I'm on my way to pick you up, Carey. Keep it warm "Old97"; we will be there in a jiff.Got room for me and Rex??
I'm on my way to pick you up, Carey. Keep it warm "Old97"; we will be there in a jiff.Got room for me and Rex??
I know the feeling Jeffrey! And that's not even dealing with model railroad stuff. Anyhoooooooo, I'm off to fire up the barbeque. Doing a pork loin with apple wood chips. Using the dutch ovens for biscuits and baked beans. Making coleslaw,potatoe salad and green beans with pork neck to boot! Doing all of my cooking now so I can sit and relax tomarrow.
Well my father called a while ago and said he had a watermelon to cut up. So I had to put in an appearance to eat my share. An eightieth of a watermelon later and I had had all I wanted. My sister asked how I would handle a hornet nest. I said 'AI'. AI? Artificial Intelligence? No, Avoid It. Pouring a bucket of scalding hot water down into it can help too. Wasp spray can work wonders on it.
My problem FP7 quit running today for some reason. I opened it up and that a wire had come loose from the motor. I wonder if that was because of a poor solder joint or was it that hot. That chincy little motor gets so hot you can cook bacon and eggs on it. I soldered the wire back in place and the loco is running again. It still has that annoying hum which I'm sure is from the gears. The sight of red gears set off all kinds of alarm bells because of the cheap Mexican made Con-Cor drives back in the late 80's and early 90's that hummed, screamed and squealed, same time period this loco was released.
Nope, long distance travel isn't my forte. Way too painful and some of my meds present certain problems.
Nope, long distance travel isn't my forte. Way too painful and some of my meds present certain problems.
No problem of that sort. Flywheels are tight, shafts fit tight and the worms are tight on their shafts. I've had the trucks apart, cleaned thoroughly and put back together and still get that darn hum. There's no squeal, never has been. And it's BOTH trucks that hum, not just one. I have some disk brake caliper lubricant I can try on it. It's safe for use on plastic. The stuffs slick as a greased pig! If that doesn't shut it up nothing will.Oh Jeffrey, One thing that hit me about your situation and BNSF's is that very possibly the main drive gear did fit tightly on the armature shaft and that is where a lot of squealing was coming from? Assuming of course you had the armature shaft bearings lubed well front and back.
If you find it is slipping you may have to remove it and use some paint thinner or whateve to clean the armature shaft and gear good and then get it positioned of the shaft again and I'd suggest using an exacto knife to scribe a short line from the shaft up slightly on both sides and turn the aremature 180 and do the same thing on the gear and then use a small file and try and scratch the armature shaft where the little marks are and apply a bit of Super glue to prevent the gear from spinning.
I had to do that on my MDC as I applied to much oil and grease and the main drive gear was slipping and the track cleaner wouldn't go anywhere!
The sidewalk is melting......but it's a dry melt....so it's ok.Well it feels quite hot but a dry heat so it's not too bad.
Time for me to call it a night. See y'all tomorrow.
The sidewalk is melting......but it's a dry melt....so it's ok.
That scene no longer exists as that part of the layout and benchwork were ripped out some time ago. I could no longer crawl under to get to the air conditioner to service it so some drastic changes had to be made.That's a neat shot Jeffrey, sure looks like you have a lot of activity going on.
I'm on my way to pick you up, Carey. Keep it warm "Old97"; we will be there in a jiff.