WG k4600's - boards locked in - Grr

Well, the wife lets me have an hour or two of "Dad" time cause she took the kids to her mom's house. I decide to pull out the boards on my Lock N Chase. Look around. There seem to be a couple of hacks right at the neck board, but everything seems to have these clear little plastic bump ties like the board's never been touched. But, you definitely can't take the neck board or the main board out without cutting some wires. Geez. So, I look around, and decide I can do the cap kit with them hanging in the cabinet. No problem, right.

So, I get the neck board off, get the daughter cards, etc off, and then....

Day-yum. There seems to be no damn way to get the board off the cage. I've taken off way too damn many screws and it ain't budging, and then I realize that the board is on this black plastic frame. And I'm pinching and sticking my head up inside under the monitor. And I'm sweating and covered with monitor fuzz gunk, and my head hurts cause I keep bumping it into one of the wood blocks the door rests against.

And then I hear "HONEY, we're home, come help put the kids to bed."

*sigh*

Speaking of kids and things. Here's a few pics.

Best score in Top Score in a long time... I've had a few things sticking now and then since I don't get to play more than every 2 weeks in the summer. But, I've been able to narrow where, manually flip a few contacts which seems to eventually dislodge the stuck one, and get her running just fine. Wish I had more time to fix the spinner (which never registers 500 or add a bonus) and the Special light, which is even more random than ever.

My Girl at the pinball machine (You can see the scratchs on the side. This is stuff that makes collectors cry, but make Cheap players like myself happy - $350 for a completely playable EM with minor issues has been an awesome buy.)
My boy at the pinball machine. Yep, he knows how to start a game and is starting to learn how to play now. And yep, he is not wearing pants. LOL



So, at least I've gotten to enjoy the games some. I haven't fixed the Tubro graphics issue, but since it's playable, I don't feel bad about that.

And we got a Wii with William's Pinball - AWESOME game. Which was nice as I've been recovering from my accident. (Oh yeah, and I got hit by a car in February which has made life kinda crappy. Physical therapy for whiplash and a missing spleen are my rewards...)

And, I've made it out twice now to www.cppinball.com to play some incredible pinball machines - ALL NIGHT LONG. Yes.

SO, the last 6 months have been fruitful for actually playing games.

Plus, there is the arcade auction in St. Louis on August 1st, I'll get to go to that too. It's been a damn year since I've gone to one and I'm getting withdrawal!

I'll be back to blog again in 6 months when I get back to cap kitting, LOL...