Stuck need help (Vader)

[Kal El Rah]

No, thats a giant capacitor, the clash sensor is the giant thing behind it.

[jediracer]

this thing? (circled in green)

[Kal El Rah]

Yuppers

[jediracer]

OK! This is all starting to come together now....

[Kal El Rah]

Have you tried to solder a wire to the can of the bad 1 you have?

[Jay-gon Jinn]

The wire that is missing was more than likely soldered to the shell of the impact sensor(THE CAN). Try testing it by hooking up a multimeter to the wire that is there and contact the can with the other multimeter pin, if you shock it and you read a resistance less than infinite, you have your answer at what needs to be done to fix it.

I'm afraid that little wire was part of the spring....I had one break off as well, and cracked open the sensor out of curiosity. The clash sensor from the Hasbro QG board will work fine, i've used one before on an MR board myself.

[jediracer]

Have you tried to solder a wire to the can of the bad 1 you have?

nope.


One more question....

How do I know which side to solder the gray wire to on the new clash sensor?

[Kal El Rah]

Doesn't matter, the impact sensor is like a momentary switch, it just makes contact internally to send a voltage to the board so it knows that it has been activated.

[Sairon]

The clash sensor is like a momentary switch, polarity doesn't matter.

Much like I said. Thanks for reposting it Kal.

[jediracer]

got it all finished up....clash sensor doesn't seem to be working though....I don't have the nrg to take it all apart again right now. it's gonna have to live without clash sounds for now.

thanks again everyone on the boards for your guidance through this.