rockinganker
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I am posting this from another arcade collecting sight, hope you enjoy.
I thought I'd throw together a restoration thread as I have never documented any of my previous restorations.
Next up....Tapper!
I've been looking for this machine for a long time. This game is one of my favorites and not really as fun on a Mame cabinet, the dedicated machine uses taps as buttons. I bought this game off Rick in Aylmer QC and made the road trip on Saturday. I dropped a 60-in-1 machine off in Barrie and then continued on up to Rick. Nineteen hours later, Tapper is in the house.
Anyway, when I originally bought the machine I was told it was not working. The first thing I did was take the entire pcb apart and clean every socketed chip and any pins for ribbon cables. This brought the picture up and now it plays 100%. I played about 10 or 15 games on it before the wife called me for dinner.
I have a lot of work to do on this as the cabinet is rather rough.
I plan on doing a full restoration on this machine. I'm trying to get as close to new as I can, that will include:
Clean and polish the brass foot rest (Done March 11/11)
Sandblast and replate the brass cup holders (Done March 11/11)
Strip old art from machine (Done March 13/11)
Replace missing leg levelers and plates (Done March 21/11)
New control panel overlay and tap handle decals (Done March 24/11)
Rebuild joystick and tap handles (Done March 24/11)
Remake, prime and paint cabinet (Done March 25/11)
Rebuild the power block (Done March 25/11)
Rebuild sound board (Done March 26/11)
Replace the ribbon cables on the pcb (Done March 26/11)
Cap the board (Done March 26/11)
Replace the cut off power cord (Done March 26/11)
Rebuild G07 chassis and replace burnt tube screen (Done March 27/11)
Rebuild the power supply (Done March 27/11)
Fix any and all wiring in the game (Done March 29/11)
Fix the credit button in the coin door and paint (Done April 1/11)
All new sideart and front art (Done April 8/11)
Replace textured t-molding (Done April 8/11)
I'm not sure if I'm missing anything but here are my before pics.
I thought I'd throw together a restoration thread as I have never documented any of my previous restorations.
Next up....Tapper!
I've been looking for this machine for a long time. This game is one of my favorites and not really as fun on a Mame cabinet, the dedicated machine uses taps as buttons. I bought this game off Rick in Aylmer QC and made the road trip on Saturday. I dropped a 60-in-1 machine off in Barrie and then continued on up to Rick. Nineteen hours later, Tapper is in the house.
Anyway, when I originally bought the machine I was told it was not working. The first thing I did was take the entire pcb apart and clean every socketed chip and any pins for ribbon cables. This brought the picture up and now it plays 100%. I played about 10 or 15 games on it before the wife called me for dinner.
I have a lot of work to do on this as the cabinet is rather rough.
I plan on doing a full restoration on this machine. I'm trying to get as close to new as I can, that will include:
Clean and polish the brass foot rest (Done March 11/11)
Sandblast and replate the brass cup holders (Done March 11/11)
Strip old art from machine (Done March 13/11)
Replace missing leg levelers and plates (Done March 21/11)
New control panel overlay and tap handle decals (Done March 24/11)
Rebuild joystick and tap handles (Done March 24/11)
Remake, prime and paint cabinet (Done March 25/11)
Rebuild the power block (Done March 25/11)
Rebuild sound board (Done March 26/11)
Replace the ribbon cables on the pcb (Done March 26/11)
Cap the board (Done March 26/11)
Replace the cut off power cord (Done March 26/11)
Rebuild G07 chassis and replace burnt tube screen (Done March 27/11)
Rebuild the power supply (Done March 27/11)
Fix any and all wiring in the game (Done March 29/11)
Fix the credit button in the coin door and paint (Done April 1/11)
All new sideart and front art (Done April 8/11)
Replace textured t-molding (Done April 8/11)
I'm not sure if I'm missing anything but here are my before pics.