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  1. Hutch

    Junker restorations/rehabs

    Thanks but I got it off the hard way.i may have to get a puller if I'm going to continue down this path.
  2. Hutch

    Junker restorations/rehabs

    I ordered one. I hope I don't have as much trouble putting the flywheel on as I did getting it off.
  3. Hutch

    Junker restorations/rehabs

    I took the motor out and it's dead, pulses a little bit. I don't know why, it seemed fine on the bench at work but no more. I'd like to replace it with a better one if you have any suggestions.
  4. Hutch

    Junker restorations/rehabs

    Yes. I was trying to run it this morning and smoked the decoder at least one of the input FETs. I can replace that or just get a better decoder.
  5. Hutch

    Junker restorations/rehabs

    I bypassed it to test the engine and it ran strong in my hand holding my thumbs against the drive wheels. It has a 1.25 amp stall current.
  6. Hutch

    Junker restorations/rehabs

    I got it working but not very well. It seemed to run well on dc on the bench. On dcc, the chuff isn't even synchronized. It's pretty much an expensive display. I really thought these spectrums were gonna be good engines. Never again.
  7. Hutch

    Junker restorations/rehabs

    Sometimes it takes a hammer to the head to get me to things 🥴 Please feel free to butt in.
  8. Hutch

    Junker restorations/rehabs

    I didn't test if the gear was slipping on it's shaft but as I said, the drive operates now. I sure wish I had done that test though. If it has problems I'll do that. Thanks
  9. Hutch

    Junker restorations/rehabs

    It's assembled and the drive works now but I think DC control has been disabled or it doesn't work on DC, so I can't get it to move. Hopefully it will work on my DCC layout.
  10. Hutch

    Junker restorations/rehabs

    It's reassemble day for this Spectrum 2-8-0 Steam. I'm replacing the belt that seemed to be slipping. Hopefully this one will be a little tighter. Maybe I'll find there's a different issue. We'll see. Oh yeah, wish me luck reassembling this thing that I took apart last week.
  11. Hutch

    Junker restorations/rehabs

    What are these things? And why can't we stand on the foot boards?
  12. Hutch

    Online track software?

    Will it run jmri? At some point I'm going to want that. I'm almost retired and things will change .
  13. Hutch

    Online track software?

    I couldn't even copy the executable onto the thumb drive. I'm just going to stop thinking about it. I'll do it at home someday. I hate playing on the computer at home though. I like to get my hands dirty doing something else.
  14. Hutch

    Online track software?

    I had to get special permission to use a thumb drive but I can and I might just try this.
  15. Hutch

    Online track software?

    XTrackCAD would have been my next go to. Getting the 3D stuff like SCARM offers is not something to die over. I got passed Scarms 50 piece issue by switching to flextrack after I got my curves laid with sectional track. You van also do your layout in sections.
  16. Hutch

    Got the consist working.

    I now know how to make and break the consist without resetting the decoders.
  17. Hutch

    Consist trouble.

    I'm not sure when and why I should do that. It seems anytime I try something new, the decoders lose their mind. Manual reset is the only thing that works.
  18. Hutch

    Consist trouble.

    That's exactly the problem. I couldn't get one to run fwd and the other rvs. Just both same direction. The instructions are clear, they just don't work.
  19. Hutch

    Consist trouble.

    That was the attempt. I could only get them to run the same direction even though I set them to run back to back.
  20. Hutch

    Consist trouble.

    MERG




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