Tear Down

While I wait for the new boardset I begin to disassemble the game. I made a drawing of the cabinet insides and sketched the wiring harness on it so I will know how to replace it. I removed the wiring harness. The controls, coin slots and pedal are all molexed so removing the wiring is fairly easy.

Except the shifter is soldered. The game boards are soldered at the power connection mentioned earlier. One of the Audio boards has a ground wire soldered to it.

Next I removed the fan and cardboard shroud over the board cage. I am not sure this was original equipment. If it was, it was not very effective as the back door has no ventilation holes. I need to consider moving the fan or drilling a vent into the back door.

Now I pull out the board cage. It is extremely rusted. I pulled the boards out and they seem in good condition. Perhaps they will still get that trip to El Dorado and off to eBay.