Williams Moon Patrol

[bbz149]

More of a tidy up than a full restoration! Side art has the odd ding and scratch, but as it's going between other cabs I wont be doing a full repaint and Stencil at this point. And still need to convert it to 240v

This is the Machine purchased as faulty from Lincoln Maine and I had it shipped over just before Christmas

Machine arrived with a faulty Power supply, repaired this by replacing the 2N3055 on the Heatsink and 2 Voltage Regulators IC's. Looks like one of the contacts on the Connector had overheated in the past and one lead was soldered directly to one of the Pins

Replaced all Connectors and still need to install new sockets into the Cab at some point

Powered up the Game and got

Next to install the Save Game Kit I purchased from the US. The Original Board set is very clean with matching Serial numbers!

Removed the 4 Roms to install the Board

Next for the Control Panel which is looking rather worn!

And the New Overlay purchased in the US while I was in NY

Ill add pic's this eve of the completed CP as new Red and Yellow Buttons just delivered to Work

I already had some new White Leaf Buttons so should look rather nice once it's completed.

 

[Arch]

Moon Patrol is a cool game, and the cab is a real looker!
The 110V-230V conversion - is that just a matter of rewiring? Or is it more elaborate?

 

[bbz149]

I should be able to just change 2 Jumpers on one of the connectors http://www.thedefenderproject.com/?p=202. ill also have to do the mains filter, the ballasts and change the Lamp http://www.thedefenderproject.com/?p=217

bbz1492016-01-13 13:56:07

 

[LAZORIAN]

Awesome stuff getting this working you must be chuffed.
The cab looks in pretty decent condition
The stencilled side art is so cool on this cab.

Personally I can live with some nicks and dings
so im not going to do much on my cab.
I will replace the buttons though.

I'd be interested to see how you get on with the cpo as its a wood panel
Look forward to the updates.

 

[big10p]

Looking forward to seeing this after the spruce up.

 

[bbz149]

Well chuffed with the CP

This

To this

 

[big10p]

looks lush

 

[bbz149]

Converting 110 to 240v, I bought a new Varistor from Maplin Link


This is the old Filter and Varistor which looks like 156v Max! The Old Filter is 250v so I wont be swapping that.

New Varistor installed also replaced the Fuse on the Live to a 3A 240v

Next to install the Marquee Ballast. Now I'm starting to think that this was a waste of £20! and the info here is incorrect! Link As US uses 60hz and UK is 50hz, even though it states on this Site that a 60hz Ballast does not like 50hz and that he replaced it with a BA02 Ballast 14-15-20w/110v

Well I installed Ballast and the new Starter with these

But noticed the new Ballast is also 60hz LMFAO. Anyway it gets quite hot and I only noticed that after smelling a slight burning smell after the Machine had been on for an Hour. Question is, is the smell because the Ballast is new, or do I bin that and find another one?