TRON to Part or Not to part :)

TRICKDRAGON

Member
Joined
Dec 11, 2006
Messages
758
Reaction score
7
Location
Wyoming
Well I found a Tron about a month back. When I bought it I thought man I could make some cash from all the parts. I have a Tron "which I love" so I figure it was a good way to get a few bucks. The more I thought about it the more I liked the idea of fixing it up. So it was in rough shape. And had no coin door and the back doors were missing. But it was a Tron :) How could I part out a Tron? So this is what I started with.
 

Attachments

  • 1128001645.jpg
    1128001645.jpg
    88.3 KB · Views: 57
  • 1128001646.jpg
    1128001646.jpg
    95.1 KB · Views: 52
  • 1128001646a.jpg
    1128001646a.jpg
    94.5 KB · Views: 49
  • 1128001646b.jpg
    1128001646b.jpg
    81.7 KB · Views: 45
  • 1128001646c.jpg
    1128001646c.jpg
    88.4 KB · Views: 43
Part Two

More pics of the Tron!
 

Attachments

  • 1128001647.jpg
    1128001647.jpg
    89.2 KB · Views: 34
  • 1128001647a.jpg
    1128001647a.jpg
    91.6 KB · Views: 25
  • 1128001647b.jpg
    1128001647b.jpg
    90.4 KB · Views: 34
  • 1128001647c.jpg
    1128001647c.jpg
    89.2 KB · Views: 24
  • 1128001648.jpg
    1128001648.jpg
    91.2 KB · Views: 24
It had no Boards and the power supply had your regular batt damage. I rebuilt the power supply in my Tron, but always wanted to Try the power supply from arcade shop. What a good way to try it out. Well I started taking it apart. It was very dirty! Some ass scratched his initials into every part of the game that he could. Even the glass.
 

Attachments

  • 1128001649.jpg
    1128001649.jpg
    89.5 KB · Views: 13
  • 1128001706.jpg
    1128001706.jpg
    89.4 KB · Views: 13
  • 1128001707.jpg
    1128001707.jpg
    94.6 KB · Views: 13
  • 1128001726.jpg
    1128001726.jpg
    90.7 KB · Views: 15
  • 1128001726a.jpg
    1128001726a.jpg
    99.1 KB · Views: 17
New Glass :)

So I bought new glass and cleaned all the parts. The joystick was missing the Tron Logo and The CP overlay was in bad, bad, bad shape.
 

Attachments

  • 1128001727.jpg
    1128001727.jpg
    91.4 KB · Views: 20
  • 1128001727a.jpg
    1128001727a.jpg
    95.1 KB · Views: 17
  • 1128001729.jpg
    1128001729.jpg
    86.2 KB · Views: 15
  • 1205000254a.jpg
    1205000254a.jpg
    91.9 KB · Views: 16
  • 1129000245b.jpg
    1129000245b.jpg
    82.9 KB · Views: 18
CP Repair

So I had to fix the CP!
 

Attachments

  • 1204002339.jpg
    1204002339.jpg
    90.1 KB · Views: 18
  • 1204002339a.jpg
    1204002339a.jpg
    91.8 KB · Views: 15
  • 1204002350.jpg
    1204002350.jpg
    91.6 KB · Views: 20
  • 1205000253.jpg
    1205000253.jpg
    93.1 KB · Views: 28
Tron CP

Man CP overlay from phoenix arcade looks so good! Got to love the Black light.
 

Attachments

  • 1205000254.jpg
    1205000254.jpg
    91.4 KB · Views: 10
  • 1205000254a.jpg
    1205000254a.jpg
    91.9 KB · Views: 9
  • 1205000254b.jpg
    1205000254b.jpg
    93.4 KB · Views: 11
  • 1205000300.jpg
    1205000300.jpg
    95.3 KB · Views: 28
Game had no boards!

So this game had no Tron boards. Did find a person on KLOV that had a few sets so I thought I would see if I could get a set to work. I was able to get a picture, but no sound so I sent the boards to CDJump. While I sent them off I did a little work on the cab. sanding painting...Blah, Blah, Blah. I used the boards out of my Tron. Used the new power supply fro arcade shop and this is what I have so far!
 

Attachments

  • 1208001559.jpg
    1208001559.jpg
    87 KB · Views: 23
  • 1208001559a.jpg
    1208001559a.jpg
    88.2 KB · Views: 25
  • 1209002106.jpg
    1209002106.jpg
    87.1 KB · Views: 22
  • 1210000007.jpg
    1210000007.jpg
    82.5 KB · Views: 30
  • 1210000007b.jpg
    1210000007b.jpg
    88.4 KB · Views: 23
Tron

Tron is working good, but I have to work on the paint and the coin door!
 

Attachments

  • 1210000008.jpg
    1210000008.jpg
    83.4 KB · Views: 11
  • 1210000008a.jpg
    1210000008a.jpg
    87.2 KB · Views: 11
  • 1210000009.jpg
    1210000009.jpg
    85.1 KB · Views: 14
  • 1210000011.jpg
    1210000011.jpg
    87.5 KB · Views: 12
  • 1210000012.jpg
    1210000012.jpg
    85.6 KB · Views: 13
It had no Boards and the power supply had your regular batt damage. I rebuilt the power supply in my Tron, but always wanted to Try the power supply from arcade shop. What a good way to try it out. Well I started taking it apart. It was very dirty! Some ass scratched his initials into every part of the game that he could. Even the glass.

i have the arcadeshop adapter with a HEAVY DUTY happ ps and NO HUM

i believe those folks who do have a hum either have other cab issues or are using a cheapie power supply.
 
The Hum

Well I have two Tron games. One has the old and one has the new from arcadshop. I also bought the Heavy Duty PS. Hell the new adapter sounds fine to me. I think the old game is louder then this one I'm working on. The arcadeshop PS and adapter work good! They also had the coin door logo that I needed. I wish he would take Pay-Pal.
 
More pics of the CP overlay

Just a few shots of the CP
 

Attachments

  • 1210000013a.jpg
    1210000013a.jpg
    86.2 KB · Views: 6
  • 1210000018.jpg
    1210000018.jpg
    85.6 KB · Views: 6
  • 1210000019.jpg
    1210000019.jpg
    87.1 KB · Views: 5
  • 1210000105.jpg
    1210000105.jpg
    82 KB · Views: 5
  • 1210000105a.jpg
    1210000105a.jpg
    83.7 KB · Views: 7
No coin door!

So I had no coin door in the Tron, but I did have a extra Bally Midway coin door from a Rampage cab. SOOOOO I used it! Arcade shop had the coin door Logo I needed that worked good. While I painted the coin door I also had to paint the marquee railes. Some ass "KEP" helped me with this. But it's fixed now :)
 

Attachments

  • 1210002241.jpg
    1210002241.jpg
    93 KB · Views: 19
  • 1210002240a.jpg
    1210002240a.jpg
    93.7 KB · Views: 13
  • 1210001500.jpg
    1210001500.jpg
    85.3 KB · Views: 14
  • 1213001718.jpg
    1213001718.jpg
    89.4 KB · Views: 24
  • 1213001718a.jpg
    1213001718a.jpg
    94.6 KB · Views: 13
Well It's just about finished!

Just got the side art done. Coin door finished. And new back doors finished and painted. Now all I have to do is the T-molding and Tron will be finished! More Pics to come!!!!
 
Back doors of my Tron

Well I started the back doors! I have two Trons so I thought "self"....that's me "self it would be easy to just copy the doors that you have" So I did....LOL It turns out that Bally Midway had two different kinds of doors. That would have been nice to know before i started. LOL Well It did work, but I had to move a crossmember inside the cab. Now it looks like new! This is the pics of the "Back Build"
 

Attachments

  • 1214002255a.jpg
    1214002255a.jpg
    97.2 KB · Views: 16
  • 1221001242.jpg
    1221001242.jpg
    84.6 KB · Views: 16
  • 1221001242a.jpg
    1221001242a.jpg
    88.8 KB · Views: 17
  • 1221001242b.jpg
    1221001242b.jpg
    89.7 KB · Views: 13
  • 1221001243a.jpg
    1221001243a.jpg
    89.6 KB · Views: 14
Back door

I have had 4 or 5 Trons and 1 of them had a different back doors than the others. The board that seperates them is placed differently for some reason.
 
finished today. Now what to start the bidding at :)

Well I have about as much done as I can. I will test the boards that came back from cdjump and then sell this Bad Boy :) It was fun to do and this will always be one of the best games ever! This is a picture of the bottom. Had to replace the legs. And a picture of the top. The only part I only had to just clean.
 

Attachments

  • 1221001230.jpg
    1221001230.jpg
    94.1 KB · Views: 8
  • 1221001234.jpg
    1221001234.jpg
    89.8 KB · Views: 9
  • 1221001243b.jpg
    1221001243b.jpg
    84.1 KB · Views: 11
Lol

Yep That's what it was! Funny! I just moved the cross bar up! It worked good. Then Had to build a little part to stick in the middle of the doors. Stuck in new locks so all the keys and locks work together.
 
Last Pics!

Just the last pics. I also stuck on a new Kick plate! The art on the left side did not come out as flat as I wanted :( But still looks darn good. Over all it's a nice game. With the new power supply and fixed boards it will be arround for a few more years :) Long live Tron!
 

Attachments

  • 1221001242c.jpg
    1221001242c.jpg
    89.2 KB · Views: 17
  • 1221001243.jpg
    1221001243.jpg
    92.1 KB · Views: 18
  • 1220001453.jpg
    1220001453.jpg
    90.3 KB · Views: 20
  • 1220001624.jpg
    1220001624.jpg
    79.4 KB · Views: 14
  • 1213001718a.jpg
    1213001718a.jpg
    94.6 KB · Views: 11
You're awesome for not parting it and fixing her up. Kudos to you!!! And the restoration is awesome so far!
 
Back
Top Bottom