Sega Hang-On
Cables Fraying
Hollywood Monster,~
Crane Switch Short
Rick Boese
The Silver Cue
Chula Vista, California
Mark K. McAcy
Fun Factory
Kennesaw, Georgia
PROBLEM
PROBLEM
Accelerator cables fraying. Replacing them
every 2-3 months.
We have a Monster Crane from Hollywood
Crane Merchandisers, Inc. A problem arose
that is described as follows: When the crane
was powered up everything was working
fine. The lights would come on, the claw
would return to its home position. You could
put money in and it would give you credits.
But as soon as you hit the start button the
claw would go to back of the cabinet and at
the same time blow the +12 volt fuse.
SOLUTION
I took out both cables, brackets and gear
assembly to the accelerator and brake. I
then drilled two holes in the handle bars, one
near each grip. In each hole I put an ordinary
momentary switch button, using five minute
epoxy to hold them in, and wired them to two
5k fixed resistors. Thus, the machine is at
low speed automatically and pushing the
button produces full speed.
NOTE
Most of the customers don't mind the
change at all and some like it better. The
weekly count is just about the same as with
the cables, and I have not had one problem
with the machine in six months!
English Mark Darts
Monitor Probleni
Ken Layton
Capitol Amusement and Vending
Olympia, Washington
PROBLEM
Model 600 series games. On monitors made
by Kristel Corporation, the picture is poor,
wavy and has vertical foldover at the top.
SOLUTION
Replace C208 (luf@ 50vdc), radial cap.
CAUSE
I found that on the joystick, the microswitch
that is used to get the claw to go backwards
was shorted to the voltage line, and after
replacing the switch had no more problems.
Capconi Bowl Static
Reset Problenis
Kerry Messana
Betson Advance Dist.
Syracuse, New York
PROBLEM
On early versions of Capcom Bowl (w / cap for
RAM backup), you will find that the board is
easily susceptible to static charges intro-
duced into the game. This will cause the
game to reset or go into test.
CURE
Replace the 4. 7k resistor at R2 with a 4 70
ohm to 750 ohm, 1 / 4 watt resistor. Solder a
0.1 @ 100v cap across the resistor also.