Greetings!
Today was the day to replace the AA batteries on my BOP. The previous owner had a date label on the batteries and on the inside of the coin door and it was a year old. My fingers are fat, callused so not much feelings, and old. I was not happy about just grabbing those batteries and yanking. I also didn't think it was too great to get a screwdriver in there and start prying. So I opened the rollaway drawer for pliers and found my perfect tool. I used a pair of spark plug boot pliers. They are insulated and fit a AA battery perfectly. It was a snap to remove and replace the batteries. Here are a couple of really bad photos to sort of show the things in action. Maybe I am the only person in the world that needs a tool but then again there might be someone else! Oh..... and then after I finished, the Real Fun began. My game is an export and of course booted up in German. Hello Google Translate as I finally found E.1 21 to select English.....lol.

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NVRAM is something that with my soldering skills is risky at best. The cost to send the board off and have it done is more than just replacing batteries once a year. If I take my game in to be serviced somewhere, I would have it done at that time. Pinside is full of NVRAM tales gone bad and I would probably be one.

The Xcelite tool above is a nice item. Maybe next year I will try a small set of cutters! This gives me something to look forward to when next year rolls around.

Thanks to all the suggestions......most anyway! After reading the last post, I realized that I was just thinking inside the backbox. I am going with the Hurst System of battery removal tools.

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