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Title: FISHTALES QUESTION
Post by: Caveoftreasures on July 08, 2010, 09:10:35 PM
A quick question re fishtales.  !@# !@#

Does anyone here, who owns a fishtales have a shaker motor inside their fishtales pin ?

If someone could take a photo of the inside of their fishtales, and post it here, so i can see the whole floor of the fishtales pin, it would help me alot.

(my own fishtales went somewhere for a few months, and it has returned with something major potentially missing).

regards, Caveman 
Title: Re: FISHTALES QUESTION
Post by: MartyJ on July 08, 2010, 09:16:57 PM
A quick question re fishtales.  !@# !@#

Does anyone here, who owns a fishtales have a shaker motor inside their fishtales pin ?

If someone could take a photo of the inside of their fishtales, and post it here, so i can see the whole floor of the fishtales pin, it would help me alot.

(my own fishtales went somewhere for a few months, and it has returned with something major potentially missing).

regards, Caveman 

No shaker motor.

(http://mirror1.ipdb.org/images/861/image-18.jpg)
(from ipdb)
Title: Re: FISHTALES QUESTION
Post by: Caveoftreasures on July 08, 2010, 09:27:50 PM
Marty, i need a photo looking backwards into the cabinet. thanks for ya help anyways.

because something very large on the left side that was bolted to the floor with 4 x bolts is now gone, and the wood is like new on that part, which shows the missing part/s.

i think extraball might be the man, since he can quickly look inside his fishtales for me ?

Title: Re: FISHTALES QUESTION
Post by: Extra Ball on July 08, 2010, 09:49:30 PM
Brett I will get some pics done in the morning, bloody cold outside tonite. I can tell you that there should not be a shaker motor, and all that should be in the bottom of the cab is the transformer, wiring harnesses, and cab speaker.
Title: Re: FISHTALES QUESTION
Post by: Extra Ball on July 08, 2010, 10:00:19 PM
just went through my old photos Brett (pre leds lol), and found this one, will get some others done tommorrow though.

(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e260/Gwind/oct08012.jpg)
Title: Re: FISHTALES QUESTION
Post by: MartyJ on July 08, 2010, 10:03:33 PM
Definitely only transformer & speaker on the floor of a Fish Tales.

I believe Brett you've mentioned previously that it was an export machine to Japan (possibly first)?

I've seen some interesting mods which get bolted onto the floors of some of these games, including JAMMA PSU's (to overcome 5v issues if the mains is flakey), ticket dispensers, etc..

I'm sure Beaky can straighten it out.
Title: Re: FISHTALES QUESTION
Post by: Caveoftreasures on July 08, 2010, 10:13:27 PM
originally a japaneese machine.

now, i do remember something about a ticket dispenser.

ok, getting warmer. lol   ^^^
Title: Re: FISHTALES QUESTION
Post by: Damien on July 09, 2010, 12:34:33 AM
jap pins for some reason had a isolation transformer 110 to 110

some weird jap rule
Title: Re: FISHTALES QUESTION
Post by: beaky on July 09, 2010, 09:30:18 AM
jap pins for some reason had a isolation transformer 110 to 110

some weird jap rule
possibly because there is no earth wire on their power points over there. (This is just a therory)
Title: Re: FISHTALES QUESTION
Post by: Extra Ball on July 09, 2010, 12:25:23 PM
(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e260/Gwind/ftinside002.jpg)
Title: Re: FISHTALES QUESTION
Post by: Caveoftreasures on July 09, 2010, 07:37:06 PM
thanks Greg (EB).

It must have been the jap large transformer wich is now missing in action.