Hard Drivin Compact (Upright) project pickup, love this game

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Hard Drivin Compact (Upright) project pickup, love this game

Hoping this game just has a fuse/power supply issue (what the seller said), but for a cheap project game, I'm anticipating more problems, but hopefully nothing that I can't fix.

This thing is heavy at 450lbs, and it barely fit in my minivan. Not looking forward to trying to get it out of the van, may put heavy duty locking roller casters on it before taking it out.
 

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ive got one of these, fun game but heavy as hell as you already know, only reason i still have it is because it will be a pain in the ass to remove from downstairs to sell it :(
 
This game is no joke in weight, leaving it horizontal on some rollers until I can get rid of some of the weight (I need to tear it down for a complete overhaul).

First up is to take out the monitor in the top of the cabinet. I wish the seat was removable (but it isn't).

I'm guessing the monitor chassis is a K7000 (still looking for stickers to say what it is), the fuses are not easily accessible, need to look at the manual more.

It looks complete and the circuit boards look all there and in pretty good shape.

I don't think I want to move this to the basement when finished, it would sink into the lawn and stay there (I have a walkout basement). It will be my garage game so the kids and I (and the neighbor kids) can play it.
 

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ive got one of these, fun game but heavy as hell as you already know, only reason i still have it is because it will be a pain in the ass to remove from downstairs to sell it :(

+1. But in my case, I want to get mine out of the basement before the snow comes. :eek:
 
I swear the cabinet was built around this monitor, I don't see an easy way to get the monitor out except to take all the front parts out first. At least on its side I don't have to worry about it dropping on the mirror.
 

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Finally, the 25in monitor is a beast. Going to verify the chassis type, didn't see any labels on it.
 

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More teardown pictures. This thing is filthy dirty.

The coin counter shows 191189. I assume that is a count per quarter, this game shows 50 cents on the coin slots, so I assume this has 95,594 plays, roughly $47,797. I wonder if this game fixed up would still make money today.

Trying to get it to the point where I can disconnect any high current items (monitor, steering motor) to see if it will power on, will use my bench crt to see if it works.

Notice the power receptacle just inside the coin door, wonder why that was added (can't image that being stock).
 

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More pictures of the PCB area from the back.

I wish the lower panel would come off, it is glued/screwed in as well, hard to reach the fuse box and some of the wiring.
 

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Well, it really was a fuse, but causing the 3A slow to blow is the monitor. If I leave the monitor unplugged and use my bench monitor, the game fires up and is playable. Motor works as well for steering force feedback.

When it got to showing the high score table on game end, the game reset, so not sure if there is something going on with the high score save table.

A lot more research to do on this game.

I need to figure out why the monitor is blowing a fuse, didn't hear the high voltage on it, so not sure if the monitor has a short, or if the game overall is pulling too much current on poweron.

It was weird playing this game with a tiny monitor though.
 

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Trying to figure out how to restore the pedals to original non-rusted state. May end up having to paint and clear coat them, but need more research.

All the pedals are under spring tension, so used rope to tie the spring back so that I could remove the pedal easily (and put it back later without having to fight a spring).

Used rust remover to get rid of rust.
 

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Brake and Accelerator won't come out of the metal enclosure and I didn't want to completely take this apart (spring tension would be a pain to put back), so had to be creative.

Used rope (and allen wrenches) to keep the spring tension pulled, and used a shallow paint tray to only Evaporust the metal pedals but not the enclosure.

Also a picture of the brake pedal strain gauge. Appears to be something bound to the metal with a glue covering with two wires that read 350 ohms without tension applied.
 

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Stripped the cabinet tonight so I can do a thorough cleaning. These Atari cabinets are built like tanks!

Found a custom made metal rod with a hook on the end, looks like this was used as a fish hook to run wiring from the back of the cabinet to the coin door through a narrow tunnel. I see no other way to get wiring through, so, glad that someone decided to make this custom tool and leave it in the coin door area!

I'll also post a bunch of pictures in the next few posts of different parts since I have it stripped.
 

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Metal/Chrome plates for the floor area getting an Evaporust bath. These are really rusty, so I may end up having to sand and spray paint them chrome.
 

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Close up pictures of the steering wheel force feedback motor.

This thing is heavy!

Optical encoders for the steering wheel and the motor.
 

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Control panel closeups.

BTW, this is not easy to remove. You are basically taking part of the cabinet apart and unbolting the force feedback motor to get the CP off.
 

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Last pics for tonight, closeups of the Hard Drivin PCB Compact/Upright stack (3 boards). I also picked up a working Race Drivin PCB stack for a Compact/Upright (has 4 boards instead of 3). Compact/Upright and Cockpit PCB stacks are not compatible, different monitors as well (Cockpit uses a Med Res, Compact/Upright uses a Std res monitor). More info on System16 boardsets and the different pcb stacks for Hard/Race Driving here - http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=770

Need to replace the ZRam (ZeroRam) on the bottom board (see last picture with taller chip covered in dust), I suspect it is why every time I power on the system, it loses the calibrated settings. I found a forum post about it here, along with where to buy the ZRam replacements - http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=235876

I also picked up some 2.5in locking roller casters from Lowes. Each caster can hold 175lbs, so as long as I don't gain too much more weight, should be ok :) Manual shows cabinet weighs 450lbs.
 

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