Neck Broke on Monitor..What can I do?

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What ar emy options if a neck breaks on a monitor. I just got a Super Hang On and when i opened up the back its literally broken in half.
 
i am located in scranton pa. i guess i'll have to figure out the size of the monitor and try to track one down. i believe it's 19 inch.
 
Hopefully there is enough of a stub left and it's not too jagged-

hold the glass stem (the piece still attached to the screen section) firmly in your hand. Place your mouth over the opening and suck on it. Suck a lot.
Then stick the broken part back over the opening. The vacuum might just hold it in place.

For real-

A little searching for a common thing like this isn't asking much.
And come on- come on.. what do you THINK you could do about it?

If you're just asking WHERE would you buy a replacement monitor for this game, then you should find a better way to phrase it.

I'm not always like this...
 
Hopefully there is enough of a stub left and it's not too jagged-
hold the glass stem (the piece still attached to the screen section) firmly in your hand. Place your mouth over the opening and suck on it. Suck a lot.
Then stick the broken part back over the opening. The vacuum might just hold it in place.

Don't forget the duct tape.
 
sorry i am clueless about this stuff. I am new to the collecting these machines. sorry if such a dumb question bothers people. i looked and couldn;t find an anwser. sorry again
 
sorry i am clueless about this stuff. I am new to the collecting these machines. sorry if such a dumb question bothers people. i looked and couldn;t find an anwser. sorry again

Don't feel bad. They are just messing with you. It's part of the KLOV experience.
 
Hopefully there is enough of a stub left and it's not too jagged-

hold the glass stem (the piece still attached to the screen section) firmly in your hand. Place your mouth over the opening and suck on it. Suck a lot.
Then stick the broken part back over the opening. The vacuum might just hold it in place.

For real-

A little searching for a common thing like this isn't asking much.
And come on- come on.. what do you THINK you could do about it?

If you're just asking WHERE would you buy a replacement monitor for this game, then you should find a better way to phrase it.

I'm not always like this...

What a dick.:3:
 
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sorry i am clueless about this stuff. I am new to the collecting these machines. sorry if such a dumb question bothers people. i looked and couldn;t find an anwser. sorry again

Nah, like jehuei said, we're just messing around. The first two responses pretty much said it all. Replace the tube (tube swap), or buy a new monitor. I personally always go the tube swap route. There is NO fixing a physically broken tube.
 
ahhhh...

I'm feeling better now.
That Hang On has an odd sized monitor if I recall- like a 20" maybe?

No matter- see if you can measure the distances between the mounting bolts for the monitor frame- it may help you find a replacement.

Since your tube is scrap, you may be able to sell the monitor electronics (chassis) to help fund another monitor.

Sorry for throwing out the sarcasm earlier- it just appears that you didn't put in much of a search effort. I don't have a replacement monitor for you, so I'll be quiet now.

Kerry
 
To the new guy's defense, I too had a broken tube in a machine once, and the part that went on the bottom was still there in the bottom of the cab. I was advised that sometimes, the vaccuum could still be present, depending on how far up the part broke.

I glued the part back on and tried and had no luck, but for whatever reason I was thinking that if I could reseal the tube with the broken part, the vaccuum would be regenerated from something inside of the tube.

If anything, I did learn from that experience that I needed another tube.. So here I am, passing that knowledge on. :D
 
Yeah, don't let those guys get to you... it's just that it gets really frustrating answering the same questions again and again. I even wrote a whole long sticky thread on how monitors work, and still, the same questions come up. I don't think anyone bothers to read it :D

Anyway, yeah, you need a new picture tube, or a whole monitor. You can scavenge a picture tube from a television set of the same size, just so long as the neck connector is the same and it's the same size. Look at the numbers on the tube, and look it up in the B&K setup chart for a rejuvinator, and that'll tell you what sort of neck it users. Or, you can post what kind of monitor you have, and we can help you.

Or, you can replace the whole monitor. Arcade monitors from standard resolution games are all pretty much the same, so any standard monitor will drop right in and work.

-Ian
 
I don't think anyone bothers to read it :D

I read that sticky at least once a week. It's VERY valuable to me.

I'd say a tube swap should be easy to do, if it's a 19" TV. The first thing we need to know is how many pins your neck socket has. Can you look and let us know?

You can also give us your tube number. It should be a 8-10 digit number with letters and numbers starting with A48.
 
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