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[Ted Bier]

I have this Aurora Vibe chassis that I'm trying to fix. I'm replacing the the board that has the pickups on it.It has a cracked one , I have another better one. Anyhow I some about this Vibes, and of course they run on AC. I also have another Vibe and it runs fine , put AC on the pickups and it runs, but AC were the pickups go, runs fine.

I can't get the other one to do anything. I don't know how to test them to see if they even have a chance of running  ! Anybody have ideas ? Or were I can find ideas ? Wish I had the Aurora Vibrator manual, but I don't ! Pictures below !

THANKS !

[Lone Wolf]

Not much to them. Probably an open or short on the coil. I find quite a few dead ones after 60 plus years. Push rod looks good but swap it from the running chassis in case its worn and shorter than it should be. Also clean the pushrod contact area top and bottom.

 

That chassis has the Hot Rod wheels and somewhat rare red drive gear drum.

[Ted Bier]

Thanks for the tips Wolf !

How do I go about checking continuity of the coil ?

[old & gray]

Check resistance between the two contact points on the bottom of the chassis.

 

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[Ted Bier]

Cleaned up rust .

Added another pick-up plate thing I had hanging around, better than the one that was on it , it was broken in half.

Got the little guy to run ! 

THANKS everyone !