KevinF posted:David Minarik posted:Try another test. In the dropout area, Place a jumper from a known good ground to the frame or a CLEAN (take the black off) wheel.
The caps are for sound. No big deal there. Some have complained about the short shutdown. Not an issue for me. This has nothing to do with your shutdown problem.
How do I take the black off the wheels?
I was wondering if I could jump a grounded axle to a known good ground as the wheels do seem to have less than perfect continuity when tested upside-down...
Often times after it stalls, simply wiggling it around in place will cause it to come back to life, but it won't move. I am under the impression that the small supercap causes drop outs from momentary power losses and this kills the sound and command electronics and when it picks power up again it is in conventional mode in neutral which is why I need to fully shut it down and restart before it will move again.
Kevin,
I use a wire wheel to get the black off.
That is definitely a ground issue. Taking the black off of the wheels might help some but the real problem is insufficient ground because of the traction tires. The real fix is two metal traction tires. One on each truck.
You might call MTH to see what they recommend.
