SaminVA
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I just got my Airwolf game working again. The board was bad so lucky I found a working replacement board at a fair price,Thanks to mrbill2084. So after installing the board I noticed a couple of the buttons on the control panel were not working right. The game hasn't been working for a wile and I have never had the control panel off so I figured it was time to clean the contacts. When I flipped the panel over and looked at the buttons I said to myself WTH. I have seen all types of buttons on many different games but this was a first. I have never seen this type of button. Not a leaf switch, not a micro switch so what is it? I guess it's similar to a Sanwa button but still much different. Anyone ever seen one and know who made them?
After looking them over I figured the bottom must pop or twist off so I grabbed one terminal with a pair of pliers and pulled and it popped off. You can see in the pictures below it has a washer with a spring on each side and pressing the button pushes the washer down and makes contact to the terminals on the bottom. I cleaned the washer with a fine emery nail file and popped them back together and they are good as new. They seem to work well when they are clean.Just goes to show you never know when you will see something you have never seen before. Guess that's why we love this hobby.
After looking them over I figured the bottom must pop or twist off so I grabbed one terminal with a pair of pliers and pulled and it popped off. You can see in the pictures below it has a washer with a spring on each side and pressing the button pushes the washer down and makes contact to the terminals on the bottom. I cleaned the washer with a fine emery nail file and popped them back together and they are good as new. They seem to work well when they are clean.Just goes to show you never know when you will see something you have never seen before. Guess that's why we love this hobby.

