[smitty10101]

Well it finally happened, my old girl finally got up and left.
Didn't make a sound, didn't make a stink. Just left in the middle of the night. We've been together for so long I forgot when I got her home and unwrapped her & eyeballed her charms for the first time. She was a true champ even though I kept her under the table for most of her life. But she enjoyed the scenery. Never complained. Just hung out and performed her duties faithfully. Every time I wanted something she would turn on instantly. Zero to sixty in a flash. Occasionally I'd take her out and clean her up. Put her on the bench upside down and checked her out.

But now my dilemma. Do I open her up, do an autopsy. Or just let her go and rest in peace?

My girl---- Hitachi M12V.

Does anyone remember bypassing their speed control? I have white in from the switch, black out to a crimp terminal that joins a white, and a thin yellow that goes to the switch. So my guess is that the yellow goes away and the white in goes to the crimped white.

 

[smitty10101]

I forgot to mention---the old girl trips the circuit breaker upon startup. the motor spins for a millisecond then the breaker trips. But no smell whatsoever.

@ stick pressing/turning/cursing at the yellow wheel (potentiometer) doesn't help. So I guess plan B is the go-to operation.

After thought!!! How about a shot of contact cleaner on/into the pot to dissolve any carbon. Guess It can't hurt & I am talking contact cleaner here---not canned air.
I remembered all the warning you gave me about that stuff!

She served me well!!

 

[smitty10101]

or get you a Bosch..

Got 2 of 'em one brand new still in the box & a used one.
I put the used one in the table but for whatever reason, I couldn't route a straight groove(!?!?) so I took it out & put in a PC693.

Will be looking @ the Bosch's problem, or mine, sometime this week

 

[smitty10101]

I took the V model out of my table when I got my V2 model. It is way better for table use.

Chuck what makes it better in your eyes. Just wanting to know.

 

[smitty10101]

Autopsy!#1 Check the brushes.
#2 Open it up and check out the cord with an ohm meter. Cords go bad next to the tool and at the plug end.
#3....or write a country 'my wife left me and my router died' kinda song.

#1 Did that first off. They appear to be ok, about 1" in length IIRC
#2 Didn't think of that. Will look into it
#3 Not a big fan of C&W music. I can tolerate it for about 1/2 hr @ a clip. I can usually tolerate OLD cowboy music better. Just shows how old I really am. Alsp, I'm laying off commenting on the title proposed in lieu of self preservation.

 

[smitty10101]

he has all of the trouble shooting PDF's...

Damm right. It took me over 1 hr to get that original message & photos put together for posting.

 

[smitty10101]

The comments I could make on the opening post, I'll try and remain lady-like and keep quiet.... (for now) :lol: but oh, the comments I could make...

Barb I was going to send you a PM but decided to do this in the open


Hopefully, I didn't offend you. While I was doing the original post my brain (?) was not thinking about this not being a male-oriented forum, my MSP kicking in (Male Shovenist Pig). So since that time I've come to realize (wake up to) that there are several females that are on here.

So if I offended anyone I apologize.

My original post was done for some levity and to lighten my grief for losing my favorite router. In these politically correct times what pronoun do we associate with our tools? He, She, ??? "IT" just doesn't seem to convey the close relationship, trust, need, we have with them.

Again, Sorry if I offened you.

smitty