Well, I received the TnA diesel 10, Toby, and James. At first glance they are in nice physical condition. Paint is good, not really and scratches, and no broken connectors.
That said none of the 3 worked. All due to corrosion on the battery terminals. I replaced the two corroded ones in Toby and he is now working. I do have a question though. Does anyone know what they are called or know where to get the small brass rivets that hold the terminal to the plastic? I have looked for brass rivets, tube rivets, etc.. But not seeing the correct thing to use. Has anyone replaced these? Temporarily I have then unattached, but secure under pressure. I will keep looking but thought I would ask.
Diesel 10 is definitely the Japaneese version as expected. I connected a test battery pack to the bottom of the terminals and he comes right on. So next I will fix his terminals. For James I still need to take a loom at him, but he had corrosion as well.
I will post some pics as soon as I can.
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Update:
I found some of the rivets online at Walmart of all places, so I am going to take a look tomorrow and see if they have them in the store. If so I will get them and try them out on a test piece first. I will let you all know how it goes.
That said none of the 3 worked. All due to corrosion on the battery terminals. I replaced the two corroded ones in Toby and he is now working. I do have a question though. Does anyone know what they are called or know where to get the small brass rivets that hold the terminal to the plastic? I have looked for brass rivets, tube rivets, etc.. But not seeing the correct thing to use. Has anyone replaced these? Temporarily I have then unattached, but secure under pressure. I will keep looking but thought I would ask.
Diesel 10 is definitely the Japaneese version as expected. I connected a test battery pack to the bottom of the terminals and he comes right on. So next I will fix his terminals. For James I still need to take a loom at him, but he had corrosion as well.
I will post some pics as soon as I can.
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Update:
I found some of the rivets online at Walmart of all places, so I am going to take a look tomorrow and see if they have them in the store. If so I will get them and try them out on a test piece first. I will let you all know how it goes.
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