Street Fighter 2 Pinball Fuse Holder problems

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Hello Guys

I have had this problem with my Street Fighter 2 Pinball Machine for awhile now .

The Power outlet holding the 2 Fuse Holders .

The Top of one of the fuse holders snapped and will no longer lock the fuse in to the pinball can be powered up

I have tried buying both fuse holders from Marco Pinball.com

One is to small and will not hold the Fuse .

Other one will hold the Fuse but will not fit into the old fuse holder .

I have unbolted the hole thing from the Pin and tried figuring out if I need to replace the hole thing.. But I have no idea on what to do at this point ..

The parts I got from Marco Pinball are
Fuse Holder -Panel Mount GMA Fuses FHPMGMA
Fuse Holder -Panel Mount AGC Fuses FHPM

thank you to everyone that responds
 
Contact PBResource. They should have the correct holders or at least be able to get you a part number.
 
This one - Fuse Holder -Panel Mount AGC Fuses FHPM - should work and yes, you will need to replace the whole thing.

EL78 is the Gottlieb number if you want to try one from PBR - might still need to replace the whole thing anyway.
 
just a small update on this .

First off thank you all the responds ..

I went to another website I saw had a different fuse holder .. Thinking it would be a complete match and I wouldn't have to completely tear apart the hole thing .

Well Fuse fit into the fuse holder but it wouldn't lock into the machine.

I will have to tear the part and completely replace this .

there any pointers on doing this .. I do not like tearing something apart and not getting back the way it was before lol .

There are 2 cables plugged into it .. should I worry about getting the cables wrong rewiring this back up .. What about the other is it just a ground?

Thanks again guys for everything
 
I have a Gottlieb system 3 game - and to replace the fuse holders would never require tearing the game apart. Do you mind taking a photo of what you are replacing? I just want to provide you with the right advice...
 
it's the fuse holder in the power brick by the coin box . *power switch*

The fuse holder snapped and will not lock the fuse in any longer .
 
ok my request here is pictures of the Power Brick and the fuse holder .

One picture shows it upside down . Wires going to the bottom of the Fuse Holder . There is black around the upper part of the wires going into the Fuse Holder .. maybe these are hard wired? I do not see how I remove the wiring and the bottom of the Fuse Holder .

Hopefully these pics show up

I am at a total loss on what to do next ..


 
Bad Fuse Holders.
On the power box and the transformer assembly Gottlieb used mostly horizontal (flat) fuse holders. This style of fuse holder is fine. But the vertical fuse holders used for the High Voltage and Line Power are junk, and often fail. If a game is not booting check the fuse holders first.


The power box. Note the vertical style fuse holders which often fail, and the
interlock plug.
 
He's already got a replacement from Marco - just needs to install it.

You'll need a soldering iron to disconnect the two wires that are currently attached to the bad holder (cut away the heat shrink tubing that's over the soldered area first).

Remove old holder.

Install new holder.

Solder wires to the lugs on the replacement.

Doesn't matter which wire goes to which lug (on THAT fuse holder - I'm assuming you're only needing to replace that one fuse holder). Make sure you remember to put your heat shrink tubing on the wiring (and pulled up out of the way to avoid it shrinking prematurely) before soldering the wires onto the new holder.

Then, slide the heat shrink down to cover the soldered areas on the two lugs, and heat it up to seal/protect the soldered area from potential shorting, and you should be good to go.

I suspect you were originally just trying to purchase a new fuse holder, and hoping that the cap from the new holder would work with the existing holder - this is hit and miss. I keep old caps around just in case though - sometimes you get lucky.
 
What is this Heat Shrink your talking about?

on the bottom of the fuse holder the 2 wires are black taped or something?

That's what made me think there hard wired into the fuse holder .

Yes I was trying to find the right fuse holder and just take the fuse and put it in the fuse holder and power up the machine .

I have brought 3 different kinds of these fuse holders .. they are all different from the factory fuse holder that came in the machine .

He's already got a replacement from Marco - just needs to install it.

You'll need a soldering iron to disconnect the two wires that are currently attached to the bad holder (cut away the heat shrink tubing that's over the soldered area first).

Remove old holder.

Install new holder.

Solder wires to the lugs on the replacement.

Doesn't matter which wire goes to which lug (on THAT fuse holder - I'm assuming you're only needing to replace that one fuse holder). Make sure you remember to put your heat shrink tubing on the wiring (and pulled up out of the way to avoid it shrinking prematurely) before soldering the wires onto the new holder.

Then, slide the heat shrink down to cover the soldered areas on the two lugs, and heat it up to seal/protect the soldered area from potential shorting, and you should be good to go.

I suspect you were originally just trying to purchase a new fuse holder, and hoping that the cap from the new holder would work with the existing holder - this is hit and miss. I keep old caps around just in case though - sometimes you get lucky.
 
Heat shrink tubing is tubing that (as per the name), shrinks when it's heated.

It's used as a way to cover/protect a wire/connection that's been soldered to help prevent any shorting in the area. Example from Radio Shack.

These fuse holders are definitely "hard wired" - you'll need to cut back the "black taped" portion (that's the heat shrink tubing) to expose the wiring where it's soldered to the old fuse holder, unsolder it, and remove the old fuse holder.

Then, install the new one, and make sure you have a small section of heat shrink tubing slid up onto the wiring before resoldering the wires into place.

Once the wires are on the new holder, slide the heat shrink tubing over the soldered area, and you can then use your soldering iron (put it near, but not on the tubing), a lighter, or (ideally) a heat gun to heat up the tubing to cause it to shrink into place.

If you don't have a soldering iron, or simply aren't comfortable doing this yourself, find somebody local who can knock it out for you - shouldn't take more than 10 to 15 minutes to complete.
 
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