REPAIR K.I.T.T.
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- Опубліковано 22 жов 2017
- In 1983, Kenner Toys released an awesome thing upon the world. The Knight Rider 2000 Talking K.I.T.T Car.
I never had one and found it at a thrift store for 3 American dollars! I bought batteries and rushed home to play its talking feature.
It didn't work.
Disappointed but not totally unhappy I posted it on FaceBook. Explaing to people it didn't work, I caught the attention of toy enthusiasts, RETROBLASTING.
/ retroblasting
They informed me there was a record player inside.
My interest peaked, I began taking it apart.
It seems many people are running into variations with this talking car. I'm putting other people's experiences from UA-cam as I find them, right here.
You may wish to check these repair videos out as well.
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I just purchased one off of eBay. These cars aren’t cheap but well worth the memories.
We never had one but the joy of finally putting that car in your hands is awesome
Fantastic repair video !! Super cool ! Knight rider was it back in the days !!
thanks. yeah. i found the whole series on dvd for cheap. no one here wants to watch it!
The scanner could probably be modified and upgraded to work, the car is large enough to accommodate the necessary parts to make it work. I have such great memories of this car, it was my holy grail back then and I'll never forget the birthday when I got it.
I guess I really don't need to say, ya know how awesome that would be? I think If I knew what I was doing everything would have a scanner. Refrigerator, Dog collar, toilet
LOL. don't forget the ejector seat. ;-) If it were me I'd research it a little to see if I could find someone who can do that to KITT models, I'm sure there's plenty of fans out there that are in the know about that stuff who could do it. You're making me want to track down one of those KITT's along with the Michael Knight it came with, mine sadly disappeared long ago.
@@johnwilliamson2207
That's awful. Maybe it'll turn up somewhere weird and you'll be reunited. all three of you.
That's still awesome birthday memories. I only got the pounding lever set where kitt goes through the side of the big rig trailer. I was always fine with having just that though. I did snoop Facebook market place for early 80s beater Pontiacs though. I tried to talk myself into a slow project car. Rrrrrrrright.
I can't even start that. That would be very financially irresponsible of me.
Great find .
Great video. I used blue painters tape at the bottom of car while i pried the tabs off using a plastic tool I have to remove interior parts from cars. My voice box had a plastic bag covering it and not as many screws. Also my motor spindle was smooth.
Sounds like you've been busy. Also sounds like this video stops being of any use. A bag. Interesting.
Wow the nostalgic toy
I never had it and I love it now. for me thats when a toy holds up. I did have the whip it? kitt. a tool to flick kitt so he'd roll off. I'd love to find that. I have no idea where it went. I'm guessing donations box.
Anybody else notice the sticker on the bottom for $2.99?
That doesn't seem to happen at that particular store anymore. I think I see fastfood premiums, naked barbies and baby toys only. Their prices shot up.
Very cool find, and nice job on the restoration!
spencer1984.com thank you
Pretty cool... I had one of these when I was a kid.. it came with a little Michael Knight action figure... I was a huge Knight Rider fan when I was growing up still am
I'm feeling I must buy the DVD sets. The few clips on UA-cam are exciting even if corny. Man there's alot O corn. Love it.
Congratulations!🎉
thank you
Also: nice find, cool video.
my wife found mine for a quarter at a rummage sale. its in remarkable shape. just for your info, theres a lever underneath, that lever i thought was an on/off switch, nope its a speed adjustment, so you can move the lever forward or back just the littlest bit to make the record go faster or slower so you can understand the voice better. YOUR CAR DONT SHOW 1 BUT IF YOU GO TO THE 3;01 MARK, YOU SEE THE BLACK ROUND SLIDER AT THE LEFT OR FORWARD POINT OF THE SLIDER. 1 explanation was as the battery wears down you can make it play a tad faster. thank you for posting this video, now i'm not afraid to take the player apart. as i had no sound, i took out the battery that had a bit of corrosion, cleaned that up still no sound. all car years are different, mine has 1 c cell battery, but i'v heard some have 2 double a batteries and even heard some have d cell batteries.
Big Tom AWESOME. thank you for the extra info. Any idea what the little metal block riding up against that axle might be?
Your wife has a sharp eye. Great find.
Big Tom
Can you help? Someone has come across a different sounding K.i.t.t.
A silver disc?
I don't think I have one.
The speed switch callout saved me hours of frustration. Thank you for posting this.
I have one in try to repair also. The part that the tag presses to make the record player speak has its tip broken off, and when I took the cover off I can't get it to back on and play. Ik not sure what I am doing wrong.
Sounds like that lever lost its strength with the break maybe? That stinks. It's been a while since I had it open. It depresses that little nub on the player
Maybe a make shift lever?
Naegleri Fowleri (hope I spelled this correctly)
below mentions a replacement option for sound in the comments below.
It might be a cool video for you to make showing the broken area too. I'm sure pointing that out for others would be beneficial. Also any trouble shooting approaches you have too.
Thanks for the video! Gotta do this to mine too. Mine has plastic over the record player as well
Was going to ask if you were posting your work. Just saw your videos
That's awesome you saw it! I actually made a working on it video too I'm posting tomorrow. Not as good as yours but a video nonetheless
@@MrChad676
Any points of view from other repair jobs can only hope someone else I think. When your done do you mind if I put yours in my description
Go for it! I pretty much just copied what you did but mine shows the plastic cover over the player. I was bummed I had to rip it off to fix it but I'll post it tomorrow morning
I'll add your channel to my description as well tomorrow
Too much work and I don’t want to make things worse. I’ve had mine complete, with Michale Knight, since it came out in the 80’s.
You found that in a savers or goodwill? Lucky guy
At the Savers. I m getting the feeling those kinds of finds will be no more. When they first opened here I got quite a few awesome finds. Now? Blechhh
Love your UA-cam logo. Might have to check out some of your mechanics videos up close.
I have found good treasures their, but not like this one yet.
I've been trying to separate the halves, but those tabs just do not want to come loose and I really don't want to squeeze too hard and break anything. Driving me nuts.
It drove me insane.
Just as you get something apart, something else sneaks back together.
@@camcordernonsense5264 Yeah, it's going to take some time and patience to do it. I could do it more forcefully, but I just don't want to bend the lower section of the top half too much. Thinking of maybe taking a blow dryer to it to make the plastic a bit more pliable before trying again. They just don't want to come out of those tab holders. heh Definitely one of the tougher Kenner pieces to disassemble.
@@thewheelies6801
I think that could work.
And finding something to hold it in place so it cools back where you want it and not burning your fingers. I scarred my kitt a little pushing on it.
I found out some old Hasbro GIJOE toys can have heat. They bubbled.
Drats!
Okay, I'm stuck. I got the car open, opened up the record player. Right away, there was a small, silver disc with a hole in the center that came loose and I didn't see where it came from, so not sure where to replace it. But besides that - the wires look good. The rubber band looks good. The battery compartment is totally clean. Still, zero connection with a fresh battery - nothing. Two questions, I guess: where the heck does that little silver disc go - and does the rubber band stretch around the spindle of the battery at the bottom - or is it simply stretched around that half-circle plastic hole piece? Ugh.
I wonder if you have some Kenner updating. Is the silver disc plastic or metal?
I'm going to have to refresh my memory on this. Going to watch the video again.
Rubber band around spool and on to metal grippy looking spindle?
This sucks not being in the same room.
Congrats on the car opening. That's 3/4 s the battle already!
I wanted K.I.T.T. and Michael Knight, but I also wanted the A-Team characters/van. My mom got me the A-Team, since that was all Kmart had at the time (it was a semi-small store having begun as Grants).
I barely remember Grants.
And cool story.
I had the a team van and figures at different times in the early 2000s. Thought I'd never get the rest of all four times and got rid of it all again. Now I have two figures and waiting on the rest to return to my clutches.
thanks for the video i just fix mine thanks man
Awesome. Glad you got it going.
You did buy it at Value Village after all.
Is that a sister store to the SAVERS stores? I keep hearing that name. I'm guessing we don't have those. Yet. Tags look the same from what I've seen on the Facebook groups
I used to have that then .KItt stopped talking . Then idk ? Happened.
If you come across one you can probably fix it.
Nice job getting it to work..are these expensive and hard to find?
It sounds like they are. If you can find a non working one and fix it yourself you will be ahead.
Value Village has the same price tags,
I have one in great shape along with the Michael Knight figure. I'm thinking on selling it. Any offers?
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glad you liked it. hope it comes in handy.
or you can just buy one of those USB sound modules that you add several sounds, download the sounds, add them and attach the thing with tape to the back of the car
But once I start I won't stop
That sounds awesome.
Then I want my storm door to scream, "excuse me, that's mine" when we open it.
@@camcordernonsense5264 bigdawgsgreetings.com/product/usb-programmed-push-button-sound-module-200-sec/
@@camcordernonsense5264 I just bought this toy and if the sound doesn't work, I'm just gonna put that module
Thanks for the link.
Now cats will have human voices too
Little-known fact: K.I.T.T. on the show talked via record player, too. William Daniels had to ride in the trunk to change tracks and flip the record, when necessary.
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