G07 Replacement in Centipede

rydin4life

Well-known member
Joined
Feb 12, 2020
Messages
966
Reaction score
363
Location
Pennsylvania
I have a Centipede that I got from a friend and have posted about previously, but I have some monitor-specific questions. The G07 was replaced with an EAGO 53210 chassis, and I have some questions about it.

1) When I got the game, the dag wire was not connected to the chassis or neck board in any way, however I do see a pin on the neck board for it, but it's a different style connector. Am I correct in assuming that the dag connection might have been from the original G07 chassis and it should be replaced with the proper connector to connect to the neck board?

2) This is the first G07 I've ever worked on - is the white resistor and associated components standard for the G07 CBO in the Centipede or was this added specifically for the replacewment chassis. I'm just curious in case I end up looking for a G07 to go back in the game, I'm wondering if I keep that "mod" or if I'd remove it when using a G07.

Thanks!
 

Attachments

  • 20250418_221107.jpg
    20250418_221107.jpg
    267.7 KB · Views: 12
  • Screenshot_20250418_221029_Gallery.jpg
    Screenshot_20250418_221029_Gallery.jpg
    374.5 KB · Views: 12
Last edited:
The white rectangle resistor is stock for a g07. The connector is too. If you keep that worthless chassis in there, you'd change the connector....yes.


Thanks. I considered looking for a working G07. I dont have any experience with these..are the replacement chassis that bad? Any historical info on them?
 
Last edited:
I can speak to these chassis as I have had a lot of experience with them . Eago (then later eygo) was an importer of chassis a few decades ago. They did not make them, yours is a wei-ya chassis. Wei-ya made a line of generic chassis that were cheap to buy and easy to have on hand for quick swaps. In my experience, they were used heavily by operators as I've seen them in many retired games. I also used them myself for quite a number of years. Tron guy is correct, they are definitely not made to the same quality as the OEM's, however, I have also seen them still working after being in service for 20 years and I never had any issues with any of the ones that I used. To answer your question, yes, you have to change that connector. When you would've bought that chassis new, all the wires that you needed to change would've been included in the box. Wei-ya used to have a dozen models available, each model would replace a certain tube size and H/V spec yoke. Those specs are usually printed on the plate near the flyback. I still have all of the numbers memorized from the last run of them lol. I don't remember that one though. If you put the wrong chassis to the wrong yoke, you can definitely fry it. The wei-ya chassis for a g07 19" was 820H. Perhaps this will help in a cross reference check. My advice to you would be to try this chassis if it is nos, and you have checked to make sure it is the correct spec for your tube. If that chassis is used, or you would rather just skip the hassle, buy a refurbished G07 from one of the awesome guys on the forum here. Back when I was using the replacements, there were a ton of tubes that had no chassis (the common practice for operators back in the day was to just steal the chassis off of another game and then leave the chassis-less tube on the shelf ) and it was just easier to call the supplier and have a new one sent to you (plus there was really no way to get a replacement because this was really before the Internet was a big thing lol ). At this point, because all of those replacements are no longer produced, I would say a refurb g07 is a better way to go.
 
Back
Top Bottom