I have seen a lot of videos to repair Vintage Kenner Star Wars but I have never seen one on the AT AT that broke it down like you did...Fantastic my friend...
I know this comment may easily get lost in the pile, but I just wanted to tell you how much I respect your channel, not only as entertaining (and at times jealousy inducing), but extremely educational and helpful. This upload in particular was especially helpful because I followed all the steps that you took dismantling the AT AT to repair the motor and VOILA! A fully functional and intact piece of my childhood restored! I'm a HUGE '77-'85 Star Wars collector for several years now and I watch your channel almost religiously. Keep up the excellent work friend, you're a true Jedi 👍👍👍
Thanks so much for this video! Just wanted to add that if only the motor isn’t running (and lights work) you can gently manually move the blasters back and forth to un-seize the motor without taking everything apart. This worked for me. Also, you can also save yourself some hassle and only remove the head screws to access the motor without needing to disassemble the entire body.
Haha, nice Saint tattoo on the hand there. Never had any big SW vehicles or playsets as a kid... though I bought the ewok village in my 20s and still have that. Ewoks were my favourite.
Great video and great channel, thank you very much. For me I had to really keep spinning the motor, it didn't work with just a few spins for me, I had to really spin if for like a minute and it finally started. So don't give up anyone if it doesn't work at first, just keep doing it. It will eventually free it up. Thanks again for all your awesome Star Wars Kenner videos. Cheers from SoCal
Great work buddy thanks for Sharing. I've had to do it once or twice myself. if I may add for those of you who have not done this before taking some reference pictures Along the way can be helpful for reassembly. Again great video thanks buddy.
Great video! Thank you! I had to go further and clean the contact in the switch on mine. The cover has a interference fit pin just where the T meets. Once you have disassembled the neck you can gently wiggle the cover/button holder loose. A little contact cleaner on a swab fixed mine.
Great video for a complete view of the internals! However, just a note to anyone with just the frozen motor issue. I got mine working by gently working the canons back and forth until the motor freed up really quit quickly maybe 30-50 repetitions and I only have the chin canon on the non-motor side. Luckily, I never had to remove a screw this way.
My motor works but the original bulb does not. I bought some replacement bulbs but not sure if they are the right kind because it still does not light up.
Thanks for posting this. I followed your directions step by step and word for word, but for whatever reason, I simply couldn't get the electronics in it to work again. Is there a video for that as well?
Good day to my good man I've just watched your video on the AT AT one of the most common problems is either corrosion on the battery terminals or inside the electric motor itself which is usually covered in dust and hairs which would have been a good point to share with other people that don't have such an easy issue as yourself. Also once electric motor is open it's a good chance to slightly stretched brushes on the motor and this can all be done without taking apart half of what you actually do. But I'm very glad all the same that there is still videos out there
Repairing mine. The battery tab terminals are extremely corroded Im going to try and clean them. Any suggestions ? I’m not sure if I can buy new tabs These could be trash
It’s probably not recommended, but you pull the gun mounts back and forth manually and it will free the gears. Also, this worked great on my AT-AT when I did it
Does anyone know where to source the smallest cog that connects directly to the motor. On a repair I am doing now, that cog is absent and I can't seem to locate it via Ebay (without buying a whole AT-AT head / walker). Appreciate any ideas you could share.
Interestingly I've been restoring an old AT-AT and it doesn't have the clips, the wires are secured to the terminals. It doesn't look like a home solder job and to be honest, given the state of the thing (I have a big job cleaning up corroded battery terminals) I doubt anyone's bothered to repair it. Anyone seen one like this before?
i have one that jams, and can't figure out why. the motor will run, then jam up, like the plastic gears are getting stuck. took it apart etc but it still jams. and ideas?
I had the same thing. But I finally got mine to work. The key was to make sure the battery is snug, and that it lays on top of one of the blue wires while the other blue wire is secure underneath. It’s really finicky. Because the plastic gears aren’t attached to anything. it’s all about getting them to run smoothly and they only really run smoothly if the gear that is attached to the battery is aligned and secured just right. And it’s only aligned right when the blue wires are positioned correctly. It took me over an hour to get it just right and when you do your golden. If you look at the video you’ll see how the battery is resting on one blue wire
Probably, your best bet is checking ebay prices on at-ats parts. You might find people selling individual pieces or people selling incomplete at-ats, and you could source one from there.
The new 2010 version is way better lol. That being stated I owned both. The original was second hand literally my next door neighbor but dam they could have gone bigger back in 1981. But that was a big deal for a toy back then.
Would have added a little petroleum jelly or something that wont affect the plastic gears for lubrication, to prevent further seizing. Also wouldn't this be more "electro-mechanical" than "electronic" not to be a pedant, which I guess I am. I mean there are no chips or boards, just simple electrical connections.
