Taito Vewlix Diamond Blue Assembly

Reassembling my Taito Vewlix Diamond Blue

I got these two Vewlix Diamond Blues for a very good deal from a friend of a friend. He let them go pretty cheaply because they needed some work and repairs. Being the adventurous and confident type, I took him up on it and to my surprise they were actually in not too bad of shape! The biggest issues I had were the plastics being a bit brittle and one of the power supply connectors had broken traces on the PCB. A pretty easy repair.

For more info, check out my thread on Arcade Projects forums: https://www.arcade-projects.com/threa...

0:00 - Washing
0:06 - Casters: Check out the notes I left in the video. The long version is that I stripped one of these bolts and it was a royal pain to get out. I ended up using a 10mm bolt extractor. Luckily I was able to hammer that on and get it off with a breaker bar. I recommend purchasing new bolts if you can. My local Ace Hardware store had the correct bolts in stock, but not enough of them so I had to reuse a handful.

1:40 - Legs: These are mostly easy. The nutserts / threaded inserts can be VERY weak, though. I actually cross-threaded one of them and broke it loose which caused a huge headache. I was fortunately able to get the bolt out and then replace the outsert. My advice is to be very careful to not over tighten these and take your time inserting them. There are a couple that are really hard to get to next to the coin-box. If need be, ask a friend with a small arm to help on those.

2:20 - Noise Filter
2:25 - Cable Tie Locations
2:40 - A/C outlets: I put mine in the wrong way in the video. Flip it 90 degrees. I fixed it later.
2:54 - A/C Inlet and noise filter reinstallation
3:25 - 12v PSU
3:40 - Pass-through Cover
3:49 - Upper Fan
4:10 - Lower Fan
4:26 - WeiYa PSU
4:55 - DC Harness
5:14 - Power Board and Amplifier
5:33 - Fan Harness
6:24 - Handles
6:33 - Coin Chute
6:48 - Speaker wire / Harness
7:23 - Display Power
7:29 - Video Cable
7:37 - Display Remote Cable
7:54 - Credit Counter

8:06 - Speakers: Connect the speakers to the body first. Don't do what I did on the top ones. That black bar is easier to move around after the speakers are mounted.

9:00 - Display
9:35 - Top Frame (LED / Marquee Holder)
10:31 - Lower Leg Plastics
10:41 - Upper Leg Plastics
11:06 - Display Connections
11:19 - Coin Mech Door
11:49 - Body Complete

Control Panel:
12:03 - CP Lock
12:17 - CP Lock Assembly
12:44 - I/O Mount and PCB
12:55 - Panel Frame
13:34 - Coin Entry
13:08 - Instruction Glass
13:21 - CP Blanks Covers
13:40 - Ashtray Stoppers
13:51 - Side Covers
13:57 - Frame to CP