Restoring a Super Pac Cocktail

I will shoot you some photos of super pac cocktail inners tonight....I have to move a few games to get to mine...

I got your photos, thanks! They will be very helpful in getting the game put back together properly.

Do you mind if I link the photos to my other request thread, so that others' can benefit later if needed?
 
Not much new to report on this lately, I've been super busy preparing our house for a massive garage sale. Trying to offload bunches of shit.

I did manage to get the monitor and power brick mounted in the game though. With any luck, I'll get started on reinstalling the ground straps and wiring harnesses tonight.

I still need to fabricate a new power cable to replace the gnarly one that came with the game.

Still going back and forth on whether or not I need to recap the 4900 in there yet. The image is perfect right now. I usually don't like trying to fix stuff that's not broken. Maybe if I choose to sell the game I'll let the new buyer decide whether or not they want a cap kit done. I have everything I need to complete the work.

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With the help of Roadrunner's photos I was able to get all the wiring harness parts and ground straps properly connected yesterday.

I had to repair the ground strap going from the cabinet to the coin door because it had cracked off about 2 inches from one end, right where the door hinge was. I'm sure over years of opening and closing the coin door the strap finally broke. I sanded both edges of the strap near the break, soldered the strap back together, and it was good as new.

The speaker wires from the harness I bought from Arcade Adventures had been clipped, so I had to splice some extra wire on both to make it to the speaker. I did my best to match the wire type and color, and put spade connectors on the ends to connect it to the speaker.

I had to adjust the yoke a bit on the new tube to get the image perfectly centered. A few more tweaks of the center position jumper and vertical hold pot brought the image to near perfect position. There's just a little of red convergence near the bottom left corner of the monitor that could be adjusted with convergence strips, but I'm going to leave it for now. It's fine.

With any luck I hope to install the artwork on the glass today.

Getting closer.....


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Sadly the run of CPOs has already been done but if I make a new one I'll look into fixing the dimensions; I apologize it wasn't exact.

Don't sweat the glass art too much. A couple of tips:
-Use a drop of baby shampoo or dish soap in a spray bottle of water and spray the glass very well.
-Wipe down the backing and top of the art so it doesn't have dust.
-Peel the backing of the art slowly and carefully so the art doesn't kink. Spray the adhesive side of the art as you peel the backing. Spraying your own fingers is a good idea to make sure you don't get fingerprints in it.
-Have a microfiber or other lint-free cloth available and hold it around the edges as you squeegee the water out. Get the most water out as you can.
-Let it sit overnight before installing it in the machine so the rest of the water can evaporate/adhesive can stick.
 
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"Don't sweat the glass art too much" he says LOL

I finally worked up enough courage this morning to do this.

I started by laying a picnic sized towel down on my living room floor in morning sunlight and thoroughly cleaned my new piece of glass from Bryan at Paradise Arcade. Then I mixed up a bottle of warm water with a drop or two of Dawn. I sprayed down both the glass and the art as my wife assisted me with removing the art from the paper backing.

Here's the work area:

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The artwork next to the glass, cleaned and ready to go.

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After laying down the art, my wife assisted me in positioning the art so it was centered on the glass. Side to side, the art was about 1-2mm too wide, so we had to leave just a hair of overhang. End to end it was about 2-3 mm short, so we centered it on the ends and went from there. Not too shabby for artwork designed for a piece of glass that Rich has never touched.

Squeezing out the water with a credit card:

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I ended up getting 2 dog hairs trapped that required lifting the art, retrieving the hair, and putting it back down. Damn pets :)

The end result looks pretty smooth:

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I flipped it over for a final shot just for a few seconds. I will leave it up-side down for the better part of today to let the water dry and the adhesive set up.

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Looks pretty nice! She's a beaut, Clark!

Now I'll let the art dry for today. I folded the towel over on the glass and laid the old piece of glass on top of the towel to provide even pressure to aid in releasing the rest of the water and help things dry up. Tomorrow I'll work on installing the glass on the game.

Whew! Glad that part is over.
 
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I got antsy and couldn't wait the whole day. I figured the art had 12 hours to dry so I opened it up and laid the glass on the cabinet.

No clips installed yet, but holy smokes, she's really looking nice now!!!

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Damn dude, that looks SO good. I'm with you- I would've been sweating that art installation like a muthafukka. Looks like you pulled it off like a pro though.
 
Damn dude, that looks SO good. I'm with you- I would've been sweating that art installation like a muthafukka. Looks like you pulled it off like a pro though.

Thanks, man! I'm well on my way to owning the most pristine Super Pac cocktail in the world, for whatever THAT'S worth LOL
 
Looks killer... congrats!

On a side note, can anyone really trust your old bottoms? :)
 

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Looks killer... congrats!

On a side note, can anyone really trust your old bottoms? :)

HA! I edited my image on Photobucket, but you must have the cached version of it. Oops :) Hey, a guys' gotta pay for that expensive art somehow, right? I nearly had to sell the shirt off my back!
 
Very nice..best super pacman cocktail restore I've seen...I'm glad the photos were of use and sorry it took so long to get them to you...where did you get the wood grain design?..looks pretty dam close to original...hard to tell it isn't..
 
Very nice..best super pacman cocktail restore I've seen...I'm glad the photos were of use and sorry it took so long to get them to you...where did you get the wood grain design?..looks pretty dam close to original...hard to tell it isn't..

See post 13, it's the "Montana Walnut" pattern from Wilsonart, sold at Home Depot. About $80 for a full 4x8 sheet, although I really only needed about 2/3 of the sheet for this project. I saved the last 1/3 of the sheet to re-laminate some BIC Venturi speakers I have to rebuild.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Wilsonar...ana-Walnut-FineGrain-7110K783504896/202800391

I think I may have found 2 out of the 3 last few pieces I need for this cab: the top pcb holder and manual. I'm still looking for a coin box cover, though.
 
Oooooooooooo- love the before/after money shot! The cleanest (and most expensive :p) Super Pac cocktail in all of the Land! :cool:
 
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