Getting Narrow M... ähh... Gauged

[Schraddel]

Hello,


One of the first tasks after a complete demounting was resoldering a broken connection on the man frame. Because of the needed heat quantity this has to be done with a torch.
Unfortunately one of the pre owners has soldered the threaded bolt to the frame. So this spur gear could not be demounted. You will need some cleats to fix those parts and more cleats to prevent accidental desoldering on those spots which have to stay together.





Today are those astonishing tiny micro motors available of which we have only dreamed of in long bygone days.
This is a little 12V coreless coil motor with 10mm diameter and 20mm long casing. It's tiny enough to fit completely into the boiler. And it has more than enough guts to drive this loco. 





The fixing was simple here. The motor was glued between the firebox walls after some shimming with thin brass sheet to establish the correct mesh between worm and worm gear.





The view from the rear shows the motor is completely within the boiler.
Note the cutaways in the cab backwall which were necessary to get the original motor mounted. And even this was not adequate, the motor also stick out of the cab.


Lutz