Ok folks… if you’d like to install a Mars 2000 series DBA into your Safecracker with a new door, this is what you’ll have to do:
The good part: Door frame bolt locations haven’t changed from old to new, so the new door and frame are easy to attach.
The bad part? Everything else. Still worth doing IMHO.
Firstly, you’ll have to Dremel the bill box holder to fit under the playfield:
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By about this much:
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Then, you’ll have to drill new holes in the door edge to relocate the switch plate. Otherwise the switches won’t trigger when the door is shut. I recommend this approach vs. trying to relocate the switches to the lower position where the new door plate is:
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No holes exist for the menu buttons, but you can use the single switch screw to attach it:
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You’ll want to wire up both coin slots together to accept quarters, because your magic token slot will be gone:
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Then, you’ll want to murder your bill box (note, I switched the previous top-loader to side-doors) to fit underneath the playfield:
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And then you’ll want to murder it a bit more so that it can swing open without having to remove the playfield:
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And THEN a bit more still, just before the door hinge completely comes off but still works…
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Finally, plug in your service AC cord, your AC harness, solder the wires to the unused switch pair (and configure for $1), and boom… you’re done. Takes about five hours at a casual pace to do it neatly.
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Safecracker uses a smaller footprint. Hopefully if you are converting a different WPC, it won’t require as much murdering. But you never know until you try.
No “Assault on the Vault” with this configuration without a new coin entrance plate and token coin mech.
Could be done, but, nearly everyone wants to keep one of our custom RPM souvenir coins around here… and I bet you would too.
BTW, the violent alternative would be to simply saw right into your existing WPC door with a Dremel to make the Mars fit. Ugly, but doable. I just couldn’t bring myself to do it.