Nishijin-B vintage pachinko restoration
Hello All,
My girlfriend saw a pachinko machine on craigslist and decided she wanted me to restore one for our apartment. I found a pretty banged-up one at a local flea market and have finally sat down to begin the restoration.
I had a quick question about the wiring. I bought a 9-volt snap connector from Radio Shack and attached the wires to the machine. The jackpot light lit up so I declared it a success and put it aside. My girlfriend came home and I excitedly tried to show her the working lights but when I re-attache the wires the jackpot light would not light up. I'm heading out to Radio Shack to pick up some new bulbs to see if that fixes the issue but I was wondering if I might have accidentally fried the wiring by poking the battery connectors around a bit earlier. I also attached an automobile fuse, not sure of the amp. I'm not really worried if I fried it as I can just rewire it but I'd like to know if there is something else I might be missing.
Here is a photo of my amazing wiring job:
Battery hook-up on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
If you're interested, here is a bunch of photos I took of the machine. It is in pretty rough shape and I'm assuming I'll have to repaint most of the chrome after I give it a good cleaning.
Nishijin restoration project - a set on Flickr
Also, thanks for all of the information I've already gleaned from these boards. I don't think I would have jumped into this if I hadn't found this site.
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