OHEMIO
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Now that everything is zen with my CDI Ski I'm moving onto the mechanical restoration of the S.A.M.I. Since I bought this one in Oregon I've been worried due to the fact there were no keys if this game was complete.
So I took out the Milwakee drill, my cobalt bits, and began to drill out the locks.
I was happy to find that the game was complete and not butcherd. My Midway Cobra was and it took a while to figure out the wiring. Furthermore excited when I saw the film in the projection unit.
So I removed the projection unit to clean and the film looks a little ratty near the edge that rides on the motor gear. The counter read 58K games so if it was the original film I'm lucky it's still intact at all. I'm guessing oil and 42 years have siezed everything up.
Those of you that have a S.A.M.I. I have a few questions. What did you clean your film with? Did you have some wear on the ridges the film rides in. I'm thinking that I can take this out. Turn it inside out. Turn the film around and install it on the good edge.
Any suggestions would be helpful. I know they're was an inquiry about pulling S.A.M.I. owners together to have film(s) made.
After the S.A.M.I I'll work on the Panzer and I believe that essentially the same type of game.
Any help anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated!
So I took out the Milwakee drill, my cobalt bits, and began to drill out the locks.
I was happy to find that the game was complete and not butcherd. My Midway Cobra was and it took a while to figure out the wiring. Furthermore excited when I saw the film in the projection unit.
So I removed the projection unit to clean and the film looks a little ratty near the edge that rides on the motor gear. The counter read 58K games so if it was the original film I'm lucky it's still intact at all. I'm guessing oil and 42 years have siezed everything up.
Those of you that have a S.A.M.I. I have a few questions. What did you clean your film with? Did you have some wear on the ridges the film rides in. I'm thinking that I can take this out. Turn it inside out. Turn the film around and install it on the good edge.
Any suggestions would be helpful. I know they're was an inquiry about pulling S.A.M.I. owners together to have film(s) made.
After the S.A.M.I I'll work on the Panzer and I believe that essentially the same type of game.
Any help anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated!
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