(Music)
Hey guys, this is Frankie Taurez!
So we were filming for our Sega Saturn playthrough
of Area 51 and House of the Dead, when we
noticed that this Sega Stunner gun is not
functioning properly and I suspect it has
to do with the contacts for the trigger.
So, we're gonna clean the contacts with some
alcohol and some cotton swabs.
Which you'll see they do wonders.
This is a pretty simple tear-down.
All you need is a screwdriver: Phillips-head,
smaller size.
You don't need one of these overkill, fancy
kits for this job.
Just one regular, small-size screwdriver will
do the trick.
Always remember where you put your screws
because nothing's worse than when you go to
put this back and you're missing screws!
That's terrible.
All right, that looks like that's the last
screw.
I'll put these screws here so I don't lose
them.
And you just slide that up.
That's all there is to it.
So it's pretty basic inside of these.
And I believe the culprit is gonna be right
here, this little contact button.
It's just a button but it's not registering,
so we'll take the trigger off.
I don't really want to mess with this little
lever.
I just want to leave everything the way it
is.
And I'm gonna see if there's something I can
do to clean this switch.
See what's going on with it.
On the outside it looks like everything is
good.
It just looks like it's a little switch so
nothing else will make too much of a difference.
I mean, we can't take the switch apart without
doing some de-sottering.
I don't want to do any of that.
So we're gonna hopefully see if this works.
Pretty basic.
We're just gonna put a bit of alcohol in here.
You're gonna want to use 70% or above.
Basically the higher the percentage, the less
water it has in it.
This will do, because it's all I have right
now.
But normally, try to get 70% when you go buy
it at the store.
What we're gonna try to do, is we're gonna
try to get this alcohol in the switch.
So we're going to try to get the switch all
nice and wet with alcohol to see if we can
clean out the switch.
There's probably some debris in there preventing
it from registering the switch actions.
And you don't have to worry about this damaging
anything this is alcohol, it dries really
fast, you can see as it hits it.
So we're just gonna wet it with one q-tip
then get a dry q-tip and just kind of just
wiggle it to try to see if we can get it in
there.
Maybe some quick clicking action.
(off screen) Now will most light guns look
like this?
For the most part, in this generation.
It's important to let it dry, just a little
bit.
So we're gonna fast forward this, and when
we get back it'll be dry.
So one thing I noticed while I was waiting
for the switch to dry on this light gun is
the actual trigger itself is pretty dirty.
You can see the debris on the trigger, and
that was obviously going into the button.
That's probably from years of collecting dust
on a shelf somewhere.
I did buy these second-hand, these are not
my original light guns by any means.
So we're also gonna use alcohol, just to kind
of clean this part, because this is the part
that comes in contact with the button.
If it's dirty, it's just going to cause the
same problem.
It's gonna get the button dirty, and you're
gonna have the same problem.
So we're just gonna clean this really good,
and dry it really good.
(off-screen) So which part of this will come
in contact with that switch that you cleaned?
This little tab, you see how it's elevated
slightly?
Ah, yeah.
Ok.
And then the other part's where your finger
goes?
Yeah, normally it would be...
I think holding it like this?
It's hard to tell when it's out of there.
Yeah.
But, oh!
Like this.
It goes in like that.
All right, so let's start re-assembling.
So basically, this is pretty easy because
one key thing is I did not mess with this.
That little spring?
Just don't mess with springs they're a pain
in the butt.
If you can avoid removing them, that's a good
thing.
Put this back, and it just goes right back
in.
(clicking)
Hear that?
It sounds a lot louder than it did before.
It's amazing that the only thing holding that
in is the casing.
Yeah.
Cheap plastic.
(laughs)
All right, so that's back in there.
We've gotta make sure this cord is back in
this part.
Just make sure this stays in there.
Like that.
Once that cable is back in, we're gonna put
the glass back in, here in these grooves.
Try to clean the glass before you put it back
in.
I already pre-cleaned it.
Just slide it in-between these divots here,
whatever you want to call them.
And it doesn't generally matter which side?
No.
It would be a big problem for manufacturing
if each side was different.
That's very true.
Very difficult to tell.
And then, there's no clips here.
So this literally slides right on top like
this.
Kind of clicks in, and it's back together.
And now I just have to put the screws back
in, which you're gonna see in a fast video.
Last screw!
And now I'm gonna go over them one last time
to see that they're tightened.
Just something I do.
You don't have to be a tech-wizard pro to
do this, this is pretty simple.
The biggest thing I can tell you is don't
be afraid of it.
And don't mess with all of the things you
don't need to mess with.
Don't be taking the chips out and crap.
Yeah.
Don't be afraid of it, but don't go into it
more than you need to.
Yeah don't do exploratory surgery on it.
Let's go plug this baby in and see if it works!
Yeah!
So yeah!
As you can see, it is working like a beaut!
Look at all that!
Terry Crews likes it!
(laughs) All right.
So, that is basically how you fix these old
light guns that get dusty.
The GunCon is pretty similar design to this,
pretty much I believe any light gun from the
late 90s is gonna be built the same way.
They're all pretty much a dime a dozen.
The screw layout might be a bit different,
but pretty much use alcohol, the highest concentration
you can find, in the drugstore - I wouldn't
go too crazy.
And then just clean it like I showed you earlier
and you'll have a working light gun.
As long as nothing else is damaged internally.
About 95% of the time that'll fix your issue.
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