New year and a new repair(I'm proud of me)

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I know for most people here it's not too impressive but this is the first real repair job I've done on an arcade machine.

I placed an order for a cap kit from Bob Roberts and it finally got here on Thursday. I needed to pick up a couple things to be able to discharge the monitor. I finally got everything together last night so I was able to work on it. I got it discharged with no problem and the only hick up was that I couldn't get one of the wires disconnected so I had to do all the repairs 3 feet away from the machine. I was able to replace all but 3 of the capacitors last night but I was getting tired so I had to finish the work this morning. I got the last 3 replaced and hooked it back up and it looked a bit better. Then I got my fiancee to help me adjust the color levels and I can't believe how good it looks now.

Like I said I know it's not too impressive for a lot of people on here but I had to start somewhere :D
 
Congratulations on your first repair1

So, what wire couldn't you get disconnected? Was it the black wire coming off of the back of the tube to the neck board?
 
It is a great feeling.

I did my first monitor repair the other day as well... for my Neo Geo mini. Wasn't a cap kit, but I did remove the monitor, discharge (don't know if it even had one) and repaired some of the traces on the back.

And I had the same problem with the black wire OZ is describing. It was already cut and put back together with a twist on wire cap. It was soldered to the neck board wierd as well. But I still got it going, and I used a better method to reattach it.
 
So, what wire couldn't you get disconnected? Was it the black wire coming off of the back of the tube to the neck board?

That's my guess. Must've been a Wells-Gardner. OP: Next time, cut the wire, then reattach it using either a wire nut or solder and shrink tubing...
 
That's my guess. Must've been a Wells-Gardner. OP: Next time, cut the wire, then reattach it using either a wire nut or solder and shrink tubing...


I usually put a single position .093 molex set on the wire where I cut it. This way I can pull it easier next time.
 
I usually put a single position .093 molex set on the wire where I cut it. This way I can pull it easier next time.

I've seen quick-connects and such. On my own games, I just use a wire-nut as I tend to pull chassis' quite a bit when I need a working one to compare to a project on the bench...
 
I've seen quick-connects and such. On my own games, I just use a wire-nut as I tend to pull chassis' quite a bit when I need a working one to compare to a project on the bench...


I built an adaptor (Molex to alligator) for this type of testing. It works well for my needs.
 
I know for most people here it's not too impressive but this is the first real repair job I've done on an arcade machine.

I placed an order for a cap kit from Bob Roberts and it finally got here on Thursday. I needed to pick up a couple things to be able to discharge the monitor. I finally got everything together last night so I was able to work on it. I got it discharged with no problem and the only hick up was that I couldn't get one of the wires disconnected so I had to do all the repairs 3 feet away from the machine. I was able to replace all but 3 of the capacitors last night but I was getting tired so I had to finish the work this morning. I got the last 3 replaced and hooked it back up and it looked a bit better. Then I got my fiancee to help me adjust the color levels and I can't believe how good it looks now.

Like I said I know it's not too impressive for a lot of people on here but I had to start somewhere :D


yeah it is im glad yet another person here got brave enough to pickup a soldering iron and get to work!!

Now that you have a capkit under your belt and you know how to discharge the tube, monitor work isnt that bad is it?
 
on the k7000s ill solder em or if im in a hurry ill use crimp on insluated push on spade terminals like this

http://www.wiringproducts.com/contents/en-us/d48.html

male on one end female on the other so that if needed in the future you can remove easily


can be found cheaper elseware, you dont need the fully insulated ones but i prefer them just in case. The nice thing about those push on spade terminals is that they can be had at any auto parts store and mabye even some home improvement stores
 
That's my guess. Must've been a Wells-Gardner. OP: Next time, cut the wire, then reattach it using either a wire nut or solder and shrink tubing...

Yup it was, K7000. I did think about cutting the wire but I didn't have anything to reconnect it and I wanted to try and do as little else besides the cap kit so I would know 100% if it didn't work that I had messed up the caps and not something else.

Thanks for the congrats everyone :)
 
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