Leaderboard

Once those connector pins run hot over extended periods they lose their grip and of course then they run hotter and so on... Renewing the crimps does help but the problem then lies with the pins on the PCB connector as they get tarnished. Some folks try to clean them up with emery paper but that just makes them smaller in diameter so it's not a good fix. The only sure fire method, if you want it kept original, is to find a scrapper and transfer the PSU plug (assuming it's still good of course) and also renew the female crimps. I have had some success with pressing out the pins with a vise and using some good ones out of a 15way spare plug. I've never seen these pins anywhere as a separate item and they don't appear on any of the manufactureres blurb. Mind you nor do the complete male plugs either but I suspect they come as fully populated but I've never managed to find an item code for them.

The reelbands on this machine are a bit of a mess (cracked, holes in some and very brittle) so it’s given me the perfect excuse to finally have a go at recreating backlit reelbands. I’ve been wanting to do this for a long time! As a concept I’ve printed reel 4 to vinyl the. I fitted them to the machine (see pic) and I’m chuffed with the results. I’ve ordered some decent backlit plastic to see how they really look …. We shall see!

Hi - I have a couple of documents if they're any use.. thanks to the original provider Dave. Scorp_1_tech_doc.rar Scorpion Field Engineers Manual.zip

Mike I'd change the main psu capacitor and also the main three under mpu board.

Decent clubber for its age and very playable .Well done mart

get it too the tip save yourself a headache

Here’s one of my many projects it was looking rather sorry for it’s self smashed glass reel errors lamps not working cabinet was leaning as base rotted away but after a good few hours work a brand new glass rebuilt base and rebuilt and repaired reels and wiring sorted it’s back to its former glory nice to bring an old favourite back to life IMG_9590.MOV

Nice job and Snap 🙂 brilliant classic machine. Funny mine was same, smashed lower glass. A real fluke to get mine and right on the doorstep! see full topic here

Sometimes there's a volume pot on the game card. test button will be a little black switch, usually mounted in a silver bracket. Many mpu4's that only use the sound pot on the mpu itself, end up broken so volume doesn't adjust. also check somebody hasn't put a beer mat, or card under speaker to quieten it down.