New video arcade game Police Trainer

[rayg]

New find, It's a "1996 Police Trainer Deluxe", I've been looking for one at good price
for a long time,  My son loved playing it, he  first played it when he was around 5 and at the time told me he wanted to be a policeman now 13 years later he's working on getting his BS in Criminal Justice, and always remember the game  fondly. So when I saw this one for $300 on Craigslist I jumped on it. On eBay they go anywhere from the low $400 for junk to over $1200 for a nice one,  also added in another $350~$400 for shipping.

 This one is in pretty good shape, but the guns weren't working. I did my homework and knew they probably just needed to be calibration. The guy was in a hurry so I offer him $200 and he took. When I got it home and in the basement  (what a pain it's very heavy) and calibration it, I got the guns to work, but it need some tweaking. The outer glass is very dirty inside and I need a set of tamper proof Torx's to remove it.  Does anyone know where I can get a set locally in the metro Detroit area , tried Harbor freight the have them online but are on back order.

Thanks  Ray

some phone camera  pics from the seller place:

[scalebowler]

Would sears have some bits or drivers for those screws? Or grainger. Found this on their site http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/EKLIND-Torx-Key-Set-5LM81?Pid=search you could order it online and use the will call option and pick it up at the nearest branch.

[Kilroy]

Sweet Ray, I remember palying that game, I think I kept taking out the civilians.
there used to  be a shop in the Mt Clemens Gilbraltar trade center that carried all sorts of hard to find tools, I haven't been there in a year or so, but it was doing good busoiness everytome I was there.

There's a Grainger in Madison heights, off Dequindere, i think it's on research drive, between 13 and 14 Mile rds.

[loman4ec]

Nice game. I loved that one back in the day too. I bought my tamper proof Torx at sears hardware.

[mznb1u]

Great buy Ray!  I think Grainger should be able to take care of you on the tools.

  Tim

[Larry]

Cool game.  My son also loved that one.

I shop at McMaster Carr.  They have a web page.  They have just about everything.  Here's a page from the online catalog on tamper resistant torx.  There were more pages than this.

http://www.mcmaster.com/#tamper-resistant-torx-drivers/=bl663j

[bubba]

If you tamper with the tamper proof screws, sometimes you can snap that little center pin and make it a regular torx.

Cool game.. working on adding a Qbert to my collection myself.

[collecture]

If you tamper with the tamper proof screws

But they are tamper proof!

[rayg]

Thanks all for your input, I really appreciate it......., I wound up going to Grainger because I found out I can get a corporate discount .
 I was trying to get the game going by tonight of because my son was having a party with the  Sheriff Explorers, allot of the deputies who work with them also stop by,
 it was a little  unnerving to come home to two squad cars in your drive way.  The Police Trainer was a big hit with all.
 
Also,  I found are really good web site that has some really good how to videos  for arcade machine repairs  http://www.arcaderepairtips.com/  
at $150 to 70+ an hour to have some come out. I'll  learn it myself, with a schematic and the right parts  there's  there not much one can't fix.

 
Ray

[bubba]

If you haven't found the KLOV forums yet for arcade games, its a great place to get info. Its not near as friendly as SMC, but there is a lot of info available.

http://forums.arcade-museum.com/