Discs of Tron environmental restoration
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original start button was in remarkable condition with no scratches or marks. It was just filthy and had yellowed a bit.
So I wondered if I could save it rather than replace it...
The alligator clip, washer and spring were really badly rusted so I soaked them in WD40 for 24 hours before brushing the crap off and polishing them up with some fine sand paper.
I dropped the white plastic button pieces into a bleach and cleaning solution.
So I wondered if I could save it rather than replace it...
The alligator clip, washer and spring were really badly rusted so I soaked them in WD40 for 24 hours before brushing the crap off and polishing them up with some fine sand paper.
I dropped the white plastic button pieces into a bleach and cleaning solution.
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I stripped the joystick and spinner to their individual parts and cleaned everything up.
The joystick shaft was badly rusted so I ground that off.
I replaced the joystick handles with new, and a new trigger button.
The spinner had seized for the up and down movements so that was quite interesting stripping it, working out how it worked, derusting and unseizing it, and putting it all back together.
The joystick shaft was badly rusted so I ground that off.
I replaced the joystick handles with new, and a new trigger button.
The spinner had seized for the up and down movements so that was quite interesting stripping it, working out how it worked, derusting and unseizing it, and putting it all back together.
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I reassembled the panel, put on a new leaf switch for the start button and did actually manage to save the original start button 
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So with that there's two things left to restore. Coin door and the front speaker grill.
Decided to jump between them as time allows.
The coin door is bent rusted junk 😱😱😭😭😭
Looks like someone tried to break into it to be honest.
I also don't have the keys, this wasn't an issue for the main coin door as I got in through the back and removed the lock, but the lower coin door will need to be drilled out.
General status: grim 🤢🤢🤢🤢💩💩
Decided to jump between them as time allows.
The coin door is bent rusted junk 😱😱😭😭😭
Looks like someone tried to break into it to be honest.
I also don't have the keys, this wasn't an issue for the main coin door as I got in through the back and removed the lock, but the lower coin door will need to be drilled out.
General status: grim 🤢🤢🤢🤢💩💩
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mysticmonk
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Less than 5000 plays on the counters. Yeah you'd wonder if someone jammed a screwdriver in there at some point, seen worse though in terms of salvaging it back
Someone did something. The entire frame was bent, so a screwdriver or crowbar or something.
Stripped the door, both doors have been attempted to be broken into and the frame is bent also from the force of an attempted break-in.
I drilled the lower coin door lock out to aid stripping the entire thing to individual parts.
This is the worst coin door I've ever tried to restore.
I drilled the lower coin door lock out to aid stripping the entire thing to individual parts.
This is the worst coin door I've ever tried to restore.
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My panel beater has worked magic. I got a call yesterday to pickup in the evening so that I did.
I'll let the pictures do the talking.
I'll let the pictures do the talking.
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Phils Arcade
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That coin door looks back in shape. I've seen the mess that a heavy screwdriver or crowbar does on these doors.
You can understand when you get a cab and it has thick metal bars installed across the coin doors.
You can understand when you get a cab and it has thick metal bars installed across the coin doors.
This really is the thread of all threads. Fantastic work Ol. Everything really can (usually) always be fixed/restored/reshaped/reformed. I love this side of the restorations, although 2023 is the year I finally try and learn some PCB skills.
Some phenomenal updates in these last two pages, that really highlight the detail and effort you've put in. Looking forward to the next installment. Things are getting close......
Some phenomenal updates in these last two pages, that really highlight the detail and effort you've put in. Looking forward to the next installment. Things are getting close......
Yes a possibility! Or the acidity in all the farts or something 💩💩💩