I have a life like (most likely proto 1000) SD9 and took it apart after several years of extrordanary service(filled with cat hair and was burning the stuff as it went along) I had to cut the power pickup wires to get the trucks off and have no clue to how to reatach them, preferablyso i can take them off again without damage.[xx(]
well, you dont have to cut the wires to get the trucks off, there are little black plastic clips that hold the wires to the pickup strips. If you slide them off the wires will come out. Replacing them depends on where you cut the wire. If you cut it right at the end you might be able to strip the new end, remove the old end from under the plastic clip and clip the new end on. This will only work if you just cut the tiniest piece of the wire though, becuase if the pickup wires are not long enough the truck will not swivel properly. More likely you will have to replace them. Just use a new piece of small super-flex wire, just like is in there now and cut them to length.
In the future, just remove the plastic clips.
Thanks but where do I get the wire and how do I attach a new one (please remember technology hates me).