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I have my first loco given to me at the age of 2, that has forever changed my life. I am addicted to trains as a result of this loco. However i ran it into the ground, The motor no longer works, I have spent numerous hours trying to fix it to no avail. I am wondering if anyone has successfully repowered one of these without being a full time machinest. I would love to get a drop in replacement motor. I figure this forum is the place to ask these questions
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Posted - December 03 2007 : 7:34:49 PM
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Nice picture, beautiful layout. Welcome to the TYCO forum. Take a picture of the motor in the chassis if you can. I might be able to help. -Bob
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Posted - December 03 2007 : 9:13:18 PM
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I haven't tried it yet but putting a drive from a Bachmann 44 ton GE under the tender may be a quick fix.
Ray
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Posted - December 03 2007 : 9:23:09 PM
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In the 70's Tyco used the same basic motor in all it's engines. If you're looking for a cheap and easy fix, just find a working Tyco engine and swap motors.
-cheez
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Posted - December 04 2007 : 1:07:57 PM
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| Last night I tore into this loco I have 3 of them and none of them run. I got one working, but the locomotive siderods keeps binding up and i can't figure this out.
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Posted - December 04 2007 : 10:47:43 PM
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| Ah, side rod binding. One of the many reasons I don't do much with steam engines! Are any of the rods even slightly bent/twisted/dinged? I always seem to find the loco with the bent side rod. If the locos are tender drive, they may not be too hard to remotor. Post a photo of the mechanism when you get a chance.
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Posted - December 05 2007 : 11:57:14 AM
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| Last night i took the entire locomotove apart, cleaned it and re lubrcated it. I also took all of the gears from all three locos and installed the gears that were in the best shape on the the loco. I had it up and running last night, however i think I need to break it in again. After all it has been at least 20 years since the motor has run at all and it has been over 25 since it really pulled a train. I think I will continue to look for additional locos to get gears to replce the ones in this one as they wear out. My next challenge is to get the billboard steam whistle running. I have 2 of them, i hope i can combine them into one that will work. By the way does anyone know where i can get replacement signs?
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Posted - December 06 2007 : 2:58:11 PM
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Hello again,
I just reread your request. If you can get one of those whistles working, I can just scan and email the signs to you. That way, you could just print them out as often as you want. Would save you the $5 shipping costs as well!
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Posted - December 06 2007 : 10:18:53 PM
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| I too have a 2-8-0 and an 0-8-0 and could use some help in repowering these locos. Let me know what you come up with as i'm going to do the same.
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Posted - December 31 2007 : 4:25:01 PM
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| This is a followup to my earlier question. I thought I would lash up my 2-80- with another 2-80 I have, But i discovered I have somehow reversed the direction the train goes. It no longer goes the same direction as any other loco on the track. What have I done? You can do a lash up if you have trains that go the opposite driection of each other. They will either collide or go opposite directions
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Posted - December 31 2007 : 6:49:50 PM
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If you had the magnets out of the motor, they may have been replaced in the wrong orientation (front in back, back in front.
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Posted - December 31 2007 : 8:05:43 PM
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If for some reason you disconnected the power wires I would expect that when you reconnected them they are now reversed. I have found that all you need to do is unsolder or disconnect the wires and then resolder or reconnect back "reversed". My son was great for not paying attention and doing the exact same thing. The only reason I am aware of it is I DID THE EXACT SAME THING TOO. Really wierd all other trains run clockwise and one runs counter-clockwise when the transformers are all set the same. Makes for a "fun" session. Reversing the wires on the transformer will cause the loco to run opposite of what it is now also. So if you didn't disconnect the wires on the loco when repairing it then try reversing the wires on the track or the connector at the transformer.
Remembering testing 4 or 5 Bachman trollys all ran in 1 direction except 1. After checking and then disassembling the "odd" one I found the leads were soldered diffenently on that particular one. I just unsoldered the connections and reversed them and reattached the leads and then all the trollys ran in the same direction. I am not 100% certain about your loco but the theory remains the same.
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Posted - January 02 2008 : 3:37:59 PM
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| well. I didn't resolder anything, If i put the motor in backwards that might be it, however I can't tell if i did or not? which side of the loco should the gears in the tender be?assuming you put the loco in front of you heading away from you?
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Posted - January 09 2008 : 3:41:03 PM
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quote:| well. I didn't resolder anything, If i put the motor in backwards that might be it, however I can't tell if i did or not? which side of the loco should the gears in the tender be?assuming you put the loco in front of you heading away from you? |
Here's a pretty straightforward approach: take off both the 2-8-0 tender bodies, and compare the orientation of the motor and drive gearing of the one which runs backwards to the one that runs correctly.
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Posted - January 09 2008 : 3:51:39 PM
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| THAT MIGHT WORK IF I HAD 2 2-8-0 TYCO LOCOS. WHICH I DON'T I WAS GOING TO RUN IT WITH AN IHC LOCO
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Posted - January 09 2008 : 4:08:11 PM
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If it's running the opposite direction from your other locos then I think the motor being in backwards is the most likely problem. I have some Tyco engines with gears on the left side, and some with gears on the right. I guess there isn't really a "right" way...if it's running backwards, just take the motor out and put it in the opposite of how it is now.
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quote:| THAT MIGHT WORK IF I HAD 2 2-8-0 TYCO LOCOS. WHICH I DON'T I WAS GOING TO RUN IT WITH AN IHC LOCO |
Oops, my stupid. You said earlier that you have 3 of these locos. Even if they don't run, you should be able to get some idea of the correct orientation of the motor and drive, assuming the others haven't been previously altered.
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Posted - January 10 2008 : 5:52:30 PM
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quote:quote:| THAT MIGHT WORK IF I HAD 2 2-8-0 TYCO LOCOS. WHICH I DON'T I WAS GOING TO RUN IT WITH AN IHC LOCO |
Oops, my stupid. You said earlier that you have 3 of these locos. Even if they don't run, you should be able to get some idea of the correct orientation of the motor and drive, assuming the others haven't been previously altered.
Originally posted by Roy - January 09 2008 : 8:23:43 PM
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My bad as well, yes I have three tyco, however they have all been taken apart, does anyone have on that they could pull teh tender off of it and take a picture of it for me?
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