Ripley's TnA (Talk n Action) Repair Thread

grodriguez · grodriguez 04-26-2017, 08:43 PM Junior Member

(03-30-2017, 08:20 AM)ripley802 Wrote: Yep, you sure did... And yes they sure are..

I really enjoy the challenge and am thrilled when I can get them back on the rails.. in the case of both Henry and Gordon it looks like the fuse was likely the cause in why they went belly up in the first place, but in troubleshooting the owner had attempted to repair things on the circuit board. Also some thing interesting they replaced the motor successfully with a power dash motor, so Gordon seems very fast.

Hoping to make a video once the repairs are complete.

Again, it's a LIGHT dash

**ripley802** · **ripley802** 04-26-2017, 09:50 PM Moderator

(04-26-2017, 08:43 PM)grodriguez Wrote: Again, it's a LIGHT dash

Hope you received the trains back from repairs and they are working ok for you. PM me with any issues. Thanks

grodriguez · grodriguez 04-27-2017, 02:57 AM Junior Member

(04-26-2017, 09:50 PM)ripley802 Wrote: Hope you received the trains back from repairs and they are working ok for you. PM me with any issues. Thanks

No, the package didn't arrived yet

StarSwitcher07 · StarSwitcher07 09-13-2017, 12:39 AM Harbor master

Quickie- are the internal function of Gordon and Henry somewhat similar to a Thomas, or are those a completely different build? Thinking of possibly giving these trains a re-opening..

**ripley802** · **ripley802** 09-13-2017, 01:16 AM Moderator

(09-13-2017, 12:39 AM)StarSwitcher07 Wrote: Quickie- are the internal function of Gordon and Henry somewhat similar to a Thomas, or are those a completely different build? Thinking of possibly giving these trains a re-opening..

They are similar to James. Thomas, Percy and Toby are similar internally.

MuddyPoppins · MuddyPoppins 09-13-2017, 04:14 AM Collector

Mr. Ripley are you settled in from the move enough to make repairs yet??
We are due for some TLC, but I cannot seem to find your address though, and have deleted all my PM's, so could you PM me again with your info, so that I can ship them out?

**ripley802** · **ripley802** 09-13-2017, 08:20 AM Moderator

Yeah, as good as one can be.. Big Grin

. I have a small setup made for repairing and am planning to take over a spare bedroom eventually for a more permenant layout and repair station, (wife permitting..lol)

I will send you a PM.. Thanks

**ripley802** · **ripley802** 09-13-2017, 11:58 PM Moderator

I think i have all the images in this thread now updated. Big Grin

Only 400+ more to track down and update as needed... Dodgy

Why Photobucket... why..... Angry

**ripley802** · **ripley802** 09-27-2017, 12:46 AM Moderator

Putting this update here too, it is also in a different thread, but since it is regarding TnA repair I think it needs to be here as well.

Regarding the TnA engines and slowness. I am getting closer I think. Huh

So I had a spare James that had sound issues. I have tried various speakers but still the sound is no working or not vary well. So I decided to expieriment on him a bit.

I traced the path from where the wires come in from the motor to the circuit board. I see where it comes through two spots on the board through various components. The small 3 prong "transistor" on the left in the pic below was what I thought it was at first. So I tried to short out (laid a piece of metal across all three prongs) and low and behold it was instantly faster. I shut it off and tried it again but even with the switch in the off position it was coming on and running full power. So I knew that would not work. I did also not that if shorting the first two prongs it would be slow, but if I chose the opposite side it was fast.

So on to the circled capacitor below. I tried the same thing on this, and it was faster when shorting it. So I shut it off and tried again, which it did nothing...Awesome!!! Since it was off that was expected. So I soldered the two prongs together and turned it on.. Success!!! Big Grin

But....

I need to A) test with on that has a speaker to make sure there is nothing crazy going on there. B) make sure that it still functions over track where the action is to speed up. And C) try and make sure there are not any long ( or mid-long) term effects.

What I would like to also try is to find the capacitor and replace it with a new one, or maybe a larger/smaller size depending on what it may need (Hoping Tramp may chime in here).

Aresedale productions · (This post was last modified: 09-27-2017, 01:59 AM by Aresedale productions.)

I love the care you put in those amazing talk n action engines I do wish I could have a talk n action even Thomas would do

(09-13-2017, 04:14 AM)Muddy Poppins Wrote: Mr. Ripley are you settled in from the move enough to make repairs yet??
We are due for some TLC, but I cannot seem to find your address though, and have deleted all my PM's, so could you PM me again with your info, so that I can ship them out?

HEY muddy I won’t mind taking your address so I can get them beautiful items you have jk I would probably just live with your trains