major help is needed im getting no power from my mp40
i striped it thinking a wire had come loose nothing
i thing took the fuse thinking it was the fuse and i re-wired it nothing
i even charged 2 batterys nothing
im getting nothing at all can any one help
it sounds daft but have you tried the switch at the bottom of the grip
theres nowt so Permanent as temporary
yup im getting nothing
i have a lot of spares for the mp 40 so if you bring it to the next game your playing im sure we can get it working
theres nowt so Permanent as temporary
ok ill be at operation jedburgh for the next one ill make sure i charge my battery as well
have you tried the motor
im thinking its the motor but im not experience in that and i dont have a spare
you know you have power coming from you batts, just unscrew the motor from the gear box ie leave it in its little cage thing connect the batt and pull the trigger 
ill try that then i'm hoping it is the motor aleast i can get another one
if it is the motor where could i get one that right for thr MP40?
Have you checked the battery in another gun to check the battery is OK? (This eliminates assuming it is charged just because you have errrr charged it. Charger might be duff, battery might be duff and not taking charge.)
Did I read you right - you have removed the fuse and hard-wired it? If not then that fuse wants it's continuity checking (swap with one from a known working gun or put a bulb/battery across it) or hard-wire and bypass the fuse altogether on a temporary basis (some do it permanently).
If both those are OK then next suspect is the switch in the bottom of the pistol grip. That's what bust on my MP40 (it's not a very robust bit of kit) so I bypassed it, so now no safety. Meh, I was always knocking anyway since mine stood proud of the grip.
Double/triple check those three things (battery, fuse, safety switch) before going on to motor or other switching/wiring problems - start with the simple and most likely culprits first!
It's one of three things:
Motor - check it as they are v v easy to change.
Trigger contacts - is it a new gun? If not it could be these.
Wiring - maybe you made a mistake here?
I'd check the motor and then if it's not this, take it to a gunsmith. My local guy could fx any of the above in 10 mins. It would take me all night...
ok checked all three and its still not working so it looks like it the motor
Is it new or bought from the Forum?
ok had the motor checked out its fine so it looks like its thr wireing
One thing that happened to mine was that one of the wires going into the battery connector (the black and red ones) inside the gun had gotten pulled out as it was really short and that had me puzzled for ages.
Of course I do fully expect that it would have puzzled the wise for only half of a second, and if you have gotten down to motors you have passed Craig's 'the red and black ones' bit, but I thought I'd mention it just in case.
check the fire selector switch... when i bought mine, the metal rod wasnt sat in the slot in the plastic bar, so it was half way between single and auto and wouldnt do anything.
thats ok it is a wireing problem
done it its the tanya connection (ithink thats what its called ) will need changing
check the fire selector switch... when i bought mine, the metal rod wasnt sat in the slot in the plastic bar, so it was half way between single and auto and wouldnt do anything.
Selector on an MP40? I thought they were auto only.
done it its the tanya connection (ithink thats what its called ) will need changing
They can usually be fixed.
If it's the terminals that have splayed out too much then some needle nose pliers can be used to squeeze them together. Alternatively it could be that they terminals need pushing in more.
Though, you could do what I do and replace all the connectors on your AEGs with the far superior Deans ones.