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 Posted - April 07 2017 : 10:33:24 PM
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Heres another old geep which is a keeper,I painted this about 7 or eight years ago and she has set in a box ever since I just serviced her ,new traction tires and she just jumps down the tracks a very strong runner which is a good thing because I was fooling around this week with my one good loco an atlas uboat and ran it off the track thus busting a coupler and now its running erratic.Guess thats not what they meant when they were talking about breaking in your trains lol this alco was in a box of other locos and I got here for 5 bucks cleaned and serviced it and she flat out hauls Hres all three that i scored at at a train show I went to last sunday first show ive been to in five years.the boxed one doesnt run it just lights up so thats a project for this weekend and i gotta athearn geep it runs but sputters badly and sparked some so its gotta come apart but I got all three for what some jokers on ebay sell one locomotive for
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Posted - April 07 2017 : 10:37:41 PM
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 THIS IS THE ONE I REPAINTED,it should have been the first picture in the above topic,i have more trouble posting pics lol but shes a runner
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Posted - April 08 2017 : 4:25:39 PM
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Sounds like you got your work cut out for you. My Athearn locomotives
often improve big time with a simple wheel cleaning: just run it stationary
with the wheels on a clean rag with a drop or two of your track cleaning stuff.
Kadee wheel cleaner works good, also.
Edited by - Chops124 on April 08 2017 4:26:11 PM
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Posted - April 09 2017 : 1:32:35 PM
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Lot has been said about the care and feeding of the Tyco PT motor. Some
members discuss replacing magnets, among other things. I've followed a
DIY video on the subject of overhauling the PT motor- with limited success.
It worked, for a little while, and then caught fire again. I believe it is referred
to as the "Gray Smoke Phenomenon," or something. Anyways, speaking for
myself, only, I tend to avoid using Tyco PT motors for any head end stuff,
much rather use the better pulling, more reliable Athearn Blue Box stuff,
when I can get it on the cheap. Another Forum member put me wise to the older,
and much more reliable MU2 motor. They can be found on ebay, and if you shop
around a little, you can get them pretty cheap. These pop right in to the Tyco shells
and are much more durable and stronger. After blowing another PT motor,
put an MU2 motor into this Conrail F. This is the result:
https://youtu.be/KeFseYFVA9U
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Posted - April 09 2017 : 1:48:59 PM
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| Yea the athearn motors do seem to take a beating and keep on going and you can always get parts for them
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Posted - April 10 2017 : 01:45:59 AM
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https://youtu.be/Zf6PmLuHqtU?list=PL6F92F281FBF32523
I followed this DIY vid. Pretty easy to follow, but the motor
still flamed out after a few yards of running!!
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