Quoted from libtech:I offered to purchace an i/o board since that was my fault though.
I had to buy an I/O board for my FT, it was just shy of $280 after shipping. Helmut and Morgan were great to work with and got me the parts quick (considering shipping and being a new company)
Also on FT the I/O boards are interchangeable from one location to another.
If you know which line on the I/O board has a short (I think there are 8 lines) you can move it to another location that might not use that line, or at least isn't nessacery for playing. On mine that was line 6 which fires the launch coil, so I moved the board to another location where line 6 only spins one of the tires and unplugged the coil for the tire, until the new board got here.
Overall NEW Heighway has been great for me to work with!
Good luck on your games guys.