Not sure if it has a battery powered train though. Unfortunately my unit's motor was apparently burned out. I took it apart and the motor doesent seem to want to work at all. the gears seem to mesh and respond to the switch but the back wheel will not turn on the axel unless pressure is put to create some space between the wheel and the body of the train. Suitable from 18M+ Width (mm) 92 Depth (mm) Battery Operated Action Train. Thank you for the detail instruction!!! Cleaned out the hairball and, Viola! If you don’t have an ammeter, a simple test tool can be made with a low voltage light bulb and two short pieces of wire. I could not figure it out...and thanks to you, my son is happy (and therefore so are we!!!). It helped me a lot! $16.24. It is getting some power but only one wheel turns and when you hold your finger against it, it just stops. The top section was grabbed out of my hand as I changed the battery and the smokestack screw has disappeared. Report abuse. As he unscrewed the base, it had sprung apart faster than he could memorize what it looked like. And with lots of attention to details. BRIO World Battery Operated Action Train for Kids age 3 years and up compatible with all BRIO train sets. I have put it back together as shown but when I try to switch it on, or manually rotate the gears, they rotate slightly before "locking". One search, your web-site and 5 minutes did it all! BRIO is the only merchandise line not to give Lady her headlamps. Your blog & pics saved the day here, too. Any tips? The locomotive got 2 x AA batteries in the front and the tender got 4 x LR44 (AG13, 357, A76) button cell batteries at the bottom. BRIO TWO-WAY BATTERY ENGINE (lights, not running) and TENDER / Brio wooden train. any ideas? Opened the BOTTOM, thinking that was the battery compartment. This battery operated action train set is extra fun with a moving coal wagon and a rotating cement mixer as well as headlights that light up on the engine. There is not much power getting to it. Thank you again also for the pictures.Maude from Belgium, Hi, great advice if I need to clean inside, thank you. Train did nor work. Designing products for BRIO is a process filled with love and care. Always check the simplest thing first.Take it apart again and make sure the axles fit into the grooves they ride in. You might try to dismantle the loco and check the switch. The 41 year old (dad) was not.Found your blog after 2 hours of searching, and now the engine is working better than it ever did.Will be a hero to my nephew tomorrow morning, and his dad (my brother) will be speaking to me again.Many thanks. can you turn the armature by hand easily? found your blog and was able to get it done!thanks, Thanks very much for this; I saw it a while ago and thought "must try that". It is time for the youngest train drivers to play with a train that moves by itself. Engine requires 1 x AAA battery (not included) Length 222 mm Age 3+ years Art#: 33319 Then when I brilliantly took off the bottom panel seeking to change the battery, all the gears came out. The Brio Battery Operated Action Train has a motorized engine and hauls a cement mixer car and a coal wagon. I wonder if brio is interested to know there are so many people struggling with the gears?? Thank you for your help. You made made my day after trying to change the battery for this present. any hope for this? At first I thought it was the battery compartment and somebody had put in three gears that didn't belong, but I could not find any battery contacts, so I knew there had to be something else gong on. Thank you SO much for this post - hopefully it will help me save two of my son's BRIO trains that are no longer working....You can buy the triangular head screwdriver as well...http://www.amazon.com/Silverhill-ASD3T-Triangle-Head-Screwdriver/dp/B001F3FUBK/ref=sr_1_1. So the fix ends up being rather easy when your model train won’t move. The coal wagon rocks and the cement wagon spins around as the engine pulls the train along! Took the bottom off; gears fell everywhere.30 minutes trying to put them back together; then 5 minutes to find this; then 2 minutes to reassemble.You are, if not a life-saver, then at the very least a sanity-saver!Many thanks! Name: Battery Operated Action Train Is it possible to buy a new motor for the train. 4.3 out of 5 stars 101. 2 comments: The screws that hold the loco together are probably triangular head and shouldn't be removed. Just press the arrow button on the top and the train is on its way. Favourite electric engine number 7 started working only intermittently. Managed to locate the point where the teeth of two cogs stopped meshing and just needed to slice a very small sliver off each cog. Great blog, but still seem to be having problems. Brio, your quality control is terrible. Two good things from your blog: 1-I was able to put the train back together again 2- I realized I'm not the only one who saw the 4 screws and thought they held the battery compartment. The world’s leading manufacturers of wooden toys that is both educational and fun to play with. A large box, massive duffel bag and bag for life full of train track and accessories and it is our first and only train that takes passengers. The close-up photos and instructions are PRICELESS! Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 26, 2018. Read more. - 1 x battery operated train (loose wire so not working) - Fork lift truck and Crane - 4 people - 2 engines - 4 trees, 1 cow, 1 fat controller, sign and signal. Markus, Swedish mechanical engineers produce quality items like the SAAB, Bofors gun and most importantly the Johansson Gage block without which we'd still be in the dark ages, technologically speaking.But the toy engineers still live in spotless houses, as far as I can tell. I am so excited and he is happy again.It didn't work for more than a year. Ended: 31 Dec, 2020 18:02:21 GMT. The two pins next to the front wheels on the green piece on the bottom part need to connect to two metallic clips on the top part (contact is made when closing the locomotive with the triangular screws). The problem comes probably from the front switch. Art#: 33319. The musings of a dilettante on parenting, mechanics, philosophy and the background noise that is daily life. Requires one AAA battery (not included). Posted by David MacKay FRS at 4:05 PM. The back wheels on the engine have rubber grips to help pull heavier loads. ... is problematic. BOTH of my son's two battery powered BRIO locomotives have died because of a defective gear design. By continuously improving our way of working, we can minimize our footprint and give children a happy childhood as well as a bright future. Brio Battery Powered Engine Train Not Working. My wife and I nearly came to blows at the dinner table as I assisted her in taking this thing apart, only to find out that we had no clue on how to put it back together after our lovely daughter scattered the parts all over the dining room table. I was so excited to give this to my son but then I noticed two of the nylon gears are cracked and the train still gets jammed even with the new motor. Includes 1x Battery powered train, 1x Spinning wagon, 1x Coal Tender. Some of the gears are freewheeling around the shafts, but it's possible some that are meant to be fixed in place have worn, in which case you are probably better of getting a new loco, unless you can figure out which are supposed to be fixed and cement them in place with some superglue.Double check that you have eliminated all clogs, hair, etc. There's no money for it, and if there was it's still by many considered too "overclassy" to employ one. About the sound: Since I can't access the noise compartment due to the funny screws, I'm tempted to misuse a tiny screw and just destroy the loudspeaker (accessible through the grill on the bottom of the toy). Train set includes a moving coal wagon and a rotating cement mixer. My wife removed the four screws in an attempt to replace the battery, which left me with a handfull of gears and no clue of how to put it together. I had problem placing one of the cogs. This photo blog details how I fixed it. Product includes - The Battery Powered Engine is a one piece train toy that can move in forward or reverse and includes headlights that light up. Gordon was incorrectly depicted as a 4-6-0 instead of a 4-6-2. You saved my bacon. I recently inherited a Brio green engine just like this one, and I put a new battery in it and the light came on but the wheels dont move. Ryan C Kunkle. BRIO Disney Mickey Mouse Battery Train for Kids age 3 years and up. 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