class 73 chassis / body compatability

Started by bluedepot, April 05, 2018, 08:03:51 PM

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bluedepot

hi everyone

don't know if someone here tried it, but if you put an old version class 73/1 body on a newer style dcc ready class 73 chassis, will the lights work?


cheers


tim


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Tank

Annoyingly, no!  I swapped a couple of DCC ready chassis with someone and I didn't realise. 

Mr Sprue

And again NO!

On a more polite note both chassis are different. The later body has a small pc board fitted with the pickups further to one end, unlike the early body which just has a resistor and the pickups fitted in the centre.

bluedepot

ahhh ok

well that answers that then!!

cheers both


tim

ntpntpntp

As I understand it the old bodies have springy pickups under the roof which contact the split chassis - what does the newer design have? Are the lighting/cab detail assemblies also different?

This is an old style bodyshell I think?


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Mr Sprue

A pc board and smaller springy clips two thirds or more to one end.

Mr Sprue

Quote from: ntpntpntp on April 05, 2018, 08:36:42 PM
As I understand it the old bodies have springy pickups under the roof which contact the split chassis - what does the newer design have? Are the lighting/cab detail assemblies also different?

This is an old style bodyshell I think?



Yep that's the earlier body.


This is the later one...........


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