DalaGStanator's Customs, Mods and Experiments

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Seeing repair videos of early Fisher Price Talking engines confirmed most of them (including Salty) have what is basically a retooled Flat drive unit, with the sound board replacing the battery terminals and switch. It even still has the rear screw hole and front bottom tab in the same spots. Unlike Talk 'n Action engines, the more complex half of the circuit is in the battery truck/tender. In some cases, the unit can be taken out without having to open the battery car as well.

I've been wanting to do this mod for literal years, and it even has another advantage in the form of a third "general purpose" chassis for my own engines. Who knows, it might even become an "Online Selling Shocker" one day since the only other one I know (by Megahedgehogx) wasn't motorised and (probably) no longer exists.

I did that with Percy once

Assuming it was a pre-2014 FP Talking Percy (dark red battery+speaker truck with coal cover), he originally has a different drive unit that's shaped more like the Thomas type (also in the Thomas and James from that range). I don't know whether a Flat drive could fit in that chassis without mods, so how did you do it with him? You probably gave him a Thomas DU like a regular Percy would have. The Flat type also needs a different gear on the driving axle, meaning the one from a Thomas drive engine may not fit.

behold, the power of cutting materials, and gear swapping!!!

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before you ask Abt swapping, I used Custom Trackmasters technique