I picked up a berzerk a few weeks ago.. it worked when I got it home after
replacing a molex but died shortly after.. so the boards got shipped out for
repair and I decided to restore the whole cab.
The cab overall is in decent shape but I wanted it to look minty.
First I stripped everything out of the cab.. every nut, bolt, plate, etc.
Then the problems started showing up..
The bottom of the control panel area was split so I pulled the wood that
makes up the CP support. I am going to have to cut new pieces.
Then there was a big crack (about to break) on the front panel. I went back
and forth on whether I should replace the entire front or not, but its mortise
and tennon'd together. I would have to pull apart the entire cab to replace it.
So I decided to re-enforce the crack with a steel plate. It seems to have
done the trick.
The top had a big delamination going on.. bondo should fix this up.
And finally I noticed the kick plate was broken as well so that will need to be
replaced.
Spent about 3 hours today sanding the entire cab down to the wood. Got rid
of a lot of scratches and imperfections. I can see why Stern used a sanded
paint on these cabs.. the wood they used sucked.. they had to hide things.
I sand blasted most of the metal bits. Still need to strip the coin door and
sandblast it.
Hopefully I can get some of the wooden bits replaced tomorrow, install some
leg levelers, and break out the bondo.
Malice
replacing a molex but died shortly after.. so the boards got shipped out for
repair and I decided to restore the whole cab.
The cab overall is in decent shape but I wanted it to look minty.
First I stripped everything out of the cab.. every nut, bolt, plate, etc.
Then the problems started showing up..
The bottom of the control panel area was split so I pulled the wood that
makes up the CP support. I am going to have to cut new pieces.
Then there was a big crack (about to break) on the front panel. I went back
and forth on whether I should replace the entire front or not, but its mortise
and tennon'd together. I would have to pull apart the entire cab to replace it.
So I decided to re-enforce the crack with a steel plate. It seems to have
done the trick.
The top had a big delamination going on.. bondo should fix this up.
And finally I noticed the kick plate was broken as well so that will need to be
replaced.
Spent about 3 hours today sanding the entire cab down to the wood. Got rid
of a lot of scratches and imperfections. I can see why Stern used a sanded
paint on these cabs.. the wood they used sucked.. they had to hide things.
I sand blasted most of the metal bits. Still need to strip the coin door and
sandblast it.
Hopefully I can get some of the wooden bits replaced tomorrow, install some
leg levelers, and break out the bondo.
Malice


