Week of 4/20

Week of 4/20/2014
Cyclone
I found it turned off along with everyting else that was plugged into the power strip along that wall.  I couldn't find anything wrong with any of the equipment.  One item that is also plugged in there is a Massage chair that if you sit on without putting money in will keep asking to put money in.  I assume someone got tired of hearing that so they turned everything off.  I am planning on replacing the power strip with something else that will make it harder to shut off my equipment.

Air Hockey.
The one puck return door looks like someone tried to pry thier way into it with a screwdriver.  I have no idea why you would try that as there is nothing in there.
It seems like a lot of work to try to get a free game.  I will talk to the location manager when I see him and find out if he knows what happened to it. 

Slam A Winner
The one ticket dispenser wasn't working.  I found that the rubber O ring had broken.  Some days I can replace them in just a few minutes.  Unfortunately today was not one of those days and I struggled with it for a long time.  I forgot the "trick" to get it done quickly.  I need to go watch the How to video again to remind myself.
One delay that I had while working on it was that I kept hearing someone in the building with me.  Which I should have been the only person in.  It sounded like kids messing around but I didn't want any hassles so I got up and locked the back door.  Then I did a walk through of the building to see if I could find anyone.  I didn't but I did hear what sounded like someone trying to open the back door a while later.  The building has security cameras and a security system so there is little chance that there was anyone else in the building when I left. 

Spider Stomping
I had worked out a trade deal with this game and another one for a Pinball machine.  Unfortunately this game was buried behind several other games in my basement.  So I spent a couple of hours playing a game of Tetris with arcade games to get this machine out.  The base is extremely awkward to move around.  Eventually, I got it free and put it back together to test it.  Sure enough only two of the switches were now working.  I cleaned switches and reseated connectors and didn't make any progress.  I gave up on it for the night and let the buyer know what was going on.  The next day I noticed that I had it plugged into this "energy saving" power strip that has caused some strangeness out of equipment that I had plugged into it.  I plugged the game in somewhere else and it worked fine.  I let it run a few hours and it continued to work fine.  It is one of those situations that I wouldn't believe if someone else had told me the story.  I didn't bother to plug the game back into the power strip to see if it continued to work fine or act up again.  I was just happy it was working.  I explained this to the person I was trading with and he was OK with the situation.  For the record, I did offer and want to keep the game a bit longer to verify that it was working 100% but the person I was trading with wanted the game that day.  I'm sort of sorry to see this one go as my son loved playing it for the past few years but apparently he has outgrown stomping on spiders.  He was happy to see that I got a Pinball machine in the deal. 

Dr Who Pinball
I needed a game to take the Allentown show and realized that I didn't have any even close to ready that I want to sell.  So, I decided to take one just to show and looked around and decided that Dr. Who was the best candidate.  It was in need of some cleaning and new rings so I started on that.  Apparently, it has been a while since I cleaned this one up as pretty much all of the rings need replaced.