Hi all;
Just managed to pick up a Lego Technic set, 8479 at a great bargain price (picture per my profile user). The owner is migrating and everything goes on fire sale - including his house . At first, i thought i found gold (a 1997 vintage set) but upon closer inspection, there are few kinks to iron out. Unfortunately, the following parts are missing;
- all the 4 wire cables (item no; 5306bc015, 5306bc020, 5306bc036, 5306bc046)
- 9v Mini motor (item no; 71427c01), and
- User Guide for Technic Code Pilot Reader (item no; 4111545), and
- one of the two Flex Cable (Stud Measure) 20L (item no; bb08c20L) - broken!
I have been surfing online for all the parts (and its modern day equivalent). Interestingly, Lego has come up with Power Functions Extension Wire (20cm) (item no; 8886) which i suspect can be used in-lieu of the 4x cables above. Unfortunately, someone (in the forum) mentioned that this cannot be used to power up the 9v mini motor. Don't know how true is that. Can anyone comment on this?
https://shop.lego.com/en-US/LEGO-Power-Functions-Extension-Wire-8886
If the 8886 does not work, can i just buy the longest of the 4 cables and just cut them to the required length?
Also, is the user guide for Technic Code Pilot Reader available on-line? Just wanna download it.
Additional twists:
Even though the set comes with the 2x sensors (item no; 879) - given the age of this item - how to check if they worked?
Also, one of the two Flex Cable (Stud Measure) 20L (item no; bb08c20L) is broken! For this, can i just go to the hardware store and get hold of an equivalent plastic cable? Or just use "super glue" to join the two ends together?
Thanks in advance.