Installing coin door and comparator

Ninevolt

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I bought a new coin door assembly and a coin comparator to go with it for my DDR arcade cabinet.
http://www.arcadespareparts.com/and..._parts_azzz0cod002_coin_door_ass_y_1coin.html
http://www.arcadespareparts.com/arcade_parts/coin_mechs/electronic_coin_comparator/12905.html

The problem is that the hole where the coin door is supposed to go is bigger (taller) than the door and doesn't go in far enough where the metal clips can hook on to anything. I was thinking I could nail the door to the frame, but it would look bad and there would still be space to get through the hole. I'd like to know what else I could do with this.

The other problem is installing the coin comparator. It comes with what looks like a power cable with many different color wires, and I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do with them. The door didn't come with the plugs that detect a coin going down. I heard I need a micro switch or something with a trip wire.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
 
the coin comparator needs 12V. permitting you have the same type of power supply that comes with the cab (a screw terminal type) you're going to have to add wires to the 12V and GND lugs and run them to the coin door. PITA, I know. the comparator should come with labels or a pinout telling where the 12V needs to go.

the coin door, I don't know. I hate those silly Japanese cabs. had a Dance Maniax that had a converted Japanese currency door with gaps in the slot and everything that we replaced. mysteriously that one fit like a glove, but I think I know what you're talking about with DDR. for that I have nothing. :(

why did you change out the old coin door?
 
My cab is actually a korean cab. It was originally a 3rd Mix Korean. The door that it was supposed to come with was apparently taller.
It looked like this: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2595/4150362679_0a79620bd8.jpg

When I got the cab, it came with a Happ door that was smaller than the hole and it was nailed and screwed to the frame. It was messy. I wanted to get a new door that looked nicer and would probably fit, but I'm running into the same problem again.
 
yeah, probably going to have to create a shim for the top (so the heavy weight of the coin door will rest on the sturdier bottom)

I ran into the opposite problem installing a Happ coin door in a House of the Dead a couple months back where it was like the opening was too small. lol I forced it in and did what had to be done. the old door's coin box looked like a car wreck!
 
wood, you make it the height of the gap between the inner metal trim of the top of the coin door up to the top of the opening in the cab itself.

then paint it. lol

if you wanna get real fancy you can fill in the lines with bondo and sand it down, etc.

I'd post that question in the restoration section, I'm sure someone can help you with it. just take a pic of the new coin door inside, show the gap, and they'll instruct you on what to do next.
 
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