Technic lego

[nigelpugh7]

Ok great that worked!

[nigelpugh7]

Not easy on the iPhone to post multiple pictures on the same post sorry!

[eccles]

Are the tyres on correctly?

[nigelpugh7]

Jesus! Now I’ve got the damn auto flooding system linking in!

[nigelpugh7]

Some more shots.

[nigelpugh7]

eccles said:

Are the tyres on correctly?

Yep I spotted that too, I think he’s put them on back to front , I will let him change that!

[nigelpugh7]

[nigelpugh7]

Fixed the tyres. They were on back to front!

Should have gone to spec savers!

[nigelpugh7]

One thing I can report on is the battery box is a real pain.

In fairness to the instructions, it does tell you to put the batteries in as you build it.

But as Tom built in on his own in the other living room, he didn’t have any about so built it without them.

I’ve found some now, but it seems that you have to pull all the control cables to get the damn thing out to put the batteries in it!

[BlueMR2]

Shouldn’t the bottom just come apart?

[dr_gn]

dxg said:

Well, I finished the Defender this morning and, call me a heretic, but I didn't really enjoy it.

The experience was marred by my first missing piece (one of the long Olive Green girders) in *decades* of Lego, so that was odd.

But, overall, the model just felt over-engineered. It's a very dense model, with a lot of pieces cleverly squeezed into a small space, but it just felt heavy and a bit of a slog at times during the build. I'ver never experienced that with Lego before: I've always been excited to see what the next step is.

So, overall, I'm a bit meh about it. Is Lego finally loosing it's charm? I think it will only stay built for a week or so. I'll pull it apart and make something of my own before I'm back to work...

Oh well...

The rough terrain crane, excavator and Unimog (ie, the modern sets I’ve got) are great because their gear trains and boxes are driven by a motor (or motors), so they have a purpose. From what I’ve seen, the Defender looks great, but has a very clever, invisible, and utterly useless gearbox. If it’s only driven backwards, from the wheels, and you can’t even see the effect on engine speed without lifting the bonnet, what’s the point of it all? Motorise it, and give it remote control and it would be an awesome toy.

[nigelpugh7]

BlueMR2 said:

Shouldn’t the bottom just come apart?

Do you mean the battery insert from the main box?

Not that I can see,

I might have done it wrong, but as it takes 6 AA batteries it has a piggy back style holder, with three on each side.

[Bobberoo99]

Transporter built and some of the other cars loaded onto it, it's fookin huge!!!

[dan81]

Exoticaholic said:

Bungleaio said:

Not the best image, happy to get something better if you would like.

Hi Bungleaio,

I can see you have a 595c (real car) and a Defender (Lego Technic) - I have both as well. I started assembling the Defender today and I wanted to ask you if you had issues with the front subframe. The black pinion gearwheel (circled in red) and larger grey gear wheel isn't rotating freely as the grey couplings (arrowed in green) doesn't line up with the main subframe (again, arrowed in green). Have you endeavoured the same?

I attach a picture for clarity.



I look forward to your feedback. Thanks.

I made the same mistake. There is a smaller grey cog. I think it may have been in one of the small bags. It should spin freely with the smaller cog.

Hope it helps.

[Bungleaio]

dan81 said:

Exoticaholic said:

Bungleaio said:

Not the best image, happy to get something better if you would like.

Hi Bungleaio,

I can see you have a 595c (real car) and a Defender (Lego Technic) - I have both as well. I started assembling the Defender today and I wanted to ask you if you had issues with the front subframe. The black pinion gearwheel (circled in red) and larger grey gear wheel isn't rotating freely as the grey couplings (arrowed in green) doesn't line up with the main subframe (again, arrowed in green). Have you endeavoured the same?

I attach a picture for clarity.



I look forward to your feedback. Thanks.

I made the same mistake. There is a smaller grey cog. I think it may have been in one of the small bags. It should spin freely with the smaller cog.

Hope it helps.

Sorry buddy I don't recall it being an issue but hopefully Dan's suggestion helps you. The grey and black pieces are quite tricky to tell apart in the manuals.

[Exoticaholic]

dan81 said:

I made the same mistake. There is a smaller grey cog. I think it may have been in one of the small bags. It should spin freely with the smaller cog.

Hope it helps.

Thank you, there were a few errors in the instructions but nothing to do with this particular assembly. I will have to reverse the process in other words, dismantle until both hubs rotate independently of each other. I did the front subframe today and both hubs rotated independently.

Thanks again

[V8 Animal]

nigelpugh7 said:

Fixed the tyres. They were on back to front!

Should have gone to spec savers!

Was you tired?

[Exoticaholic]

Exoticaholic said:

dan81 said:

I made the same mistake. There is a smaller grey cog. I think it may have been in one of the small bags. It should spin freely with the smaller cog.

Hope it helps.

Thank you, there were a few errors in the instructions but nothing to do with this particular assembly. I will have to reverse the process in other words, dismantle until both hubs rotate independently of each other. I did the front subframe today and both hubs rotated independently.

Thanks again

You were correct, indeed I used the incorrect gear cog wheel. The differential unit gears now rotate freely. Unfortunately there were only 2 and not 3 small grey cog wheels therefore I can't link both front and rear subframe drive shafts. I've made a request on Lego's website.

[The Brummie]

Car transporter is £99.99 at Smyths.

I am banned from buying anymore Lego (SWMBO found my secret stash a few months ago).

Picking up my car transporter tomorrow morning......

[Bobberoo99]

The Brummie said:

Car transporter is £99.99 at Smyths.

I am banned from buying anymore Lego (SWMBO found my secret stash a few months ago).

Picking up my car transporter tomorrow morning......