tamiya mfu and dmd

[ruben2005]

hello all ,thought i would post this as i have just been given the shock of a lifetime,so i go to run my first king tiger fires up all ok then move forwards and two red lights come on on the dmd but backwards they are green mmm so run mfu self test green red theres a problem its telling me. well after trying loads of things no joy so i ring model-direct in uk as they are on tamiya uk for anything tamiya, so i tell number one man i have this problem with my mfu and dmd can you fix these parts ? i will put you through to someone he tells me. number two man listens to my plight and i tell him is it true that tamiya will fix or replace these units as they are the main parts of these tanks ???? his answer NO, tamiya will only give these units one year warranty if its purchased in the uk and have proof of purchase so beware of buying used tamiyas he tells me motto of this is why are these tanks so dear to buy if the parts are not going to last mr tamiya anyway number two man tells me he can get me the parts for me mfu-01£210.00 and dmd unit £215.00 well knock me over with a feather !! come on tamiya sort this out im not the only one to have this problem it seems as number two man told me all i can say is thank god for jr-rc less than half the price god bless this man moan over thanks for reading this

[ruben2005]

hello mate thanks for reply, have done all you said and still no joy thats why i posted my problem because tamiya are aware of this but wont help so will leave kitty in the loft for now its just it was my first tamiya king tiger went overboard on upgrades metal tracks new henntec new schmu bushes new hull and now its knackerd !!

[tomhugill]

hey ruben, funny we seem to have similar problems at similar times. I've just been through this whole rigmarole with the hobby co (tamiyas Uk distributor). Basically they ended up offering to replace the MFUs I sent back for £120 each. I told them JRC sell them for about £80 and Ill have my units back thank you very much...lesson learnt, never buy a tamiya from the UK!

Ps is the problem the units are just running in reverse?

[ruben2005]

hi tom , the probs with both forward and back it sucks buying tamiya in the uk but i will save for new units from jason also got probs with my leo mfu dont even want to think what that would cost to replace

[ruben2005]

hello mate i just tryed that and the right gearbox would start to turn then all goes dead no left box moving thanks

[ruben2005]

hi mate tank will start to power up orange lights on dmdt03 then all dies down any ideas why ? right gonna leave this alone now thanks eastern front for all your help mate have to walk away or tank goes out the door

[tomhugill]

Oh no, what's wrong with the leopard mfu? Does unplugging the mfu on the KT do anything?

[sparks]

Sorry to hear your (and others) problems. I have been running Tamiya tanks for many years now and never had any problems with my older tanks. A word of caution, the only DMD, I have had trouble with was purchaced from Jasons Store for a revamp of a non full option tank a couple of years back, it was replaced with no problem though. Seems to me that Tamiya quality has taken a nose dive in the past few years perhaps.
sparks

[tomhugill]

How did you get it replaced sparks?

[ruben2005]

thanks mate for all your help