09-29-2015, 08:03 PM
I managed to do some repair work today. My friend Dave and I ordered some bits from a place in England.
I found a buffer lying in the middle of the tracks. I soon found a loco that was missing both buffers from the tender. A bag of 4 was ordered and I glued them in place today.
One of my locos has a wired drawbar with a spring in it. The spring both carries current and pulls the loco closer to the tender (drive in tender). The old spring was a bit of wire in an S shape and had detached and my re-soldering had not restored it. The new drawbar has a coil spring. After reassambly, there was a bit of hesitation and an immense scream from the tender. So I took off the body and removed the gear train -- 4 gears and a bit of springy stuff. All gears dried and rubbed with paper towel, a bit of lube added to the motor bearings, then back in place with some teflon grease. Loco now purrs.
I found a buffer lying in the middle of the tracks. I soon found a loco that was missing both buffers from the tender. A bag of 4 was ordered and I glued them in place today.
One of my locos has a wired drawbar with a spring in it. The spring both carries current and pulls the loco closer to the tender (drive in tender). The old spring was a bit of wire in an S shape and had detached and my re-soldering had not restored it. The new drawbar has a coil spring. After reassambly, there was a bit of hesitation and an immense scream from the tender. So I took off the body and removed the gear train -- 4 gears and a bit of springy stuff. All gears dried and rubbed with paper towel, a bit of lube added to the motor bearings, then back in place with some teflon grease. Loco now purrs.
David
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.
Moderato ma non troppo
Perth & Exeter Railway Company
Esquesing & Chinguacousy Radial Railway
In model railroading, there are between six and two hundred ways of performing a given task.
Most modellers can get two of them to work.