My neighbour purchased two of these as Christmas prezzies for her two grandsons , problem is both are "pre-owned" and neither were working :-\ So she asked for some help .
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It turned out that the charger had a fault and the battery was completely dead , registering o.5v and refusing to charge :-[
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First bit of luck was electricDave helped me to fix the charger (top man 8)) , but then there was the snag with the original 18v battery. They are no longer in production. A search of the internet found a very useful American site advising on how to construct your own power pack using certain 6v batteries
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A couple of sets of these were purchased, wired up and installed....and the bike fired up nicely ;D
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These bikes are quite well made for what they are, I'm really chuffed to have got them running again - especially as it means my neighbours grandsons will be able to ride them around on Christmas Day :)
Great stuff Karl, you are like father christmas fixing them for the children ;D
Retro Andy.
They look brilliant, don't let my youngest see that as he already has a motor bike bicycle and he is only 4.
Lance
Quote from: Retro Andy on 21, December, 2011 - 07:08:03
QuoteGreat stuff Karl, you are like father christmas fixing them for the children
;D
Retro Andy.
More like Jimmy saville (Now then - Now then, Jingle Jangle Jewellery etc etc ;D )
Quote from: Lancealot on 21, December, 2011 - 23:14:46
They look brilliant, don't let my youngest see that as he already has a motor bike bicycle and he is only 4.
Lance
..they are really nice bikes, the second one (not pictured) even has a number 5 on it 8)
Shame to think several may have been scrapped because people wrongly believed that just because the original FG18-7 batteries were no longer obtainable there was no alternative. A bit of "improvise, adapt & overcome" was all that was needed ;D