Kick Man button repair

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Searched for a Kick Man (or Kick) manual online with no luck.

How do the buttons come apart? I can get the micro switch out of the button assembly, but the white plastic piece that holds the microswitch also needs to come out in order to remove the button from the CP. I don't want to wrench the white piece the wrong way and break it. Thanks in advance.
 
Maybe someone has the KickMan manual and can review it to see if it shows how the buttons are supposed to be removed? I don't want to drop $20 on an auction site to order the manual just to find that it shows one of those exploded diagrams of the CP and nothing else. :)

One of the buttons was replaced with a generic one before I bought the game, suggests a previous owner also couldn't figure out the button assembly and broke it.

Presumably there are three pieces.

- the main, outer button piece:

- the orange "KICK" piece that sits inside that outer piece,

- and then the white piece that fits in the bottom of the outer button housing. This piece is the brittle one that holds the microswitch. It's too wide to fit through the CP, and the plastic nut that holds the outer button to the CP won't come off as long as this piece is connected.
 
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The white part of the button after you take the micro switch out, You push the white legs together and pull the center of it out to change the bulb. It is scary and feels like it is going to break but I have changed a lot of bulbs in those and never broke one. It takes a 194 bulb. Check my games if you dont believe me. I can scan the manual page if you need it.
 
Excellent, that worked. Thanks! (And NICE collection of Kick / KickMan machines there! :))

As an aside, since the other official KICK button is missing, any ideas on where to buy a replacement (aside from checking ebay)?
 
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Excellent, that worked. Thanks! (And NICE collection of Kick / KickMan machines there! :))

As an aside, since the other official KICK button is missing, any ideas on where to buy a replacement (aside from checking ebay)?

I see complete control panels pop up once in a while but buttons, not so much. There was someone on here selling a Kick man control panel recently. I dont think it sold. Use the search and look for Kick man. It should be towards the top.
 
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