Plarail Percy/Thomas Spring Lock problem

Hey all,

I've found my Plarail Percy and Thomas have this spring lock thing in the middle, and both seem to hang there, and not stay in place. I opened up the Percy and nothing seems to be wrong, perhaps it's the way the spring lock has been placed. From looking at other people's videos on the trains, they seem to stay in place and be part of locking the engine shell to the body.

Either way, it doesn't lock in and instead kind of hangs there.

Any idea how to sort this out? Cheers

There should be a spring on the part that is hanging down. The spring keeps it pushed up against the bottom of the chassis, and in this position it stops the locating tabs on the body shell being squeezed inward so the shell can't be removed.



To remove the body shell you have to push the sprung part down, against the spring, so that it clears the tabs. Now they can be squeezed inward and the shell removed.



Remove the plate on the underside of the chassis that retains the non-driven axle and the sprung part.



You can now remove the sprung part, which should have the spring on it like this.



It goes back in like this, with the arm of the spring pointing towards the front of the chassis.

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Thank you Dr Chris

gmeehanfilms let us know how you get on with fixing it.

Managed to get it working for both Percy and Thomas! Thanks a ton Chrisjo!

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Isn't Chrisjo great? Nice work Gmee!