(Topic ID: 88165)

Molex Connectors for Meteor?

By McPin54

10 years ago



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#1 10 years ago

I have run into a 1979 Stern Meteor that I have added to my collection and it has been sitting in a basement forever. I have clean it up and bought a new MPU Alltek. It looks like I am going to have to replace all of the molex connectors for all boards to make sure I am getting good connections. Can anyone tell me what Molex Series/Connector Housing from Great Plains electronics I need? Also what pins. Any help is much appreciated.

Thank you,

McPin54

#2 10 years ago

Are you talking about MPU connectors, the rectifier board, or the solenoid driver board? Ed at Great Plains should have everything you need; if not try Big Daddy I'd advise dealing with the rectifier board first (replace all three rectifiers, the 4 diodes for the displays, and BOTH the male and female pins/connectors as well. Remove the transformer/rectifier board assembly with the board they are mounted on from the cabinet-makes this work MUCH easier; *oops* almost forgot-mount the new rectifiers on the top side of the board (reverse from the factory mounting) and slightly elevated to allow for airflow-as an option install heatsinks on the solenoid and lamp rectifiers to maximize cooling. Now on the Solenoid driver board replace the C23 cap (controls the +5 volts to the MPU) and the .100 pins/connector on the J3 connector (one on the upper right hand corner of the board-it tends to be a problem child). After you do the work on these boards you should be ready to go with a fully booting MPU (all 7 flashes with a pinging sound for each flash-gotta love those Stern MPUS; your Altek board is a clone of the Stern MPU-200 board). Good luck and have fun!!!
P.S. watch out for the sound board-make sure you have the ribbon cables hooked to the MPU correctly otherwise no sounds! They mount straight on the sound board itself but you must cross the connectors on the MPU side.

#3 10 years ago

the small ones are molex .100" or 2.54mm the bigger ones are molex .156" or 3.96mm

great plains electronics

#4 10 years ago

Thank you chucktee and barakandl! I appreciate all the help!

McPin54

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