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Preparing the 4" cathodes. Head to the old vice bust out the hack saw, and
don't go too far! |
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You want to hold the hacksaw pretty parallel to
the cathode so you slice through the tube as well as the cube part |
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that will do it |
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now for the fun... and risky part |
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gentle twisting... easy... easy... work down the
length of the crack.... POP! |
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alright the glass didn't break, whew!
The side cutters are always a good tool, just clamp onto the plastic and
sip a tiny piece it will send a crack shooting all the way around the
tube sometimes. |
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now you should have something like this |
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Epoxy available at the local hardware store, some
toothpicks. |
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Xbox
Faceplate Removal |
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tape everything down first, notice how close to
the center mine are mounted? Gotta do that or they get crushed by
the case when you attach the front |
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I try to encompass the rubber ends of the cathode
with epoxy |
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its not so much about using a lot, but when it
hardens it becomes like plastic so you gotta get it to touch either side
of the cathode and create sort of an arch. Epoxy doesn't stick to glass and oily heat shrink rubber
but it sticks to the case well. |
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To get the tin off the lid, you have to loosen
each of four little "grabby tabs" around 6 pegs with a flat head screw
driver bending them back then once all pegs are loose it will come off
straight up. Prepare the tin lid for installation by smacking the
grabby tabs flat with the rounded butt of a screw driver. |
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With the jewel ring I put one blob on either side
of the split in the back and one in the front. I like the wires
positioned toward the rear of the console. |
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Snip a little hole in the tin directly under the
jewel and feed the wire through. |
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I like to use a driver that takes bits but remove
the bit and push them down |
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The cathodes come with some little inverters...
they can be even smaller if you pop them open and slide them into some
1" heat shrink. I like to mount one behind the DVD and one in the
carrier behind the hard drive. |
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Bore a hole big enough for the wires to fit
through at the back of the hard drive carrier |
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feed the two white ones from the front and the
red and black from both inverters |
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snip the red and black wires to length. Twist the
2 black together then twist the two red together and crimp into the blue
spade connectors. Clip the T-taps on the black and yellow wire of
the hard drive |
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Connect the
RED
from the inverters to the
YELLOW of the power supply. The black goes into the black.
Hide them under the
ATA166 |
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In the daylight |
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Lights off |
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awh that's just not right... |
