Shedmaster 47

Thanks phill...how would I test the speaker .continuity with a volt meter perhaps !! It's so tiny that I don't want to try the usual trick ( as used with hi-fi ) And touch the terminals with a pen light battery; if it crackles it works......this may burn out such a tiny speaker ??

I have already reset the decoder to factory settings by giving CV8 an setting of 8 .this had not cured the lack of sounds... All lights work fine and she runs like silk .just no sound . Allan

I have already reset the decoder to factory settings by giving CV8 an setting of 8 .this had not cured the lack of sounds... All lights work fine and she runs like silk .just no sound . Allan

Sorry part of my post appears to be missing !! Any help would be appreciated.. ( Sorry if this problem has been raised and sorted elsewhere in the past) .... Thanks in advance Allan

Hi folks , I wonder if anyone can advise ? I have a bachman Mauritania sound locomotive that up untill just recently worked fine .Then one day t suddenly without warning stopped producing sounds quite abruptly after settling down into an idle running sound and after the horn was used and the brakes released, it just STOPPED DEAD !!!....... My initial thoughts was a short had occurred and maybe it had derailed over points etc? Nope it was fine and my prodigy express controller was not flashing ( indicate a short ) puzzled ; I tried to start it again .NO JOY She runs just as slowly and smoothly as ever , all the lights work as normal but she has just gone MUTE !! Having read some reports on this forum that the speaker contacts mounted in the roof can sometimes cause trouble I removed the body and made sure they came into hard contact after using a fibre glass pen to clean the contacts ( both loco and roof ) reassembled but still no sounds !! Am I rite in assuming that if the chip was still working giving sounds , although the speaker may be dead ; that the loco would not" move off " imidiately up until opening the throttle if I had pressed F1 to start the sounds ?? It would wait untill the engine had fired up first yes ??.....Sadly this is not the case , it move off straight away , making me think I have a damaged chip !!

Thanks very much folks for all your help and information .will give some of these a try...would be nice to see it running again !! Thanks again Allan ..

From memory just the one .the other end has a flywheel. Much like an old lima class 20...I will have to remove the body again and check ...thanks for your help

Revieved communication today from Dapol .regrettably spares of any kind for this model ceased to be available some ten years ago so I am told !!! Any help towards companies that may be able to supply an alternative spindle would be very much appreciated... Thanks in advance Allan

Thanks Mersey 507003 Sadly the man in the repairs department is on hols at the min , they will get back to me when he returns !

Hiya folks .can anyone suggest a supplier of a replacement drive spindle for a Dapol 00 gauge pendolino motor coach please... Although I have similar unit produced by Hornby ( vastly different drive system ) I would like to get this old Dapol unit moving again .it works OK and just needs a spindle !!! I have already tried DCC concepts and also peters spares who sadly cannot supply!!! Any help as to alternative shafts, length , diameter etc would be very helpful.. Thanks in advance Allan