Riddle Answer Start both hourglasses at the same time. Stop the 13 minute hourglass when the 11 minute one runs out. Start the full 11 minute hourglass and the 13 minute hourglass (which now has 2 minutes left) at the same time. Stop the 11 minute hourglass by putting it on its side once the 2 minutes is up. Start the full 13 minute hourglass again. When its finished, start the 11 minute hourglass (which has 2 minutes left on one side).
OMG. I had this car as a kid. My father went to the shop with me and we bought it with the money I saved. I still remember where the shop was. I screemed proportional steering before the bubble wrap was off the box. My father told me about the steering and told me to get it. It must have been 1980 or 1981. Mine suffered from a human foot and since no 3d printer and lack of spare parts it was binned. Unfortunately my father passed away 6 years ago and my mother a couple of months ago (just a gentle reminder to always hug the people you love and you take for granted). Thanks for the trip down to memory lane.
The trim might get off because the potentiometer inside the car needs cleaning. Like it is now, the center will never have the same value, because of dirt on its carbon track. Taking it apart again and cleaning the pot with some contact cleaner (which might be too agressive) or better Deoxit Fader or tuner cleaner, which are plastic and carbon track safe, might do the trick for more precise center trimming. This car worked way better and seems to be way more fun than i initially thought! ^_^
watching this video reminds me so much of my childhood. I would often receive these style of radio controlled cars from my grandparents back in the 80's.
Might be worth investing in an 8k photon resin printer, they can do insanely small prints and are extremely detailed compared to the most expensive FDM. Downside handling resin etc is not pleasant but might be a great investment for the repairs. You can get different resins to handle higher load strength as well.
Beautiful. That’s exactly what a “remote controlled “ car is in my mind. When I was little my uncle had one that was like an older Indy car. All it did was forward and turn in reverse. I loved it so much I’ve been a fan of anything radio controlled to this day.
Randy Rain gets those little gears in huge job lots from somewhere... She's a bit of a vintage repair goddess with all the inside connections... Just FYI! I love a fully complete rebuild me... Love the channel!
I had the Nikko Fireball (Black and Gold iirc), my best mate got a Turbo Hopper the same Xmas - that thing was fast! The Fireball was squashed by a car trailer pulling out of a builders merchant near my home. Killed the fireball sadly. I was sooo excited that year - the Fireball looked great in the Catalogue and I could not wait to drive it. I went Hobby Grade after that with a Tamiya Hornet I beleive. Happy days
I have fixed so many of these. My local TANDY store in Hastings sold the complete range. BMW, Lamborghini, Porsche, VW, Ferrari, Mercedes, Jaguar, and some. As kids we all clubbed together to get one of each and had a club LOL. When I The thumbnail for this video pop-up it brought back memories. Thanks.
Tandy, I was wondering where they might have been sold, I was thinking Argos, thanks for sharing. It would be quite nice to collect them now as the prices are very reasonable over on eBay for fully working and some mint in box cars. Can you remember if it was early 80s? as there is little info out there 👍👌
Great video! That potentiometer is what gives feedback to achieve proportional steering. It is similar to a servo but in an analog system. I’m pretty sure that’s why you cannot trim it perfectly. The tolerances on the pots/resistors must be high enough to cause that issue.
Clean the potentiometer out on the steering with deoxit to solve the trim issues. That is the position sensor for the steering so if the contacts in it are bad then your trim and steering will have issues.
I was going to reply with the same advice. But I would also add that the pots in the transmitter should be cleaned as well. The RC circuiry is trying to equalize the resistance of the two pots by turning the motor in the correct direction.
Thanks Rabbit80 and Bob, I never thought at the time to clean it. I will spray some aerosol contact cleaner in there and the transmitter and hopefully the drifting out of alignment might stop. Thanks for taking the time to comment 👍👍👍👍
@@ralphj4012 does the plastic cover that Vince took off just before there not secure it? Looks to me like that is by design and that plastic cover allows for a manual trim by turning the pot.
Oh my, that steering motor sounds like someone screaming. I wonder what, Vince's neighbours must think sometimes! 'He's at it again' said Vince's neighbour, Mr Wally. The neighbour's wife replied 'well he must be doing something right, of all the years we've been together, I wish you'd make me scream like that!' 😂 Nice fix, your videos never fail to disappoint, Vince!
My brother had the same car for xmas in 1986. Never had the chance to play with it until he almost completely destroyed it and I got it from him so I had to fix it for myself.
You should grease all those motors so they will run smoothly. I always had to do that on my cars. And my controller/steering potentiometers were super scratchy all the time. There were times I had to replace them.
3D printing gears, FDM printing won't work for gears that small but resin printing would work perfect as long as you use a resin that is strong enough.
Great work. That screeching steering motor could've use a bit of oil, when you pulled it apart. Nevertheless cool toy. My RC cars as a kid didn't have such precise control
Vince the potentiometer is what gives you the proportional steering. What i imagine happens is you select for example 10% right turn on the steering. The motor for the steering turns in the direction to give right. The pot then moves until it arrives at a position where it feedbacks ( a resistance) the position of the steering as being 10% then the motor would or should stop. So if the pot is noises (dirty) then you would get very erratic response, as the control system will keep applying more or less right or left to try and achieve a 10% feedback from the pot ( which is now jumping all over the place if it’s noisy). The steering motor speed is adjustable too enable quick or slow response of the steering and feedback. If you didn’t have that you would only turn corners at one rate of angle so wide or narrow turns would be impossible as only one rate of steering movement would be achievable.
I think you are right Digi, I should have cleaned out the pot and then it may have been perfect. It won't take long to do and I now have a spray version of a contact cleaner so a few quirts of that might do the job. Thanks for commenting and sharing the workings of it 👍👍👍👍
Late 1970s I think, I had this exact toy. Wasn't sure until I saw the tip of the aerial and the radio remote along with the sound of the poly tray squeeking as you opened it up.
We couldn't nearly afford this but my father bought it as a super rare treat when it went on special (think he wanted it as much as me). Also bought super expensive Duracell Alkaline batteries. Only lasted one afternoon until the batteries went flat. Then tried cheaper carbon batteries but only lasted for a few minutes. Think I had to wait a year before we could afford another set of Duracell's 😢..... grateful for the great intention my dad had though and the fun while it lasted... for kids today you don't know how lucky you are with rechargeable batteries...
Regarding 3D printer and fidelity, for gears like this, you'd want to do resin printing. Captures an amazing level of detail and very solid parts, should work well. Excellent fixes, enjoyed watching, thanks
You can certainly 3D print very small gears with a resin 3D printer, but not with a regular filament-based printer. For example, there's a particular plastic gear in the floppy drives of vintage Macintosh computers that always breaks, and there are a couple of guys on eBay who sell 3D printed replacements that work fine. The main issue for doing repairs like yours is that you have to have a digital model for the exact gear you want to print, which is unlikely for some random toy from the 80s.
Thanks Jabba, others have mentioned resin as well. Yeah I wouldn't be able to 3D model anything right now and I presume even with a few months experience, a tiny gear like that would be very hard to get the measurements just right on 👍👍👍
Are there not like gear stl generators? Like I'd imagine one wouldn't be too hard to make but I guess there would be a bunch of variables and it'd be hard to get precise measurements on a small cog
@@FirstnameLastName-mr8lk I’m sure there are ways to programmatically generate gears to print, although I don’t know the details. Probably you can easily generate simple gears but not specialized ones. Not to mention that 3D printing is sort of a hobby unto itself so it’s not something I would recommend starting if you just want to make some gears
Of course I would like to see the whole 2 hour clip but liked your honest and humorous voice over this time. 70's 80s toys are great content especially when you make them! thanks so much! Does the new workplace work well?
you might be looking at a case of rf interference, there is a lot of random noise on parts of the spectrum that were silent back in the day, ive got a similar styled one but its smaller and has a different controller so ive no idea if they have anything in common
Love that song but love your videos more. U gave me the drive to buy my first nes ( parts or repair ) and was able to fix watching your videos. Keep up the great work.
I had a smaller model like this. No lights, not proportional, terrible turning circle and slow. And my parents didn't have much non carpeted floor so it wasnt used much but looked good. I took the stickers off and replaced with painted on flames and ghostbusters transfers. I still have it in the loft. Upgraded to a tamiya off road buggy a few years later and that's in bits in the loft. Maybe you have given me the inspiration to fix it.
man i love you and your channel from the bottom of my heart ❤️ you've teached me a lot about how to fix electronics thanks to you and other great youtubers like you I've been able to fix so many things around the house 🏠 and every day i learn something new massive thanks for all your help and all the videos you put out! evrytime i see a notification that you uploaded it makes me smile! no matter how long i always watch it all through! big fan!!
I think it's about time vince that you bought a 3d printer 🙂 so many videos off that one purchase anyway big fan iv been subscribed for a long time. Great work 👍
What a piece of history. I've been watching loads of your videos without you knowing, ah...... but now you know. Subbed the other day after watching these addictive videos. I've learnt absolutely loads. Many Thanks Vince.
Very nice fixes :) I have similar Porsche 935 toycar, but it's red and approximately 1/25 scale and with wired remote controller, original box is also still in pretty good condition. I'm not sure who manufactured it, it just has a gear symbol and inside it reads: "Toys". It's my childhood toycar, got it in the 80's, can't remember exact year. Just tested it and... it doesn't work :D It does absolutely nothing, no steering, no driving back or forward. I even tried to turn the wheels manually like you did in the video to get the motor contacts perhaps in better position, but still nothing. Battery contacts look perfect, tried turning a bit the batteries too for possibly better contact, still nothing. This requires further diagnosing :D
@@dylansarna8750 Actually made a video about it in my other channel called "Modelcar Finn", but sadly too much is broken in it, so unfortunately wasn't able to fix it.. First of all, most of the solder joints inside the controller had failed, soldered them back but no help. Additionally, plastic parts inside the controller are broken, which hold the electrical contact springs, tried to make new part as a test from CD case, but it broke off as well. Also there doesn't seem to be continuity between the car and the controller. Motors inside the car do work though, when I injected power directly into them.
I had a BUNCH of those types of cars as a kid. Some trimmed out ok, but most never stuck. They always seemed to drift. They were fun, but with so many batteries it was expensive to play with them :P
To be fair that is a lovely little car even by todays standards just for going around the house like how you played with it. Nice how it drifts and turns on a sixpence
you 100% could 3d print a gear, with a FDM style printer it would be very crude even with the smallest nozzle possible. However IMO ( just so I'm not crucified in case I'm wrong) you definitely could use a Resin style printer as some have Incredibly high definition and also super accurate
@@Mymatevince absolutly, cracking bits of kit, It has a learning curve to say the least, But they can do amazing things. Probably best to just stick to buying gears though if I'm honest, unless it's a very hard to buy. The printers are definitely pricy, especially just for some gears lol. Fantastic video as always though 👍
Not to do with this but you got me going on the have a go yourself I’ve had 3 replacement dash cams speakers failed on them all took dash cam apart never seen a speaker like it before then somehow realised it was the same speaker as a ps4 controller hard to get the speaker out solder on works perfectly keep fixing
orrrrrrr, you could get yourself one of those small Chinese lathes and make hose tiny gears out of metal. that may actually be an even more efficient tactic. you're correct on 3d printing not being extremely accurate, but a baby lathe may be able to handle those small ones. seeing you do some lathe work would make for some great vids as well :D keep it up m8!!!
as soon as I saw the title, I thought....broken plastic gears. 3D printers can make the cogs in great detail. I think the resin ones would be more suitable.
@@Mymatevince The regular 3d printer uses filament which comes on a roll and normally its PLA. There are other medias including wood so it can be stained and varnished even (which is kind of cool). The resin ones use a laser! to harden layers in a resin media which then need UV light to cure.
You should have checked the resistance of the potentiometers, they could have rough spots like volume knobs and get noisy, that's why the trim is drifting.
Thanks Thomas, yes I should have and given it a clean as well and then it may not have drifted out. I will take it apart again one day and spray cleaner into it 👍👍👍
I had this car as a kid in blue and trim was the same I think was better if you stand a little further away from the car. I remember touching the Ariel’s together and the wheels dance 😂
I think reassambling stuff and listening to music in the background could be a new channel of yours. I watched that part 3 times today :D Also nice to hear that you are now geared up (hehe) for working on smaller gears!
I think the caps need replacing Vince they are probably out of spec now and not filtering the frequencies properly, it shouldn’t turn the wheels when your pressing forward should it, that steering mechanism is like a crude servo, the pot is used as a feedback. As for the trim toys rc cars were always crap like that, real cars are setup with toe in/out, caster and camber so that the wheels track straight and come back to centre after turning, your not going to get that on a toy car
Thanks Gower, yeah I was probably asking too much expecting it to be like the Tamiya models I have. I will try cleaning the steering pot though as many have said that may be the cause for the drifting in the trim 👍👍👍👍
out of curiosity, why that type of motor for front wheels? The range of motion is what? Fully right/left is like limited to a well, a limit haha. is it to just get the snappy response?
I have only just started watching the video but can pretty much guess its going to be broken brittle plastic gears vince never learns with this age toy 😂 it's a nice show piece if nothing else
It may be handy to get into 3d printing so that you can make your own replacement parts. It would need some research to findca suitable printer and learn how to use it. It might make a useful series on TH-cam for you
Looks extremely familiar to me, I think I had one as a kid back in the 80s, funny how I don't remember anything other than how it looked and the number 43
There's not manufacture date in the manual? I Could be wrong but I believe It's1978 935-(78) for 1978 All theIt has the orange/reddish The 1980's 1 the number was 935-80, but this car had a sticker on it that read TRS-80 The 935 is the type of Porsche Like the Porsche 911.
I told ya bud, you need a get yourself a 3d printer and add that tool to your collection. these videos are already amazing, but could you imagine having the capability to fix ANYTHING ? no more trying to plastic pen fix these little gears ;D
Brings back memories from when I was a kid. I never had a normal life , normal opportunity . I'm about dead from people murdering me and should have taken the bus for a ride for the heck of it.
100% you can 3d print small gears I have 9 printers of various types and most of them can do this. 0.2 mm nozzle or resin printer is key, along with printer being very well tuned.
Capacitors needs a flyback/feedback protection diode on the motor (or at latest stage connected to it) when connected to a motor otherwise capacitors can be ruin by negative feedback of the motor to the capacitors (or other components in the circuitry that doesn't like feedback).
Ok this is going to sound really strange...can I ask what tiles you have on the kitchen floor? I'm looking for something similar and the marble ones I've sampled have all been gloss but yours seem to be matt/semi-gloss; I like that dull sheen they have. When you're in decorator mode you find yourself looking out for such stuff in the background of videos you watch lol
Spoiler Saver & Riddle
If you one 11 minute hourglass and one 13 minute hourglass, how can you accurately time 15 minutes?
Good luck on this one!
Riddle Answer
Start both hourglasses at the same time. Stop the 13 minute hourglass when the 11 minute one runs out.
Start the full 11 minute hourglass and the 13 minute hourglass (which now has 2 minutes left) at the same time. Stop the 11 minute hourglass by putting it on its side once the 2 minutes is up.
Start the full 13 minute hourglass again. When its finished, start the 11 minute hourglass (which has 2 minutes left on one side).
Saturnine you are a brilliant person 👏 and you are fast as well :D
Well done, I thought that one was very hard, you even left a spoiler saver to not give away the answer EVEN though no one else got it 😂👍
@@saturnuria1217 Just realised I didn't have this riddle 'pinned' WHOOPS, that is why no one commented on it. Sorry!
@@Mymatevince Nah. Bollocks. It’s because it was a hard one. 😂
OMG. I had this car as a kid. My father went to the shop with me and we bought it with the money I saved. I still remember where the shop was.
I screemed proportional steering before the bubble wrap was off the box. My father told me about the steering and told me to get it. It must have been 1980 or 1981. Mine suffered from a human foot and since no 3d printer and lack of spare parts it was binned.
Unfortunately my father passed away 6 years ago and my mother a couple of months ago (just a gentle reminder to always hug the people you love and you take for granted). Thanks for the trip down to memory lane.
Sorry for your loss. Thanks for sharing your memories 👍👍👍👍👍
The trim might get off because the potentiometer inside the car needs cleaning. Like it is now, the center will never have the same value, because of dirt on its carbon track. Taking it apart again and cleaning the pot with some contact cleaner (which might be too agressive) or better Deoxit Fader or tuner cleaner, which are plastic and carbon track safe, might do the trick for more precise center trimming. This car worked way better and seems to be way more fun than i initially thought! ^_^
watching this video reminds me so much of my childhood. I would often receive these style of radio controlled cars from my grandparents back in the 80's.
The fast foward repair with vs this beautiful song changes the mood of this video to something special, pure laid back, thanks mate.
Might be worth investing in an 8k photon resin printer, they can do insanely small prints and are extremely detailed compared to the most expensive FDM. Downside handling resin etc is not pleasant but might be a great investment for the repairs. You can get different resins to handle higher load strength as well.
Great video dude! What a nice little RC car - weird trim issues aside! You forget just how well built the 80s stuff was - love it!
Nice one Kip 👌
Beautiful. That’s exactly what a “remote controlled “ car is in my mind. When I was little my uncle had one that was like an older Indy car. All it did was forward and turn in reverse. I loved it so much I’ve been a fan of anything radio controlled to this day.
You bought my item off EBAY!!! How did I not know it was you?
Hahaha, yes I did. Cheers Ben, I think it made for quite a good video, thanks for selling it 👍👍👍
Great video, Vince! I love these old RC cars, awesome to see this one back up and running! 👍
Thanks Steve, this one was surprisingly good (well ok) for a toy 👌 No Steve pun today?????
Randy Rain gets those little gears in huge job lots from somewhere... She's a bit of a vintage repair goddess with all the inside connections... Just FYI!
I love a fully complete rebuild me... Love the channel!
Love these 80’s RC cars. I remember getting a Nikko Fireball for my 9th birthday and loved it more than my Spectrum.
I had a porsche carrera in the 90's. All metal. Looked beautiful.
@@QuantumGamingUploads was it a flat black Porsche?
@@34.FB.34 it was a 991 Carrera Turbo in white and traditional colors like this one.
I had the Nikko Fireball (Black and Gold iirc), my best mate got a Turbo Hopper the same Xmas - that thing was fast! The Fireball was squashed by a car trailer pulling out of a builders merchant near my home. Killed the fireball sadly. I was sooo excited that year - the Fireball looked great in the Catalogue and I could not wait to drive it. I went Hobby Grade after that with a Tamiya Hornet I beleive. Happy days
I have fixed so many of these.
My local TANDY store in Hastings sold the complete range. BMW, Lamborghini, Porsche, VW, Ferrari, Mercedes, Jaguar, and some.
As kids we all clubbed together to get one of each and had a club LOL.
When I The thumbnail for this video pop-up it brought back memories.
Thanks.
Tandy, I was wondering where they might have been sold, I was thinking Argos, thanks for sharing. It would be quite nice to collect them now as the prices are very reasonable over on eBay for fully working and some mint in box cars. Can you remember if it was early 80s? as there is little info out there 👍👌
@@Mymatevince Tandy stood for Technology and You. Quite appropriate for your content.
Great video!
That potentiometer is what gives feedback to achieve proportional steering. It is similar to a servo but in an analog system.
I’m pretty sure that’s why you cannot trim it perfectly. The tolerances on the pots/resistors must be high enough to cause that issue.
yeah the trim control is there for a reason
Clean the potentiometer out on the steering with deoxit to solve the trim issues. That is the position sensor for the steering so if the contacts in it are bad then your trim and steering will have issues.
I was going to reply with the same advice. But I would also add that the pots in the transmitter should be cleaned as well. The RC circuiry is trying to equalize the resistance of the two pots by turning the motor in the correct direction.
Thanks Rabbit80 and Bob, I never thought at the time to clean it. I will spray some aerosol contact cleaner in there and the transmitter and hopefully the drifting out of alignment might stop. Thanks for taking the time to comment 👍👍👍👍
I'm sure someone noticed the loose / turning potentiometer body at 10:17.?
@@ralphj4012 does the plastic cover that Vince took off just before there not secure it? Looks to me like that is by design and that plastic cover allows for a manual trim by turning the pot.
@@rabbit8037 Don't know, just an observation on my part. May be nothing, and not associated with the drifting trim.
Vince I have to say I wait for your videos most weeks and I find them very entertaining please keep them going ☺️
Thank you Chris 👍
I had a few of these as a kid and when I hit my teens I discovered Tamiya and that was such a revelation.
A very good Thursday morning to you all from Wellington Somerset
Oh my, that steering motor sounds like someone screaming. I wonder what, Vince's neighbours must think sometimes!
'He's at it again' said Vince's neighbour, Mr Wally.
The neighbour's wife replied 'well he must be doing something right, of all the years we've been together, I wish you'd make me scream like that!' 😂
Nice fix, your videos never fail to disappoint, Vince!
😂👍
My brother had the same car for xmas in 1986. Never had the chance to play with it until he almost completely destroyed it and I got it from him so I had to fix it for myself.
You should grease all those motors so they will run smoothly. I always had to do that on my cars. And my controller/steering potentiometers were super scratchy all the time. There were times I had to replace them.
3D printing gears, FDM printing won't work for gears that small but resin printing would work perfect as long as you use a resin that is strong enough.
FDM works as well… I made a tiny little gears for my kids pull back car. Works flawless…
Yet another great one Vince. At least you had been geared up on this one? Great work mate.
Great work. That screeching steering motor could've use a bit of oil, when you pulled it apart. Nevertheless cool toy. My RC cars as a kid didn't have such precise control
or WD-40
Vince the potentiometer is what gives you the proportional steering. What i imagine happens is you select for example 10% right turn on the steering. The motor for the steering turns in the direction to give right. The pot then moves until it arrives at a position where it feedbacks ( a resistance) the position of the steering as being 10% then the motor would or should stop. So if the pot is noises (dirty) then you would get very erratic response, as the control system will keep applying more or less right or left to try and achieve a 10% feedback from the pot ( which is now jumping all over the place if it’s noisy). The steering motor speed is adjustable too enable quick or slow response of the steering and feedback. If you didn’t have that you would only turn corners at one rate of angle so wide or narrow turns would be impossible as only one rate of steering movement would be achievable.
I expect you already suspected that anyway. But hopefully I’m a bit right?
I think you are right Digi, I should have cleaned out the pot and then it may have been perfect. It won't take long to do and I now have a spray version of a contact cleaner so a few quirts of that might do the job. Thanks for commenting and sharing the workings of it 👍👍👍👍
8:30 I could almost hear a rhythm. Now that is death metal washing machine material right there.
😂😂👍
Late 1970s I think, I had this exact toy. Wasn't sure until I saw the tip of the aerial and the radio remote along with the sound of the poly tray squeeking as you opened it up.
We couldn't nearly afford this but my father bought it as a super rare treat when it went on special (think he wanted it as much as me). Also bought super expensive Duracell Alkaline batteries. Only lasted one afternoon until the batteries went flat. Then tried cheaper carbon batteries but only lasted for a few minutes. Think I had to wait a year before we could afford another set of Duracell's 😢..... grateful for the great intention my dad had though and the fun while it lasted... for kids today you don't know how lucky you are with rechargeable batteries...
Regarding 3D printer and fidelity, for gears like this, you'd want to do resin printing. Captures an amazing level of detail and very solid parts, should work well. Excellent fixes, enjoyed watching, thanks
Thanks Four Oak 👍👍👍
Love it.great ingenuity with the gear fix and replacements VInce,I did have one of those and it was a lot of fun !
I had this exact one in the early 80's as a Christmas present, 1982 maybe. I loved it. It was my favourite toy as a five year old.
Excellent, thanks for confirming the year. I did think early 80s but wasn't sure 👍👍👍👍
You can certainly 3D print very small gears with a resin 3D printer, but not with a regular filament-based printer. For example, there's a particular plastic gear in the floppy drives of vintage Macintosh computers that always breaks, and there are a couple of guys on eBay who sell 3D printed replacements that work fine. The main issue for doing repairs like yours is that you have to have a digital model for the exact gear you want to print, which is unlikely for some random toy from the 80s.
Thanks Jabba, others have mentioned resin as well. Yeah I wouldn't be able to 3D model anything right now and I presume even with a few months experience, a tiny gear like that would be very hard to get the measurements just right on 👍👍👍
Are there not like gear stl generators? Like I'd imagine one wouldn't be too hard to make but I guess there would be a bunch of variables and it'd be hard to get precise measurements on a small cog
@@FirstnameLastName-mr8lk I’m sure there are ways to programmatically generate gears to print, although I don’t know the details. Probably you can easily generate simple gears but not specialized ones. Not to mention that 3D printing is sort of a hobby unto itself so it’s not something I would recommend starting if you just want to make some gears
Amazing video as always, but you may need to do a revisit to check the transmitter it may have a fault to.
Of course I would like to see the whole 2 hour clip but liked your honest and humorous voice over this time. 70's 80s toys are great content especially when you make them! thanks so much! Does the new workplace work well?
I love it Anders, if you like the 70s/80s toys then I have a Kevin Keegan Soccer game coming up. Just need to edit it 👍👍
@@Mymatevince what you waiting for? Only so many train videos I can watch whilst waiting for another vid. Crack on 🥹
Kids today miss out on the hours of fun we had with a RC car
you might be looking at a case of rf interference, there is a lot of random noise on parts of the spectrum that were silent back in the day, ive got a similar styled one but its smaller and has a different controller so ive no idea if they have anything in common
Trim problem could be that the potentiometer that tracks steering position is scratchy, and maybe some deoxit would help?
Cheers Wesley, yes I didn't think of that. Makes sense 👍👍👍👍
Love that song but love your videos more. U gave me the drive to buy my first nes ( parts or repair ) and was able to fix watching your videos. Keep up the great work.
That potentiometer is the feedback sensor for the steering servo. It should get turned by the steering rack gears.
Thanks Skonk 👌
just picked myself up an 80s tyco rc. need some love for sure. 😅
thank god no hobby grade cars. there's enough videos on hobby RC cars. Not many for toy grade, especially on transmitting and receiving issues.
@12:46 - nothing in my happy place sounds like a screaming otter. :D
Definitely don't wear headphones during this video.....🤣
for the first few minutes 😂👍
I had a smaller model like this. No lights, not proportional, terrible turning circle and slow. And my parents didn't have much non carpeted floor so it wasnt used much but looked good. I took the stickers off and replaced with painted on flames and ghostbusters transfers. I still have it in the loft. Upgraded to a tamiya off road buggy a few years later and that's in bits in the loft. Maybe you have given me the inspiration to fix it.
That's pretty cool that Vince 😎excellent find and great video... love to see these old classics brought back to life.👍
I was thinking about bidding on this when it was posted,class to see it on here,good job as always Vince
Thanks Colossul 👍👍👍👍
man i love you and your channel from the bottom of my heart ❤️ you've teached me a lot about how to fix electronics thanks to you and other great youtubers like you I've been able to fix so many things around the house 🏠 and every day i learn something new massive thanks for all your help and all the videos you put out! evrytime i see a notification that you uploaded it makes me smile! no matter how long i always watch it all through! big fan!!
Thank you Random 👍👍👍👍
awesome repair Vince :) nice job gluing the smaller cog to the larger cog :)
Thanks GDaddy 👍
I think it's about time vince that you bought a 3d printer 🙂 so many videos off that one purchase anyway big fan iv been subscribed for a long time. Great work 👍
Every dog in London just started barking lol
Hahahah 😂🤣🐶
What a piece of history. I've been watching loads of your videos without you knowing, ah...... but now you know. Subbed the other day after watching these addictive videos. I've learnt absolutely loads. Many Thanks Vince.
I have always said if a tool does the desired job then that makes it the correct tool lol , great video once again.
hi vince, thanks for the video. what is that black glue that u use? and do you combine it with super glue?
Thank you 👍 That stuff is called Q-Bond. It comes with a powder and the glue 😎
Is it possible the Thumbina doll possessed the car? It would explain the front wheels going mad!
I think you are spot on there Marc 😂🤣👌
Very nice fixes :)
I have similar Porsche 935 toycar, but it's red and approximately 1/25 scale and with wired remote controller, original box is also still in pretty good condition. I'm not sure who manufactured it, it just has a gear symbol and inside it reads: "Toys". It's my childhood toycar, got it in the 80's, can't remember exact year.
Just tested it and... it doesn't work :D
It does absolutely nothing, no steering, no driving back or forward. I even tried to turn the wheels manually like you did in the video to get the motor contacts perhaps in better position, but still nothing. Battery contacts look perfect, tried turning a bit the batteries too for possibly better contact, still nothing.
This requires further diagnosing :D
any luck with it?
@@dylansarna8750 Actually made a video about it in my other channel called "Modelcar Finn", but sadly too much is broken in it, so unfortunately wasn't able to fix it..
First of all, most of the solder joints inside the controller had failed, soldered them back but no help.
Additionally, plastic parts inside the controller are broken, which hold the electrical contact springs, tried to make new part as a test from CD case, but it broke off as well.
Also there doesn't seem to be continuity between the car and the controller.
Motors inside the car do work though, when I injected power directly into them.
I think the steering motor bearing might be dry!
I had a BUNCH of those types of cars as a kid. Some trimmed out ok, but most never stuck. They always seemed to drift. They were fun, but with so many batteries it was expensive to play with them :P
Thanks Nonya 👍
Great work!! Is it possible some caps could be going bad causing it to be twitchy??
Cheers Jim, I think looking at the comments it might be the pot on the steering, it looks like it needs a clean. Hope you are keeping well 👍👍👍👍
That screeching sound ...had to turn my volume down it was so loud but nice bringing back an old toy that may never be made again
Amazing video Vince!
Thanks Timsalt 👍
That was awesome. Great fix too.
Great fix. It works just fine.
I've "repaired" cracked gears by running a drill by hand the same size of the shaft and gluing back the gear in place. It isnt perfect but it works.
Now that's a tip!
👍👍 great video, could be dirty potentiometer or even a bit worn
Thanks AR, I think you are correct on the dirty pot. I will spray some cleaner in there one day to see if it still falls out of trim 👍👍👍
To be fair that is a lovely little car even by todays standards just for going around the house like how you played with it. Nice how it drifts and turns on a sixpence
Hi Vince. What heat gun do you recommend? Thanks.
you 100% could 3d print a gear, with a FDM style printer it would be very crude even with the smallest nozzle possible. However IMO ( just so I'm not crucified in case I'm wrong) you definitely could use a Resin style printer as some have Incredibly high definition and also super accurate
In the comments today is the first I have heard about a resin printer. Time to 'Google' it I think 👍👍👍👍👍Thank you
@@Mymatevince absolutly, cracking bits of kit, It has a learning curve to say the least, But they can do amazing things. Probably best to just stick to buying gears though if I'm honest, unless it's a very hard to buy. The printers are definitely pricy, especially just for some gears lol.
Fantastic video as always though 👍
Great fix.very well done
Not to do with this but you got me going on the have a go yourself I’ve had 3 replacement dash cams speakers failed on them all took dash cam apart never seen a speaker like it before then somehow realised it was the same speaker as a ps4 controller hard to get the speaker out solder on works perfectly keep fixing
I usually find these videos quite relaxing but this motor screaming bloody murder had other plans for me.
orrrrrrr, you could get yourself one of those small Chinese lathes and make hose tiny gears out of metal. that may actually be an even more efficient tactic. you're correct on 3d printing not being extremely accurate, but a baby lathe may be able to handle those small ones. seeing you do some lathe work would make for some great vids as well :D keep it up m8!!!
as soon as I saw the title, I thought....broken plastic gears. 3D printers can make the cogs in great detail. I think the resin ones would be more suitable.
Resin printers are new to me Emma, I need to Google them to see what's what. Thank you 👍
@@Mymatevince The regular 3d printer uses filament which comes on a roll and normally its PLA. There are other medias including wood so it can be stained and varnished even (which is kind of cool). The resin ones use a laser! to harden layers in a resin media which then need UV light to cure.
You should have checked the resistance of the potentiometers, they could have rough spots like volume knobs and get noisy, that's why the trim is drifting.
Thanks Thomas, yes I should have and given it a clean as well and then it may not have drifted out. I will take it apart again one day and spray cleaner into it 👍👍👍
I had this car as a kid in blue and trim was the same I think was better if you stand a little further away from the car. I remember touching the Ariel’s together and the wheels dance 😂
I agree with you on the martini scheme Vince. I miss the F1 Martini Williams. Great video! Ps: don't buy 80s toys! Haha
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There is a saying we use here in the US..."every tool has a hammer side..". :)
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Nice fix Vince!
Thank you Garth 👍
I think reassambling stuff and listening to music in the background could be a new channel of yours. I watched that part 3 times today :D Also nice to hear that you are now geared up (hehe) for working on smaller gears!
Thanks KisoX. I did a few 'reassemble time' videos a while back on the Switch Lite and the PS2 slim 👍👍👍
I think the caps need replacing Vince they are probably out of spec now and not filtering the frequencies properly, it shouldn’t turn the wheels when your pressing forward should it, that steering mechanism is like a crude servo, the pot is used as a feedback. As for the trim toys rc cars were always crap like that, real cars are setup with toe in/out, caster and camber so that the wheels track straight and come back to centre after turning, your not going to get that on a toy car
Thanks Gower, yeah I was probably asking too much expecting it to be like the Tamiya models I have. I will try cleaning the steering pot though as many have said that may be the cause for the drifting in the trim 👍👍👍👍
I think the hole in the steering bar is bigger than the diameter of the plug. in the gear. that would make the trim uneven.
out of curiosity, why that type of motor for front wheels? The range of motion is what? Fully right/left is like limited to a well, a limit haha. is it to just get the snappy response?
I have only just started watching the video but can pretty much guess its going to be broken brittle plastic gears vince never learns with this age toy 😂 it's a nice show piece if nothing else
😂They always gets me!!!!!
It may be handy to get into 3d printing so that you can make your own replacement parts. It would need some research to findca suitable printer and learn how to use it. It might make a useful series on TH-cam for you
yeah probably a resin 3d printer, extremely messy but they have a really nice resolution
Love the videos Vince I always look forward to your videos
Thanks Adrian 👍👍👍
I really love the mechanical vids. I like the electronics vids too, but seems like there have been more of those lately. Anyway, nice one Vince.
Thanks Squizz-Bot 👍👍👍
1st class video to watch thank you take care kind regards from me kenneth😎💖👍
Thank you Kenneth 👍👍👍
Looks extremely familiar to me, I think I had one as a kid back in the 80s, funny how I don't remember anything other than how it looked and the number 43
There's not manufacture date in the manual? I Could be wrong but I believe It's1978 935-(78) for 1978 All theIt has the orange/reddish The 1980's 1 the number was 935-80, but this car had a sticker on it that read TRS-80 The 935 is the type of Porsche Like the Porsche 911.
I told ya bud, you need a get yourself a 3d printer and add that tool to your collection. these videos are already amazing, but could you imagine having the capability to fix ANYTHING ? no more trying to plastic pen fix these little gears ;D
Brings back memories from when I was a kid. I never had a normal life , normal opportunity . I'm about dead from people murdering me and should have taken the bus for a ride for the heck of it.
100% you can 3d print small gears I have 9 printers of various types and most of them can do this. 0.2 mm nozzle or resin printer is key, along with printer being very well tuned.
Capacitors needs a flyback/feedback protection diode on the motor (or at latest stage connected to it) when connected to a motor otherwise capacitors can be ruin by negative feedback of the motor to the capacitors (or other components in the circuitry that doesn't like feedback).
The steering motor definately needs its bearings lubricated. That squealing is not normal, it is crying for light oil!
That motor at times sounded like someone trying to kill R2-D2 .
Ok this is going to sound really strange...can I ask what tiles you have on the kitchen floor? I'm looking for something similar and the marble ones I've sampled have all been gloss but yours seem to be matt/semi-gloss; I like that dull sheen they have.
When you're in decorator mode you find yourself looking out for such stuff in the background of videos you watch lol
For a sec I thought you were given an actual car 😂
Now that would be a nice surprise in my PO box!!! 😂
good job mate.
hey Vince would recapping help this performance as it was from the 80's
Maybe Bunny, it certainly wouldn't harm it 👍👍👍
had this exact car in the 80s!
great job
Thanks Catherine 👍👍👍