This has slowed down a little as I haven’t really had the chance to do much to it. Work and life has been a little crazy since getting this cab.
I’ve managed to do a few of the cosmetic items. Collected my point blank header from and it’s night and day from what is currently on the cab.
The original Gunbarl one
Vs the newer Point Blank one
I received my gun cable covers from Zax, so I also did the gun shell replacement and solenoid replacement.
There is a system in this organised chaos 
The before and after for the blue
And for the pink
I also got my point blank 1 pcb and it doesn’t have a cage like my one, but it still has the filter board. In theory, I could probably stack it on top of the cage and figure out some sort of switching mech, but that’s a later on down the track project
It fits perfectly and just clears the tube by doing it this way in the cab. I can then have gunbalina/point blank 3 in the base if I ever decide to get that.
I got my fixed PSU’s from JOMAC and sadly only one could be repaired, the other one was FUBAR
Unfortunately, caps had leaked already and when I tried cleaning this myself, a whole heap of traces came off.. she’s definitely screwed! haha
The repro control panel artwork and bezel was received, but I’m not the biggest fan of it. It’s definitely not 1:1 from the japanese one as it doesn’t have any cutouts or what not and the bezel art is on the “short” side. It doesn’t match exactly the width of the cab – it’s probably about 10mm short on each side?
Regardless, it’ll have to do as I already commenced ripping off the artwork on the CP, what a massive PITA of a task that has been!
I’ll most likely paint this because she’s quite yellow on certain parts and has quite a bit of scratches and rust.
Now onto the biggest set back of this cab… The damn Monitor! When I did my enclosure swap with the Time Crisis cab, you would think it’s just a simple swap and go.. the connections were the same, the tube was the same, the chassis was the same and even the frame was the same. So it should’ve just been a swap and go. But nooooooo, nothing is ever that simple for me haha.
When I got my PSU from JOMAC and connected it all up, I was greeted with this weird issue:
At first I thought it may have been a chassis issue and needed to be serviced by Joey, but after reaching out to him, he’s quite adamant that it’s a sync/grounding issue.
I have been at it for a number of hours but can’t figure out where the issue lies.
The following has been done trouble shooting wise:
- When I unplug the monitor from the game board, there is no short (continuity) from GND to the RGB lines of the connector
- The moment I plug in the monitor connector to the game pcb, the short on GND and RGB occurs
- GND on the PSU is continuous with VIdeo GND
- PSU is reading 5.0v and there is sound and video (albeit syncing inncorrectly)
- Tried rigging up the game pcb to my E2 but sadly, it also had some sync issues (i think I will need to play around with the HH.15 pot, but I’m not sure if that’s the issue)
- If there’s still no issue, the only other thing I can think of is to test a different power supply. At this point, I’m not too fussed if the cab is no longer OEM with the PSU, I know I’ve already paid a decent amount getting the psu fixed up, but I may need a brand new one instead
This cab was supposed to be a turn key very minimal issue cab, but I don’t know why it’s turned into this annoying setup. I’ll get there eventually, it’s just so damn frustrating
