Mario Widebody Restore - Pic Heavy

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I picked up this wide body from a fellow KLOVer a few weeks ago. I have finally started to get things working and I am beginning the cosmetic fixes.

This machine was in decent condition when I picked it up. It was converted to JAMMA and someone had installed Double Dragon into it. I fired it up and saw vertical collapse on the monitor and I had no sound either.

Here are pics of the cab when I picked it up.

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Pretty solid over all. More to come.
 
So I had the vertical collapse. I checked out the monitor and I noticed someone replaced the brightness pot and that the volume pot was busted on the remote board of the monitor. So I bought a Deluxe Cap Kit, Transistors and a Pot replacement kit from Bob Roberts. I met up with another KLOVer and he guided me through the repair. We hooked up the monitor to a DK JR and adjusted B+ and played with some one the brightness settings. looked great, just upside down, but since this is a monitor is Horizontal its perfectly fine.

I put the monitor in the cab again and i just got a White screen. I thought maybe something got rattled when I transported the monitor. Then after posting here I was told that a sanyo will have a white screen with no video. So I figured the Double Dragon was dead.

The power supply was wired to take the AC in from the monitor power. I removed this setup as i wanted my Sanyo to be completely isolated from anything else. I did not want the switcher running off my 100v monitor power. I wired the PS directly from the 120v in. There was no change with the double dragon working.

My cousin had an Ikari warriors jamma board, so I hooked it up, I got video, but it was just garbage on the screen. Again, posting on here I was told to check the voltage as Ikari has known power issues. I checked the power supply and saw that 12v was reading 10.4v and my 5+/- was reading around 4.1v. I bumped the voltage up until I was at 5 and 12, and both the boards booted up, but they keep restarting themselves, so I added a little more voltage, and now both boards are working and stable. This isnt a big deal since I am putting a MB set in this anyway with an original PS, but I was happy to see I got things running.

Also today I sanded down the cabinet to get most of the black paint off of the sides of the cabinet. I also patched up some of the chips and dings on the sides with some vinyl patch, maybe not ideal, but ive used it before and it works fine for the tiny damage I have on the sides. Anyway, I am making progress. Next is the final prep before painting, sanding the patches down, and adjusting the horizontal width coil as I cant get the games to fill the screen, but ill deal with that when I get the Mario board installed.

PICS!

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I don't have the machine at my house yet, but it's 2435 I think. I know it's four digits and those numbers and the first number is 2 lol
 
I've got a Widebody control panel you can have. It's populated already with a harness. If you pay shipping, you are welcome to it.
 
I've got a Widebody control panel you can have. It's populated already with a harness. If you pay shipping, you are welcome to it.

Nice! Isn't klov great? :)

Did you already have the WB bezel, or was it turned around backwards on the cab? As stated, keep up the good work. Mario Bros. WB cabs look frickin' fantastic when they're fully restored - just do a search for gregatrons or phets restores - both fine examples.
 
Nice! Isn't klov great? :)

Did you already have the WB bezel, or was it turned around backwards on the cab? As stated, keep up the good work. Mario Bros. WB cabs look frickin' fantastic when they're fully restored - just do a search for gregatrons or phets restores - both fine examples.

Yea KLOV is pretty sweet :)

The bezel was actually included with the cab (not installed) the member I got it from was gonna restore it, but had to get rid of a few projects. I got the cab with a sanyo, double dragon and a WB bezel for $150. After a cap kit and a few transistors the monitor is working great! and turning up the voltage got the double dragon running.

The control panel on the machine currently is a WB panel, but it was drilled through, so I bought another one, but that one needs a new CPO and a lot of work on the joystick and buttons.

I've seen those restores, that where I got the paint code ;). They look great!
 
Also, if anyone has a marquee that would help me! Lol. I am having trouble finding one. A member here has one he will sell me, it looks good, but it's a repo that has the 2 player bubble and part of the heads are cut off.

I think I might get it for now, but I'd really like one with the full heads. What do you guys think?
 
Also, if anyone has a marquee that would help me! Lol. I am having trouble finding one. A member here has one he will sell me, it looks good, but it's a repo that has the 2 player bubble and part of the heads are cut off.

I think I might get it for now, but I'd really like one with the full heads. What do you guys think?

I've only seen the non-bubble version for the widebody. I'd hold out.

I've got a beautiful OEM conversion Control Panel but it's unpopulated (I'm doing a conversion not a wide body). If anybody has sticks/buttons/harness I'd be willing to trade a wide body Bezel. It's got some scratches in the center but the Art is good and I think the scratches can be buffed out.
 
Does anyone know where I can get the tv adjustment tool so I can adjust the horizontal width? I know I can get it online, but I'd like to get it locally so I don't have to pay more for shipping than the item costs. I tried radio shack but it seems they have discontinued them :( anywhere else I can try?
 
Does anyone know where I can get the tv adjustment tool so I can adjust the horizontal width? I know I can get it online, but I'd like to get it locally so I don't have to pay more for shipping than the item costs. I tried radio shack but it seems they have discontinued them :( anywhere else I can try?

bob roberts has it online, harbor freight might have something if you have one local (or maybe tractor supply). other than that for local i couldn't tell ya.
 
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