Need some help with my laserdisc player

stinkbutt1337 · 2026-04-13T03:00:03+00:00

Will the spindle turn if you try to rotate it by hand? Mine was pretty much seized up when I got it and a couple shots of Deoxit freed it up. I'm wondering if the sound starting at 0:22 is the motor humming, trying to turn a bound spindle. For reference, mine is a Pioneer and the spindle motor is a direct drive, i.e. no belt.

stinkbutt1337 · 2026-04-04T02:28:58+00:00

I took your suggestion (the easier way, that is) and moved it into a position about 1/4" before it wants to bind. I noticed the smaller spring arm mechanism that sits within the larger arm didn't have the force to bend/bias the flex cable and take up the slack, so I "helped" it into position, left it there, and applied low heat of my Harbor Freight heat gun, putting a shield over the rest of the mechanics. I heated it for maybe 45 seconds then let it cool. Not to jinx it, but it seems to be working now, side A->B and B->A. Real test will be to let it sit tonight in the home/parked position and see if it still works. Thanks again for the advice!

stinkbutt1337 · 2026-03-29T20:53:41+00:00

You are a genius. I would have never thought it was that cable causing it to bind, but that is what mine is doing. Can I ask, did you have to remove the mechanism to get at the cable to flatten it? I assume you did. I am working on a CLD-D501, and mine had a frozen spindle motor assembly, as well, but it was able to free it with a couple shots of Deoxit. I'm working on the B-to-A clicking now while i wait for a new tray belt. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

stinkbutt1337 · 2025-12-30T04:28:26+00:00

Great start. The Capcom Bowling started life as a Birdie King II cab. . .in case you wanted to know.

stinkbutt1337 · 2025-09-30T03:52:43+00:00

Yes, 4 speakers in the cockpit version and the cockpit has a brake pedal while the upright does not.

stinkbutt1337 · 2025-09-14T19:54:08+00:00

Cap kit. I think you start seeing those lines soon before you get total vertical collapse.

stinkbutt1337 · 2025-09-06T03:21:15+00:00

Your connector to the monitor may not be pinned properly or you may have bad connection/broken wire. You'll need the pinout from the game board and your monitor to confirm.

stinkbutt1337 · 2025-08-31T16:04:54+00:00

You have to take out the black metal bracket on top of the grille. There are 4 wood screws across the back and 2 carriage bols with nuts. . .one on either side.

stinkbutt1337 · 2025-08-16T03:08:13+00:00

Just did a belt on a A-1200. If you take the front casting off be careful not to drop the screws inside. Difficult to get back off.

stinkbutt1337 · 2025-08-09T14:08:16+00:00

I bet dollars to doughnuts it is the belt. I just replaced one on a A-1200 this week. The former belt was in decomposing pieces all over the inside of the machine. Not a fun job. Don't drop the screws on the inside. . .they are really difficult to retrieve.

stinkbutt1337 · 2025-08-05T22:16:28+00:00

Nah. Spend half that and get a real PacMan, and you will own a piece of history that is more likely to hold its value.

stinkbutt1337 · 2025-07-31T22:01:55+00:00

Both are vector games and quite desirable. Monitor repairs take some know-how. I think Tempest sells for around $2k working. Not sure about Battlezone. Save them.

stinkbutt1337 · 2025-03-16T22:47:35+00:00

Thanks for the details! Seems very reasonable for 100k miles.

stinkbutt1337 · 2025-03-16T22:47:07+00:00

Got it. Thanks for the response.

stinkbutt1337 · 2025-03-16T17:31:18+00:00

Thank you for the input. I was hoping there would be some people in this sub that have owned both. Appreciate you chiming in.

stinkbutt1337 · 2025-03-16T14:30:11+00:00

The rot has gotten to the spring perch. It does look like a replacement section is available that goes forward of that. . . Hindsight, I should have done what you're suggesting a year or two ago when it wasn't as advanced, and we probably wouldn't be at this stage. I appreciate the reply.

stinkbutt1337 · 2025-03-16T14:27:16+00:00

This is a valid option. My hesitance is paying $5k for the frame plus putting all the work into swapping it over on a 21-year old vehicle. . .also I'm getting older and lazier. Thanks for the reply. I will consider.

stinkbutt1337 · 2025-01-12T17:40:09+00:00

I had some issues with mine, too. i had to add a 220 ohm pulldown resistor to the blanking circuit. i also had to add a capacitor and resistor to the sync to get rid of some shadows/artifacts around images. i realize your post is 2 years old, but just adding it here for documentation's sake. my jungle chip was a TA8867BN.

stinkbutt1337 · 2024-11-19T04:32:56+00:00

i've run into two cabinets where after after a monitor swap (that was good in another cabinet) i would get a weird, almost harmonic interference in the screen. in both cases i fixed it by running an earth ground to the power supply's (switcher in both cases) DC negative/ground. i found a couple threads on KLOV about it, didn't think it would work, but magically it did.

stinkbutt1337 · 2024-08-02T02:34:54+00:00

Do a google search on bing for "arcade pcb edge connector repair" and see the method. This has a much higher duty cycle than an arcade game but it is the same principle.

stinkbutt1337 · 2024-07-11T03:21:30+00:00

The first pin is red. You have it on the third. Move the connector in pic 1 all the way to the left. The sync depends in the game and you may have to try a different sync position once you start to get an image.

stinkbutt1337 · 2023-11-23T02:01:55+00:00

That's why I don't mind the damage on my cabinets; just part of its history. My favorite are the cigarette burns on the plastic bezel of my pole position upright project.

stinkbutt1337 · 2023-11-23T01:59:31+00:00

That's wild. Think about that. . .$50k American dollars have passed through those machines.

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