Astro City - what’s missing?

[frosty]

Hi everyone

Just picked up an Astro City in relatively poor shape and about to start down the long and winding restoration road…

Noticed that the following things are missing -

- Light fixture from behind the marquee
- Coin mech (well, half of it anyway!)
- Coin bucket

Not massively familiar with this particular machine yet, so could anyone look at these pics below and tell me if there’s anything else glaringly obvious that’s not present and correct?

Thanks!

 

[DCrosby]

I mean it's just Dirty... really Dirty... Some of the electrical wire (with electrical tape) would come off if it was mine, and I'd solder and shrink wrap that... to make it more substantial, and less prone to a potential break from a wire getting tugged. There's also no pics of the Monitor, so it's hard to tell what's going on there, the coin door needs a coin mech, and other than that I'd take pictures (where stuff is plugged in) and then take all the stuff I could remove and clean / wash it with de-greaser, or some kind of household cleaner... and then start to re-assemble it, and wait a week (Depending on temp/climate) to let it dry if you imersed anything in cleaner, to let it dry...

 

[frosty]

Thanks - yeah I’m going to take everything out and clean it down properly and even look to replace some of the wiring that’s been shoddily repaired.

The monitor seems to have everything, but again is absolutely filthy! Also seems to have a fair bit of screen burn, unfortunately

 

[yosai]

An Asahi Seiko AD81P Coin Mech will slot in to the cradle. Richy13 has some for sale here

 

[frosty]

Thanks! Argh, actually picked one of those up from Yahoo Japan the other day, but that would have been a much cheaper option once you factor in the shipping and customs etc