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Makita Cordless Drill

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Slowpoke

11-30-2007 12:17:05




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I have a Makita 6011D 12 volt drill that lost the reverse feature. It's an old drill that takes the long black battery with the side bump-out. It also can use the 9 volt straight battery. I took the drill apart and was going to use a forward/reverse switch from a bad Makita 9 volt drill. The 12 volt F/R switch has what looks like a diode across the two leads that come from the trigger switch. The 9 volt doesn't have it. The thing has a blue band and a silver band only and it's the size of a 1/4 watt resistor. I put the 9 volt battery in the battery clips and pressed the trigger. So it works forward now let's check one more time for reverse. OK, it works, but now the "diode" is starting to crackle and smoke! Can anyone identify the "diode" so I can replace it or put one on the 9 volt switch? Any schematic available?
Thanks.

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Brad Gyde

12-01-2007 21:33:58




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 Re: Makita Cordless Drill in reply to Slowpoke, 11-30-2007 12:17:05  
Wow.. I thought I was the only one who still had a makita drill.. I have the 9.6 still... long story how I came about it though. It had belonged to my dad, but one night someone broke into his truck in our driveway and stole the drill, a carphone (the old "bag phones") and the radio.. bout 6 months later, I was weedwackin the ditch and looked down into the culvert and saw the drill in the culvert. fortunately, the culvert never saw too much water. Since dad had bought a new drill, I got to keep that one.. and amazingly, 12 years later, it is still around and works well... in fact, better than my newer 12v B&D or the 14.4 Craftsman.. just wish the battery stayed charged longer..

Brad

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Slowpoke

12-02-2007 00:03:23




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 Re: Makita Cordless Drill in reply to Brad Gyde, 12-01-2007 21:33:58  
Brad, I bought my 6011D 12v used in 1992 for $90 with 2 batteries and a charger. I decided to get a dead battery and modify it to use a long cord on a car battery. I went a dealer and asked for a couple of dead ones, free of course. Well one was good as new, so I modified the real dead one for "corded" use. Now I have 3 batteries. After a few years, 2 were getting low on power, so I bought a new one, $45. I came across another 6011D + battery and bought it ($35) so now I can have 2 drills. A couple of months ago I found another like new in a case with 2 batteries and charger for $22. Now I can have 3 drills and not have to worry! But now the '92 model lost reverse. At the flea market, I picked up 2, 9 volt drills for $3 each to get the F/R switch. The seller said they were not working. So now I need a 9 volt battery to see if the F/R switch is good. I went to a tool repair shop and asked for a dead 9V battery. All he had was a 12V, so I took it. Charged it and it works fine! I went to another tool repair shop and asked for a dead 9 volt. The guy spent 5 minutes looking thru dead batteries, couldn't find one, so he removed one from a drill. I charged it, put it in one of the dead $3 drills and now I have a perfectly good 9 volt drill and battery. But the F/R switch in the dead 9V drill is not the same as the 12v drill switch. Moral of the story is that many of the batteries that are "dead" only need a good charge.
So stop by a repair shop or dealer and ask for some dead batteries so you can "modify them to use with a car battery". And if you like the drill, take a charged battery to the flea market to test another drill to buy.

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m sb

11-30-2007 19:14:21




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 Re: Makita Cordless Drill in reply to Slowpoke, 11-30-2007 12:17:05  
Try Radio Shack. Personally, I would toss it and buy a 19.2 or larger volt drill/driver. You will be amazed at how much more power a new one will have.Its in the newer magnet technology they now use that makes them so much better today. I was lucky enough to receive a B&D 24 volt drill two years ago.Its unbelievable how much power it has and how long a charge will last.Think I have only charged it twice in 2 years and I use it a lot.

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