machine. I simply open the coin door and flick the coin switch a few times and play. It only takes about 10 seconds to rack up numerous credits. That way I don't have to mess with any $$.

" What to do with a Taito Cocktail?" If the game still works or only needs a little work; how about you donate it to a local Boys and Girls Club or an after school program of some sort. Forgive me if I missed the details of the game; I only skimmed this thread.