F355 Restoration
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FinalFight
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looks great 
did you use the clear laquer on the pedals?
did you use the clear laquer on the pedals?stegrey said:looks great
Cheers
Getting there.I just gave the pedals a good clean with abrasive paper. I've sprayed them before with Hammerite smooth and they have held up pretty damn well. On this occasion, I just used lacquer on the two plates that screw to the base.
Like they say... you can't polish a turd..... but, you can roll it in glitter
Its not perfect, but clean and tidy - good enough for me.
FinalFight
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hahaha yeah they look great
Freshly powdercoated metalwork always looks
terminator2k2
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it will look like its just come off the production line when its complete...
Thanks for all the encouragement
I've done a few bits this weekend, not as much as I would have hoped..
I finally managed to remove the small circular mount on the dashboard shaft that the steering cog fits to. It was mounted using two small grub screws (that were rounded out). I've no idea what the grub screws were made of but they were really really hard. I went through 3 hacksaw blades trying to saw through the mount!!
The dashboard is 90% back together now and not a bit of rust in sight:
Looking at my other dashboards, it seems I've mounted the bracket with the pot on upside down. I'll fix that that shortly.
I also assembled the pedal base/back box - looks nice and tidy:
I'm going to strip the fans down shortly and clean out all the old cr*p from them. One of them was certainly struggling to spin.
The dashboard previously had a fan mounted on it - do I need to bother re-fitting it? The two OR2 dashes I have don't have them on and I don't think they have suffered.
I've done a few bits this weekend, not as much as I would have hoped..
I finally managed to remove the small circular mount on the dashboard shaft that the steering cog fits to. It was mounted using two small grub screws (that were rounded out). I've no idea what the grub screws were made of but they were really really hard. I went through 3 hacksaw blades trying to saw through the mount!!
The dashboard is 90% back together now and not a bit of rust in sight:
Looking at my other dashboards, it seems I've mounted the bracket with the pot on upside down. I'll fix that that shortly.
I also assembled the pedal base/back box - looks nice and tidy:
I'm going to strip the fans down shortly and clean out all the old cr*p from them. One of them was certainly struggling to spin.
The dashboard previously had a fan mounted on it - do I need to bother re-fitting it? The two OR2 dashes I have don't have them on and I don't think they have suffered.
silverfox0786
Beware the Hillman
Awesome Andrew nice work so far
silverfox07862016-02-01 13:52:49
silverfox07862016-02-01 13:52:49
Outrun2 said:
Nothing looks nicer than that Outrun twin, would be hard to beat!
I've got a blanking plate for the shifter, its somewhere "safe". Just can't seem to remember where! Not sure whether to stick a shifter in there (as I have a spare anyway) or blanking plate. Thoughts?
corn said:
I think you have to snap off the little piece of metal that the VMU mounts onto if you wanted to fit a shifter. Personally I'd fit the blanking plate and wait to see if a VMU unit comes up for sale in the future.
Vamino2016-02-01 22:30:20
Made a little more progress this week. Finally got around to testing the F355 cages. AndyGeezer suggested the only way to really know which components were faulty was to strip the cages and test each motherboard individually (with a standard NAOMI BIOS fitted).
Here are my findings...
Motherboard 1:
Motherboard 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lumb40JWlUA
Some kind of Graphics fault
Motherboard 3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naf6EdNaaos
More graphics weirdness
The fourth motherboard booted a treat and RAM checks all reported GOOD
I swapped in another Naomi motherboard I knew was good and then re-assembled the cage.
Woohoo - a working boardset
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOT8M698WJY
I've since tested the gameboard and link/communication (?) boards in the other cage with the working motherboard and they work a treat. Now to find 2 cheap Naomi motherboards!
corn2016-02-06 18:43:39
Here are my findings...
Motherboard 1:
Motherboard 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lumb40JWlUA
Some kind of Graphics fault
Motherboard 3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naf6EdNaaos
More graphics weirdness
The fourth motherboard booted a treat and RAM checks all reported GOOD
I swapped in another Naomi motherboard I knew was good and then re-assembled the cage.
Woohoo - a working boardset
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOT8M698WJY
I've since tested the gameboard and link/communication (?) boards in the other cage with the working motherboard and they work a treat. Now to find 2 cheap Naomi motherboards!
corn2016-02-06 18:43:39