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 Posted - April 06 2020 : 10:37:14 PM
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https://youtu.be/FIMuopsuw4s
I thought I could bang out a short video without taking up too much time between household chores.
Yikes, first the FP 40H, then the G, then the F unit all needed to be broken down and have new
traction tires. Thought I was free and clear, then the wobbly observation coach kept derailing
and creating a mess. It took several attempts at adding weight, adjusting couplers, to finally
realize that one of the wheels was substantially out of gauge. Last night, I had to replace an 18
inch section of track, and reset two feet of another. Apparently the change in temperature caused
micro warps and kinks, but runs fine now. Then the couplers, which are spare OO British couplers,
started to bind up on the Aerotrain, which is much the signature piece of Armadilloville. It worked
fine before the start of winter, now they keep prying the train off the rails most unexpectedly.
I'm going to first try a small dab of grease to each coupler, there being only two, and see if
that solves the problem, if not will have to change up the couplers until they stop binding up.
Edited by - Chops124 on April 06 2020 10:41:13 PM
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Posted - April 07 2020 : 05:42:39 AM
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Man, that was a serious case of "If it ain't one thing it's another!"
Hope all the kinks, literally!, have been worked out now.
“There are a thousand things that can happen when you go light a rocket engine, and only one of them is good.” — Tom Mueller, SpaceX, 2012
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