Hello All,
I am new to the forum and just picked up a Williams Cyclone for my first ever pin as a present for the family.
It spent many years on route but was in reasonably good condition and has been in home use for the past 5 years or so.
Unfortunately, one thing the previous owner neglected was the batteries. I've been doing a lot of reading up since acquiring the machine and knew to check the batteries on the PCB board.
Sure enough, there was a little bit of corosion on one of the batteries so I got them out of the battery holder but not without one of the small tabs on the battery holder falling off.
I know there are a couple of different options with replacing the battery holder but I've decided that I'd like to replace the holder on my PCB with a similar holder and then use a remote battery pack/holder that I've already created and have ready to go.
So, I apologize for all of that unnecessary background information but my question is how much should I expect to pay if I send out my board along with a new battery holder that I've already purchased to have someone remove the old holder, clean up the area and install the new holder?
I'm alright at basic soldering but haven't really done any work with PCBs and don't want to screw up the board since it is original and a serial number match for the rest of the components in the game.
The game is working 100% fine right now without the batteries other than getting the "adjustment error" when I turn it on because it couldn't save settings. So, there is no damage to the board from the small leak that occurred other than the battery holder being unusable.
If I can get some rough estimates as to what I should expect to pay and who would be a good candidate to send the board to so that I can have piece of mind that the repair will be done correctly it would be greatly appreciated!
Scott