Junker restorations/rehabs

[Hutch]

Those are tricky. Not losing the worm bearings is the priority I think. Make sure the top cog/pulley is not slipping on its shaft. I have used super glue to lock them down.

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

 

[rbturner]

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

I hate to butt into someone's repair work. I don't want to come off sounding like a know-it-all. There are plenty of them already.

 

[Hutch]

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

 

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Rivarossi repaint

 

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Varney

 

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[KriegslokBR52]

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Erie-Lackawanna SDP45 in Great Northern and New York Central scheme?

 

[rbturner]

The NYC is an Athearn factory foobie. The Great Northern loco is not an SDP-45 it's a SDP-40 which GN had. The picture I posted is of a prototype loco.

 

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https://www.rr-fallenflags.org/gn/gn0322dsa.jpg

 

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Atlas FP-7

 

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[Sirfoldalot]

Adore the RI Gon! Is that a Varney metal kit?

 

[Hutch]

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.
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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.

 

[rbturner]

Adore the RI Gon! Is that a Varney metal kit?

Believe it or not, that RI gon is an AHM that I added some grabs to.

 

[rbturner]

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.

I am not being smart but you did take the decoder out when you were bench testing right?

 

[Hutch]

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.

 

[rbturner]

I have worked on a few of those cog belt drives. One had 2 drivers out of quarter. Does yours seem to lope?

 

[Hutch]

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.