John - Take a good look at the Mortal Kombat 2 Operators Manual. That manual shows exactly how the harnesses are to be wired up and will also give you the wire colors and pinouts for everything. That will save you a ton of time on wiring up the rest of the cab. Trust me. i would never have been able to figure out my MK2 wiring without that manual.

Thx John, worked on rewiring a Robotron control panel and coin door myself today. Thanks for the inspiration!

love your videos glad you are back looking forward to seeing you play this game

Felt your frustration there John. Those fixtures that were never meant to be removed and rescrewed in by hand.... making secure confident connections flicking the switch and for some reason doesnt turn on... Working on machines in the arcade tight space and shit everywhere...... keep plugging away. Youll get it. Only small advice id give is whenever im doing a resto like this ive removed all cable ties and followed it around with ease following the wiring schematic. Then re cable tieing when things are in place. Good to see you back on youtube

Good to see you back John. Wish I could come to SFGE but don’t have the money. Your looking well buddy.

Man that's a crazy wiring harness, looking forward to the thing being finished. Cheers John always great to see a new video.

Great Video John! I love your format of sharing the whole process of working on arcade cabinets (Even the stressful parts!). You're a very entertaining guy!

Remember the challenge of learning at least 1 finish him move. Restore almost done so good luck John. Great cabanet and classic fighting game.

holy crap a new Johns Arcade! ZOMG!

First Safeway had the pasta ham salad I like (they are always out), I discovered a new music artist that I just love (Grimes), and now John made a video??? This day is awesome.

Almost there John !!!! fingers crossed for this MK2 !!!

Gees I hate it when you tighten up screws with that nut driver ! You strip screws every time ! LOL

Great video. Recently found your channel and find your restore amazing. Great work.

Great video, John! Love this series.

very good vid john looking foward to the conclusion lol

Can't wait to see you LED that Bronco, put a shaker motor in there, add a big topper, some playfield toys. That's things going to look brand new.

nice to see you active bro.grtx from portugal

Glad you're back man. Cheers from Argentina

Okay dude, I just binged this for three days. I wish I wasn't caught up!

The flat bolts are call Elevator bolts/Elevator bucket bolts , in the industry bolt world :)

So glad to see you, John! Hope to see you a little more soon! Missing the videos!

love this arcade restore videos... its a lot of inspiration for my own diy arcade machine... :D But the way you organise your screws stresses me out a lot :D Looking forward to the next video :D

you know we miss you. Please come back...

When will part 18 come out we miss you john

I must be dreaming. John makes a video amazing!

Your popcorn Machine is busted I noticed, LOL!!!

Woo! Thanks John...!!! MK For Life!

yep! best way to splice in wire if you have to is solder and heat shrink! I use flux on the wire to help with the soldering.

Your wobbling table gives me permanent anxiety XD

Shrink Tubing Tip: Turn your lighter ( i use/suggest a BBQ lighter with long neck) all the way up BUT only let the shrink come in contact with the blue part of the flame near the tip of lighter. The blue flame is cooler but still hot enough to get the job done without burning the shrink.

I'm very excited to see the Bronco restore as you see solid state restores all the time but electro-mechanical restores I've rarely seen. Also when you were messing with the harness and the video wires all I could think of was 'where's the blue wire? This wire is brown, why is it brown?' You just can't escape it can you John.

That fkn popcorn maker lmao

I'd highly recommend looking at the Mortal Kombat 2 Game Manual/Operator's Manual. You can find it online just by searching in-case you don't have it. Good luck, mate :)

I'm looking forward to seeing this wiring nightmare all come together, I would never have imagined it would be so chaotic! Also, thanks for reading my email, that's my first time having viewer mail read on KZfaq :).

I’m impressed

Yes i just love you videos! And channel 😘😍😎😋😅

Love MK and also arcade

Great video. See ya in 3 months for your next one!

Welcome back, more videos john!

Yeah I'm definitely up for the bronco about time

HE LIVES! ;)

Scorpion approves!!!

Nice 👍

Hey John! You might want to check out the "FlipOut" rechargeable screwdriver. I love mine. I got the deluxe one from Lowe's with the tool belt pocket. It works really well in tight spaces. It even has a built-in redirect-able white LED. The battery is built-in, but it lasts quite a while. My pointer comes a bit too late for this go around, but perhaps it can be a fitting replacement for the old mini driver you had in future projects, so maybe such tasks won't suck quite as much. Later John.

holy shit, was that a linemans splice? John, you've finally grown up :_)

Hello john! What happened to you, I really miss the shows. I hope you come back on a regular basis.

Atari's Ted Dabney just died, the value of those early Atari machines will rise no doubt!

^^ There you have your design for the next t-shirts.

Hey John! Great stuff as always..you coming back down for SFGE this year? I had a chance to hang out with ya at last years with NintendoArcade and will be there kicking some pinball ass again, hope to see ya!

Can't wait to see something besides MK, would be nice to mix it up with... anything at this point...

Hey I've started to like your page on Facebook broken token

Uh-oh, John, your game "desploded"! :-D

17 (now 18) parts, John. If this was a TV series, you'd be looking at a second season. Fingers crossed you'll 'Finish It' soon (sorry).

Ahh, When it wouldn't turn on... That sucks John. Good lick diagnosing it. See you when it turns on. To be cont. Episode 29

Suddenly the MK project became a "can we fix a dead game" video. I guess you could treat it the same. What would you do if you got it from Craigslist like that? It probably is something simple like a fuse as you mentioned. Can't wait to see how the saga unfolds. Thanks for the video!

where did you go john??? weve been on the edges of our seats for 3 weeks now!

Love your channel bro! When are you going to get a candy cab?! Would make great content if you got into hardware like naomi and atomiswave.

Hey, have you ever tried putting your tubing on _after_ soldering the wires together with a plug like this? If not, you need to do so now because it's pretty dang fun! ;-D

For the monitor power connection, wouldn't it have been cleaner to just crimp new pins on the purple/red wires, pop out the old purple/white wires with a pin extractor tool, and place the purple/red wires into the original connector housing? Would have saved soldering/heat shrink. I think you had enough length to make it work.

@ 1:19:47 Robotron sfx on point

them scotch lock connectors on your loom are there from the factory

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Did you wire anything into the power supply? All I saw was the wiring to the isolation transformer.

Hey John, I just wanted to know if I could buy that isolation transformer from you. Please let me know I need one for my mk2. Thank you.

You should Office Space beat that popcorn machine. Plz

John, did you ever try that Gun Dealer board that was sent to you at the outset of these videos?

aaaaaaaaaaaaand. he's back!.. yes!!

John. Where are you? You must finish the mk2 And start a new restoration

Hey John i Like your videos Can You do a tour of Geeks mania In Madison Wisconsin

You haven't thrown out the broken popcorn machine ?

what's with the mini skateboard on the garage work table? :)

Are you gonna be going to CAX this year?

how is your back John? i hope you feel better!

Aww, haha! What's that cute little skateboard there for?

Ya

How’s the mortal kombat coming along

Wow, this is gonna be the longest restore series you've ever made (at least in number of episodes; I haven't added up all the timings), huh, John?

1:23:27: "I'm so mad..." {SNIFFLE!} John cries in frustration! Haha, just kidding, of course!

Hey John would you be interested in selling your Revenge from Mars? I'd love to buy it.

John has a screw loose :)

Power supply

Finally the John has COME BACK TO THE ARCADE!

Is this video real? I must be imagining it! 😂👍

What about the rear cabinet switch? It might not be working because you haven't fitted it yet :)

Any word on pt 18 of the mortal kombat restore it's been 2 months and no update this makes me sad

Love your vids man but..... I have to say I've noticed a difference in your restores since your busy with the hanger. Not to be bad but I get the kinda feeling your hearts not in it and your doing recent vids to keep the channel flowing.

Love your videos.. but getting really sick of Mortal Kombat videos... can you please upload 17 pinball videos in a row next? :)

1184 :)

I am too early. Still in 360p. I won't even look at standard def channels on my TV. :) be back soon

1:30:54 lol

53:14 lol

Bit of a rare Monday night video to end Veterans Day 2018.

Slowing down John? Try Reddcoin and accept tips using it.

you have the same 25-33 haters in all the videos.

Hmm. "I really wish I could bring that game to the garage and just finish it outside." Well, ya can, can't ya? Just get a friend like Adam to help, as usual.

"shes in!" thats what she said

Dude,,,,,,,did you shit yourself at 5:22?

Throw that busted popcorn machine OUT!!

i am tired of telling you how to do the wiring. i keep saying where to look to make this easy but you just ignore it. fine figure it out yourself instead of going to links and stuff.