Need advice on Space Fury

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Looking for some advice on a possible pickup of space fury. Its non working at the moment and need to look at in person before anything. But what's the deal with these monitors? Are they prone to fire? And can they be modified to be made safe?



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They can catch on fire. Mine started to when the last owner had it. You can still see the burn mark on the chassis.

They can be made safer and Mongo here did a fabulous tutorial on how to do it.

G08s can be horribly painful to fix but of course not all are.
 
Thanks for the tips. Whats a going price for one non working. Any others common problems with it?

I have no idea but they're not very common. Does it play blind?

The boards can be a real PITA and very few people seem to fix them. Most of the people that I know that have these Sega games have multiple sets of boards and a set is pretty pricey. They plug into a cage and there's 6 of them per cage.

These games are infamous for having the power supply go out and take boards with them.
 
Dont have alot of details about it other than non working. Its part of a group of 3 other cabinets. Theyre about 10 min from me so ill need to see them all in person.
 
They can catch on fire. Mine started to when the last owner had it. You can still see the burn mark on the chassis.

They can be made safer and Mongo here did a fabulous tutorial on how to do it.

G08s can be horribly painful to fix but of course not all are.

Could you post a link to that thread?
 
Dont have alot of details about it other than non working. Its part of a group of 3 other cabinets. Theyre about 10 min from me so ill need to see them all in person.

OK, I'd start with the basics then. How does the cabinet look? Does it play blind? If it does you know the boards are working. At least you can narrow it down somewhat to boards/monitor/physical condition before you make your decision.
 
Keep in mind the Key word is "safer". I think one the most important things is to make sure the output transistors are correct, and not 3716s. Secondary, do the voltage tap mod. I think the problem really is that they run right on the spec of the output devices, and when they fail its a catastrophic failure.
 
I started a thread in the monitor section on my adventures on making the GO8 more reliable and safe.
Definintely do the power and transistor mods. I found another guide that talked about caps used on the chassis how they weren't designed to take the voltage when the chassis pulled more power when drawing several vectors at once so I just ordered a bunch of parts to do a cap kit on GO8 to help the monitor run cooler and handled the voltage spikes as well.

I have links to everything in my thread on where I found all my information.
 
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