Ingenious! Took me a minute to even notice the actual mod.

Not something I would do, but in a pinch....sure looks like it worked.

I think that turned out half-decent.

Not something I'd ever do, but it doesn't look THAT bad.

Makes me think the guy did that to appeal to the wife and make it match their other furniture more.

I'm getting a headache just from looking at that.

This is the kind of thing I love to repair.
With my OCD the way it is, even if that worked, I'd have to fix it.

Lots and lots of lifted pads, so good luck with that!
I imagine the back of the board is just as bad, if not worse.

Yes, because I would lose sleep over that.

Not really the worst ever, but this is pretty bad. And aggravating.

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Or use for your next arcade project?

I did the exact same thing with an Alley Cats, but made it look much nicer.

To alarm what though? If the coin door is opened?

I wonder how many of these hacks were done other people here, but they're too ashamed to admit it?

https://www.ipdb.org/images/1580/image-3.jpg

Noise dampening? Hmmmm.

I agree, but maybe they THOUGHT they were making a difference?

Putting a smaller one around the base of the bulb may offer some relief when the bulb is loose! I don't think it would last long though.

https://www.ipdb.org/files/2630/Bally_1989_Transporter_the_Rescue_English_Manual.pdf

People think pliers = crimpers.

I bet I could give you a run for your money.

But, does it work?

Corked?

No, I get it. My brain just wasnt in sports mode.

These are the jobs I enjoy doing the most. Taking a massive stinking turd and turning it into something polished and better than new. It really soothes my OCD seeing the before and after of a job well done.

Looks like a hair from Homer Simpson's head.

I see what you did there.

Looks like a hardtop is in your future!

I remove all inserts and replace with all clear. That way I can use LEDs to make them whatever color the client wants.

We heard you like hacks, so we put hacks in your hacks.

But does it work???

And he put batteries back in. Glutton for Punishment I guess!

Its also the only way to test the lamps are working... if I recall correctly from the last one I worked on.

I agree, but I definitely remember something about these lights acting weird when we switched them over to LEDs (aside from the usual mods needed to get LEDs to work in a Bally).

You should post this in the "Best Hacks and Repairs" post. I don't see any issues with that at all. And if anything, its going to relieve some thermal stress from the adjoining bridge when one heats up more than the other.

Good ventilation is needed because the flux in the solder melts and turns to vapor (and therefore becomes airborne). Not because of the lead content.

Lead melts and turns to liquid. You'd need a much higher heat to turn lead into a vapor.

That being said, its more important to keep your work area neat and tidy and don't eat while using lead solder. Your change of ingesting the lead from your fingers is much higher than your chance of breathing it in. And don't rub your eyes.

I've done that in a pinch.

I'd label them as J117A and J117B or whatever your connector number is.

I've seen this done with paperclips and they wonder why they have switch errors.

Pics of best friend's mom?

When I worked at 7-11, we had a nickel or dime glued to the floor near the front door.
It was just our lousy entertainment watching 2 or 3 people a day try to pick it up.

And aluminum foil to repair blown fuses.

Ah, the original 5-slot coin door!

C30 will require a stitch as well, otherwise you'll be wondering why it still isn't working.

My electronics teacher back in 1989/1990 taught me that 1 strand from a piece of 14 AWG lamp cord is 1A. He'd often rebuild fuses using this method.
No idea how accurate he was, but he did it all the time.