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I got a Blast City from KC. I will update my progress and more pics as I go. Learning as I go. Currently have quite a few issues I hope maybe to find some good tips here. Biggest issue is the monitor not working anymore. Live in Orange County, CA if you guys know any Blast City CRT techs. Thanks guys!
We tried baking soda and vinegar that loosened some of the rust then sanded the remaining off. Simple Green / Goof Off / and a small brush.
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Should probably hit up Sharp in Vegas. I would avoid PNL at all costs.
So I have been giving my metal a vinegar bath and polishing after but this metal piece on the control panel got stuck and the screw head is totally messed up now. I tried wd40 and pliers and I can’t get it to turn. I don’t want to drill it out only because I think I’ll damage the control panel. Any thoughts?
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Locking-Pliers-Set-3-Piece-99454/303680069
Something like these should do you well. Hard to get enough grip with standard pliers if something is truly stuck.
Anyone have a link to a good thread on replacing power supply fans? I have the one that came with my blast city and the Sun psi for my Naomi.
Thank you I purchased the one in the link. I appreciate the tip!
Got one and it worked! Thank you!
Mostly used goof off and krud kutter. Unfortunately the part with weak paint got stripped off but still a nice improvement.
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snake_eyes_ex
Professional
https://www.arcade-projects.com/threads/my-blast-city-restoration-journey.18235/post-285610
I have some pics in my Blast thread.
Tried buffing the marquee plastic with white lithium grease and reinstalled everything. Not sure how much it helped but it looks pretty nice.
Here is the current state of things.
Here is the current state of things.
Installed Noctua NF-A8 FLX!!! I was intimidated by instructions on getting the 3 pin connector off to switch with my stock 2 pin connector with some tweezers I was able to figure it out!
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I have my Sun PSU plugged into the Blast city power supply but when I switch off the Blast City the Sun power supply does not turn off or my Naomi 2. Is this normal?
My solution was to plug the Sun PSU into the Blast City PSU and the Blast City PSU into a smart plug. Now I just tell my Smart speaker “Turn on the Blast City.” Or “turn off the Blast City” and everything shuts off as intended.
I’m so cool. Lol.
My solution was to plug the Sun PSU into the Blast City PSU and the Blast City PSU into a smart plug. Now I just tell my Smart speaker “Turn on the Blast City.” Or “turn off the Blast City” and everything shuts off as intended.
I’m so cool. Lol.
Kidkaos
Grand Master
No, not normal. Something is wrong with your i/o since the sun psu gets powered through there. I got a connector spliced into a power chord and power mine up off a power strip that turns the Blast on/off same time. But your solution works too
snake_eyes_ex
Professional
To clean that up and put everything inside your Blast you can also look at the Blast City Internal power adapter that @Lemony Vengeance makes.
https://www.arcade-projects.com/threads/harnesses-and-other-adapters-by-lemony-vengeance.8101/
Thank you! I was gonna use the access way in the back to feed the Sun psu cable out of the back but this is much cleaner. Contacted Mr. Lemony to put in my order.
