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I have dived into helping my father in law restore a bunch of arcade machines. One machine being a 1982 Millipede. It had a bad Matsushita TM-202g. I originally went the route of replacing the flyback (the originally was trying to light itself on fire). Once i replaced that the sparks just transferred to behind the tube. I was going to go forward to recapping it but then I found this forums. Seems to be consensus that he TM202g is junk and it should be replaced. So I bought a Wells Gardner 4900 (found here on ebay) that has been recapped and working off ebay. I got to put it together and most of the conversion seems to make sense. The data cable fits, the ground cable needs some modification, any some other cables seem 1:1 given I break apart the original adapters. So I go and try to put the board on the back of the tube. This is where I am left scratching my head. The prongs dont seem to line up, and need to be twisted slightly to allow it to slide in. Even after the bending - it doesn't go in all the way. Attached is the picture of how I need to bend the pins.

Any advice on how to go forward?


Thanks,

Nate