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 Posted - January 16 2007 : 12:52:15 PM
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Hi Guys:
Does anyone know if the Tyco 430 ever used the Mantua MU-2 Powertruck?
Thanks,
Gareth
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 Posted - January 16 2007 : 1:00:53 PM
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Sure did! From the time of its into in the early/mid 60's, up until about 1975. I have a few examples so equipped.
You can sometimes spot an MU-2 drive 430 in a picture, if the lug under the cab window is clearly silver. A PT-drive would have a larger, black lug.
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Posted - January 16 2007 : 1:22:09 PM
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Hi GIC:
I understand the MU-2 powertrucks will snap into the later Tyco shells? I also saw something Tony wrote about height differences? What can you tell me?
-Gareth
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Posted - January 16 2007 : 1:58:24 PM
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Try this topic, I think I covered most of it there:
http://65.174.230.77/tyco/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=309
I should maybe revisit that and clean it up, like the 630 and piggy stuff, etc. That was one of my first. Hope it helps.
EDIT - As a further addendum, that I have not investigated - you probably COULD get a MU-2 drive in the PT shell, with less effort than required to put a PT in a MU-2 shell (although why you would ever want to do the latter is beyond me).
If you do just swap the drives, remember that the shell-to-truck clearances will be out of whack because the holes are not in the same place.
Edited by - GoingInCirclez on January 16 2007 2:02:31 PM
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Posted - January 16 2007 : 3:56:42 PM
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Hey GIC:
Is there a source for the MU-2 drive if such a conversion tests out as workable?
-Gareth
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Posted - January 16 2007 : 5:59:10 PM
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I just got a Mantua PC C430, W/ MU-2 power that looks great but won't run though it did go about 3 inhches. The armature turns rough, could this be the brushes, which look worn but not shot? I have cleaned commutator.
I'd like to add another MU-2 to a C 430 sometime.
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Posted - January 16 2007 : 11:16:32 PM
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The difference in height is slight. you can remove the rear spring from truck to help level as this is what i did. I did a post on this also in this listing under motive power- got to motive power and scroll down to mu power truck swap. Brian
Edited by - Brianstyco on January 16 2007 11:22:54 PM
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