*Some Disassembly Required

It looks like the small tongs match up like your guide, but I just can't get him to find the home position. Here's what he looks like at the moment:

I would be super grateful for any advice! Thank you 😀

Clean the sync screw contacts, if you haven't already! Isopropyl alcohol or some contact cleaner on a cotton swab should work, just give the touching surfaces a good scrub. I've occasionally had one so corroded that I had to take a buffing wheel to it, but in a situation like that it will be visibly very corroded.

If it's still not working and you have access to a multimeter with a continuity testing mode, use that to probe along the various solder joints between the contacts and the circuit board. Furbies don't always have the best soldering and it sometimes breaks during shipping. The wires (green and yellow on your Furby) are also pretty fragile, and may have breaks under the insulation. It's not a common problem, but if someone previously did work on your Furby it's a good thing to check.

I probably could have worded that more clearly- the parts you want to clean are the two metal pieces (contacts) that are adjusted by the sync screw, not the screw itself.

In case the text is too small to read in this image, it says “Clean right where they touch here”. Only the surfaces that face each other need to be cleaned.

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Thanks for posting this! To me, it looks more like he’s finding his home position incorrectly, rather than not finding it at all, which was the issue in the ask I answered previously. In this case I’d recommend adjusting the sync screw according to my instructions in this post. I can’t tell for sure from your video, but it might be a bit too tight.

The lines leading off to the right of this image represent traces on the circuit board to ground (the empty triangle symbol) and the microprocessor (labeled here as /CAM_HOME 23).

Confused about terminology? Take a look at my guide on sync screw adjustment here. Note that I have this Furby dismounted from the circuit board while I investigate a different issue, so this area is more accessible than usual.

Thank you for responding! Which gears would you spin to get the eyelids in the correct spot on the 2005? Is there a visual you could provide if you dont mind?

It looks like the small tongs match up like your guide, but I just can't get him to find the home position. Here's what he looks like at the moment:

I would be super grateful for any advice! Thank you 😀

Clean the sync screw contacts, if you haven't already! Isopropyl alcohol or some contact cleaner on a cotton swab should work, just give the touching surfaces a good scrub. I've occasionally had one so corroded that I had to take a buffing wheel to it, but in a situation like that it will be visibly very corroded.

If it's still not working and you have access to a multimeter with a continuity testing mode, use that to probe along the various solder joints between the contacts and the circuit board. Furbies don't always have the best soldering and it sometimes breaks during shipping. The wires (green and yellow on your Furby) are also pretty fragile, and may have breaks under the insulation. It's not a common problem, but if someone previously did work on your Furby it's a good thing to check.

It’s hard to draw any kind of conclusion though, especially since I can’t get hands-on with any of these Furbies. Troubleshooting remotely is so difficult, and I never know if the results of testing something are because of genuine malfunction, error on the tester’s part, or bad instructions on mine!