#THOR ELECTRIC DRILL HOW TO#
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If your screw driver is not down in the screw head it might tear up the screw. Make sure to clean out the slots in the screw heads before you attempt to loosen them. There is one screw on the right (top) end (the longer one) and two on the other (shorter ones): Step 3: Remove the three screws from the panel on the handle grip. Let’s keep chugging along and check the switch. And when someone comes to you and tells you that a particular thing is wrong with something you cannot assume that’s what is wrong and try fixing it that way! My second guess is that the trigger switch was bad. This goes to show that you cannot determine what is wrong with something just by looking at it. Neither of the wires on the cord amazingly had shorts! Despite how it looked, the cord was still good. Using the diode tester feature on one of the two wires on the cord for a short–it passed the test The diode tester function of the Fluke 177 True RMS Digital Multimeter with Backlight is very nice because it gives you an audible notification (beep) if the circuit is complete and is silent while there is an open circuit.

Connect one lead of the multimeter to one of the plugs and then touch the other lead to both of the terminals you just uncovered (one terminal at a time though). You can also simply test the resistance of the wires too (which should be nearly zero ohms), to see if the circuit is open. Step 2: Using the diode tester on your multimeter check the cord for shorts. Here’s what you’ll see when you get it off:Īccess panel removed–the two small nuts are connecting the wires in the cord to the drill Remove the two flat head screws:Īccess panel screw locations for the cord connection to the drillĪfter you remove the two screws you may need to pry the cover off, depending the condition of the drill (and how much gunk is holding the plate in place). There is a plate with two flat-head screws on it just next to where the cord enters the body of the drill. I hadn’t even tried plugging it in but I wanted to do some testing before I did anything and before I assumed anything. I first wanted to verify that there really was a short in the cord. The drill should be unplugged at this point, I just wanted to mention that. 1/4″ socket driver (get this and all the other sockets you’ll need with this set here ).Soldering Iron, I used a high powered gun type like this one.A variety of sizes of flat-head screwdrivers.Multimeter, I really like my Fluke 177 True RMS Digital Multimeter with Backlight.

#THOR ELECTRIC DRILL HOW TO#

Here are the steps I took to troubleshoot and repair this neat old “they don’t make ’em like they used to” drill: How to Fix the Switch and Change the Cord on a Vintage Thor Model 4199 Drill by Independent Pneumatic Tool Co Tools Needed:

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The cord looked like it came out of a scary movie Looking at the cord made me think the problem was likely a short: How to Fix the Switch and Change the Cord on a Vintage Thor Model 4199 Drill by Independent Pneumatic Tool CoĪ coworker brought me a vintage Thor Model 4199 drill to see if I could fix it because it would not work.

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