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| I was building 8860 Auto Chassis today: (URL) I noticed that the set looks like it was designed for three speeds rather than two. The instructions put a plate on the gearbox that limits the available gears to two. I noticed that the gears kept (...) (26 years ago, 18-Apr-99, to lugnet.build)
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| (...) The gearbox has three ratios, but the plates around the stick shift only enable two at once. Two ratios are enabled with the "default" construction, while a different pair of two ratios is enabled when the 960 motor is added. This makes it (...) (26 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.build)
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| Tim Rueger wrote: <snip> (...) Ah, that explains it. I've never tried the motorization instructions. I have a couple of Mindstorms motors - maybe I'll try one of those. (...) They turned with a lot of friction :) (...) (26 years ago, 19-Apr-99, to lugnet.build)
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