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Title: Donkey Kong Cab
Post by: AaronTruitt on September 03, 2015, 05:04:54 pm
Hey Guys!

So I'm doing some restoration work on my Donkey Kong cabinet and had a couple of questions.

First off, I need a new lock for the coin door. Does anyone know where I can find a lock that fits my coin door?

Also, I had to adjust my monitor quite a bit to get the game to show the entire field of play. It is far narrower than many other DK screens I have seen. Would a cap kit fix this issue? My screen seems very squished, but if I widen it at all it gets cut off especially on the right side.

Thanks for all your help!

- Aaron


Title: Re: Donkey Kong Cab
Post by: lacerta1974 on September 03, 2015, 11:58:52 pm
You can pick up locks at places like twisted quarter.com or even at a place like Home Depot or Lowes.  It would probably be a good idea to cap the monitor.  I'm no expert on monitors though so someone else will probably chime in.  Ian Kellog on here does a fantastic job with the cap kits he sells plus he has other parts for the monitor.  You can find all the common parts he sells for that monitor here.


https://iankellogg.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1_4&zenid=c997mqbkq1mme56l7b6pmmisi1


Title: Re: Donkey Kong Cab
Post by: AaronTruitt on September 07, 2015, 02:05:13 am
Thanks for weighing in! I did find a lock that worked very well at home depot. 7/8" was the size that I needed and it fit like a glove! I'm playing in the Donkey Kong Open next week, so I'm going to wait until after that to cap my monitor, but I am going to order the kit from Ian. Thanks again!