front top door fitting

duomat · Post by **duomat** » Tue Nov 25, 2014 2:33 pm

I have a barcrest happy campers.The red plastic front door has cracked at the back,and now wont close,I was thinking about fitting a new door and fitting all original bits back into the new frame .has anyone done this and is it worth it.

JG · Post by JG » Tue Nov 25, 2014 11:11 pm

It's a common problem with this cabinet. The arms don't stop the ribbed bezel from pushing against the top of the cabinet when front fully open. It'll have forced the bezel over the locking nuts. I'm not sure how easy it is to fix. Whenever I've seen it in an arcade, the entire moulding gets replaced. If its like machines I've owned, you can adjust locking mechanisms.

dog section · Post by **dog section** » Wed Nov 26, 2014 7:35 pm

yea my indy skulls did same thing.like you say those cabs are prone to it. i took entire door off and repaired

duomat · Post by **duomat** » Wed Nov 26, 2014 10:57 pm

so,how does the top hinge come off.looks like a through rod to me that you tap out.I know you unscrew the gas struts,then disconnect the loom.but i am a bit puzzled by the top hinge part

dog section · Post by **dog section** » Wed Nov 26, 2014 11:03 pm

i will have a look tomorrow when i get home off shift and refresh my memory

duomat · Post by **duomat** » Sat Dec 13, 2014 10:29 pm

Well i got a front door from the guy i bought it from,free but 10 quid postage.Spent this evening swapping it over.Took about 4 hours and although not hard it was fiddley and time consuming.I now have a fully working machine that shuts and locks as it should,im well chuffed.A sense of acheivment .Not sue if i would do it again.But the happy campers is important to me as we have a caravan and go camping.