Plarail Super Hikari Set - Remote Controlled

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Finally had a chance to get into the remote and see what was wrong besides the battery terminals. They were completely gone all but one. They are a completely odd style or terminal too so rather than sourcing out replacements for them I opted to fit the remote with a AAA battery pack. This worked great! So the other issue was the switch. For some reason it was not working. I tried everything I could think of. I ended up replacing that and other than it having a bit of tension to switch it on and off it worked well. Here is a pic of the battery pack:


Once I had the remote fixed I tested with the train and low and behold the axle gear was cracked. Luckily I have become quite versed at replacing these and my jig I made works well to pop the wheel off. Kind of interesting is the setup of gears for these. It is similar to the other RC style sets I have like this though.


And the set back in the carton.


I may try and make a video of this at some point but for now it will probably be stored away. The box (as mentioned) is in horrible shape so I am hoping to not have to take it out to many times.