SL1210 Mk2 pitch slider swop for Mk5

[nobbycossie]

I have a pair of 1210s and 1200s Mk2s but have managed to get some mint Mk 5 cabinets. I am planning on swopping the internals from my Mk2 into the Mk5 and get a Mk 5 pitch assy.
Does anyone know if the Mk5 pitch plug will just plug straight into the Mk2 board and work?

Hope this all makes sense?

[teknik1200]

you can remove the click and the quartz lock from the mkII to get the pitch fader you want without that swap.

[nobbycossie]

you can remove the click and the quartz lock from the mkII to get the pitch fader you want without that swap.

Yes I am aware of how to remove the click, that isn't my question

[Patch]

Sounds like a LOT of work, for absolutely no benefit.

Unless you're gonna sell a pair of "MK5's"?

[nobbycossie]

Sounds like a LOT of work, for absolutely no benefit.

Unless you're gonna sell a pair of "MK5's"?

The benefit is that my current cabinets are looking tired and this will give them a cosmetic new lease of life

[dubplatsa]

Maybe a HARD work, the circuits are different...

[dubplatsa]

Confirmed: older MK2 pitch faders have different pin configurations than the updated MK5's.

[SlvrDragon50]

What does cabinet mean... is he talking about the plinth? Why not just repaint/anodize/powderocoat?

[nobbycossie]

OK
My cabinets/plinth were tired, I had them sprayed gloss black with OE labels and they look pretty good but not perfect. A friend of mine had some Mk5 cabinets/plinths that are mint. I therefore decided to look into swopping my internals over (purely to get that manufacturer fresh out of the box look) however, I would of needed the Mk5 pitch assy with the reset button otherwise there would be a whole where the reset button goes.
I have decided against this now due to several reasons: The cost of Mk5 pitch assys is way too high for the actual benefits and I do quite like the gloss black look of my Mk 2s with my ice blue leds, I will just have them powdercoated when I get time (they were professionally sprayed, stickered and glossed over but a couple of dust particles got under the gloss - its hard to notice but it bugs me).
Thanks for all your input, I hope I have made myself clear.

[DJ LayinLo]

I think you'll be happier with your decision. Post up pics if you do any more work to them!