Moderno kids Jeep revival

Ooops i did it again... i fixed someone else's trash... for my kids only...

 

 This dirty Moderno kids Jeep (500$ on Amazon) was found in front of a neighbor house the day before trash pick up ... under a pile of garden trash bags and with a dead mouse or mole in it. (RIP) I pressure washed it and bleached it. the fake leather seat took a few days to dry inverted in the sun.

 First: find a battery, does it run on 6 or 12v? 

-12v according to amazon. works using my old ridekick Pb batteries  12AH 12V SLA-AGM (hooked to a homemade 14 gauge copper wire with XT60 male connector and terminals and it connects in the bottom of the battery compartment nicely.) action run time ~45 min

 

 

The switch issue : (most likely why it was in a trash pile)

Power startup was erratic... the kids had to push it ~20 times before it would work each first few session... Ding! it s corroded.

getting it out the hard way... perhaps it would pop out of the dash with a screw driver too? next time...

 

 The internal mechanism after cleaning...

If yours stops working: corrosion inside most likely. open, clean the contact and add WD40. Beware of the small clicking mechanism, hard to put back together right. also i d recommend placing a floppy piece of transparent tape (partly 2 sided so it does not stick to the switch only to the dash) on top of it on the dashboard to prevent/limit water getting in it.

Conclusion:

 

 -The lights work

- The sound system almost works nicely with programmed music, USB, SDcard slot, bluetooth, ...only the FM radio does not work! 

....I love trash... (Oscar the Grouch)

 

Bike trailer train with 3 trailers!

 Here is a crazy long update for the bike trailers: 

Bike + Ridekick  (electric pusher) + Burley (comfortable kid trailer) + Instep trailer (to carry cargo)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

here is how i plan to put the kid bikes on to go to:

- the park with kids and little bikes

- from/to school (with backup kid carrier trailer if they get tired on the way)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 HOW?

- Remove the wheel locking mechanism (we never use it anyways, only an annoyance when the kids lock it for "fun")

- The Burley trailer then has 2 free holes under the rear structural bar used to attach a custom pine wood stud with the proper instep trailer attachment hitch (see photo below)

- The top part of the wooden stud is carved (an electric wood carver is useful) to match the round shape of the structural pipe of the trailer, it allows to hold snugly without wiggling (not shown) once bolted in place.

- The instep bike hitch has been altered to fit into a standard hitch, by adding holes vertically (drilling  1/4 inch holes), as the original holes are horizontally aligned.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In order for the cargo to be safe in the old trailer, it was needed to add a reinforced plywood bottom. It is bolted with 4 steel pieces bolted into the steel frame of the trailer and screwed into the wood.