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Great news. It's good that replacing the wires and motors helped. There are no hidden Voodoo secrets just some electrics. It's good that you have tried all the variants. As I understand it, you didn't have to switch the control mode from two sticks back to the standard HL to get the turret rotation and elevation back to the left stick?
This wheel, in the position you showed, works as a brake. It couldn't work properly
And check if that rocker arm spring is properly seated in the seat in the lower hull. There must be a small blocking hole where the end of the spring must hit ...
And my last advice. Use a multimeter to diagnose more easily and quickly what is wrong with your electrician. This will save you a lot of work and time

You have learned a lot from these failures. But I hope nothing more serious will happen to you

Good luck

abramsky wrote:Great news. It's good that replacing the wires and motors helped. There are no hidden Voodoo secrets just some electrics. It's good that you have tried all the variants. As I understand it, you didn't have to switch the control mode from two sticks back to the standard HL to get the turret rotation and elevation back to the left stick?
This wheel, in the position you showed, works as a brake. It couldn't work properly
And check if that rocker arm spring is properly seated in the seat in the lower hull. There must be a small blocking hole where the end of the spring must hit ...
And my last advice. Use a multimeter to diagnose more easily and quickly what is wrong with your electrician. This will save you a lot of work and time

You have learned a lot from these failures. But I hope nothing more serious will happen to you

Good luck

I learned that if you install 5.3 gears onto the 6.0/s system you MUST reverse the wires meaning red to black. And if the tank still goes reverse then switch the connections that goes from M1 to M1 on the MFU meaning M1 goes to M2 on the main board. I will need to order some hex screws from TH as the one that holds the road wheel in the correct position is badly stripped. Dai

I have 11 HL tanks and 1 Taigen. The Panther G has a bad motor that got replaced. The T99A has broken rear light and stripped out hex screw allowing the road wheel to be in a "brake" position. The T72 has broken hulls (upper/lower) and stripped 360 wires. The wiring inside the T72 is a complete massive mess that tangling the wires when the turret turning cannot be avoided. All discovered within 2 days of opening the box. I need to lower my expectations as these are nothing more than above average toy grade tanks. Dai

dai phan wrote:I learned that if you install 5.3 gears onto the 6.0/s system you MUST reverse the wires meaning red to black. And if the tank still goes reverse then switch the connections that goes from M1 to M1 on the MFU meaning M1 goes to M2 on the main Board.

When I was installing the v6.1 MFU on my son's Abrams, I had a similar problem, except that they never swapped the turret rotation stick with the tank steering stick. And the solution I gave you worked right away. It's a pity that the HL in its new MFU described M1 / M2 engines instead of Left / Right. But I know why they did it.
If I have some time, I will try to upload the film on my yt channel in which I will show this problem with swapping engines and explain why it happens. I will paste the link here on the forum.

abramsky wrote:

dai phan wrote:I learned that if you install 5.3 gears onto the 6.0/s system you MUST reverse the wires meaning red to black. And if the tank still goes reverse then switch the connections that goes from M1 to M1 on the MFU meaning M1 goes to M2 on the main Board.

When I was installing the v6.1 MFU on my son's Abrams, I had a similar problem, except that they never swapped the turret rotation stick with the tank steering stick. And the solution I gave you worked right away. It's a pity that the HL in its new MFU described M1 / M2 engines instead of Left / Right. But I know why they did it.
If I have some time, I will try to upload the film on my yt channel in which I will show this problem with swapping engines and explain why it happens. I will paste the link here on the forum.

Love to see what you got. My HL Abrams will be here today. I was delighted to see inside the T99A is not a complete mess like the T72. Dai

dai phan wrote:I have 11 HL tanks and 1 Taigen. The Panther G has a bad motor that got replaced. The T99A has broken rear light and stripped out hex screw allowing the road wheel to be in a "brake" position. The T72 has broken hulls (upper/lower) and stripped 360 wires. The wiring inside the T72 is a complete massive mess that tangling the wires when the turret turning cannot be avoided. All discovered within 2 days of opening the box. I need to lower my expectations as these are nothing more than above average toy grade tanks. Dai

Exactly. Don't expect anything more from them than they are only expensive toys. I didn't have such problems with my son's Leopard, but he only has 2 tanks in total and I have completely rebuilt one. You have much more of them, so you found out about their quality sooner ...
My advice - you need to check every model immediately after purchase. I immediately found a too short cables goes to the smoke generator. They were as tight as a guitar string and the contacts indicated a possible short circuit and damage to the MFU. In addition, the turret wire's are routed to the MFU in such a way that they have to get tangled after a few turns of the tower ( that is because MFU is placed in worst place in the hull ). If you do check everything (including the unfortunate loose / tight bolts on the entire model) before your first ride you should avoid most problems.

dai phan wrote:I have 11 HL tanks and 1 Taigen. The Panther G has a bad motor that got replaced. The T99A has broken rear light and stripped out hex screw allowing the road wheel to be in a "brake" position. The T72 has broken hulls (upper/lower) and stripped 360 wires. The wiring inside the T72 is a complete massive mess that tangling the wires when the turret turning cannot be avoided. All discovered within 2 days of opening the box. I need to lower my expectations as these are nothing more than above average toy grade tanks. Dai

And the newest Abrams has serious wiring flaw that the wires are being ripped/pulled out of socket as the turret turns. During the process it burned out the CN4 connection. Need I say more? Dai

Bad luck...amd as I said You before - toy grade assembly procedure and QC...
I will reply to you in a moment about your Abrams.

abramsky wrote:Bad luck...amd as I said You before - toy grade assembly procedure and QC...
I will reply to you in a moment about your Abrams.

I see you have Hobby Engine Abrams. Any good? Dai

I had one of those Hobby Engine Abrams years ago. It's actually worse than Heng Long IMO. It was the only Abrams in 1/16 scale for a while which is why I bought it. I sold it before even trying to make it better. It used rubber band style tracks.