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 Posted - December 04 2007 : 02:31:22 AM
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When I was a kid, me and brothers got a tyco Chattanooga 1261 for Christmas. For years this train was set up under the Christmas tree. I have recently got married. My wife and I visited Northlandz several times over the holiday seasons. And it reminded me of this train so I asked my father if I could have it to set up under my tree. The past two years I have set up this train every year for Christmas, however this year it has given me some problems.
1. The train seems to run extremely loud (to the wife). Is there anything I can do about this? Lube something maybe?
2. The train/powerpack seems to be failing. The locomotive is powered by a "TycoPAK1" power supply. The train will be running along fine, and then all of the sudden it will slow down, or stop complete. A couple of minutes later, it will start running again at full power. It will never hold a constant speed. I hooked up a voltage meter to the power lead into the track. With the power pack control set to 100, it will vary from 6-12 volts. Is my power pack going. Maybe why wall plug is the problem? The locomotive is pulling 7 cars...this cant be to much can it?
Thanks in advance for any help. This may not be the best train set out there, but it means the world to me. I would love to keep it running to pass onto my kids.
Jesse
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Posted - December 04 2007 : 05:46:08 AM
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| Jesse--Toss the power pack. Get you a new one. This is a problem That Tyco and other trainset manufactures power packs do with age. MRC sells a power pack#1300 that would be an excellent choice for replacement. You can pick these up off ebay relatively cheap or your local hobby shop may carry these. As for the noise in the loco-try to grease the gears with approved model train grease. Your wall plug outlet should be fine-if the voltage is varying on this-Get an electrician fast-You have a problem-but i do not believe it is your wall plug. Also-if you had voltage drop or spikes in your wall outlet-your breaker or fuse should trip or blow. Brian
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Posted - December 05 2007 : 03:38:16 AM
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Brianstyco,
Thank you for the quick reply. I am gonna head out to Trains & Lanes this weekend to pick up a new powerpack. I cant believe mine could be going already. It has only been used around Christmas time, and even then not that much. I could guess the original power pack has less then 20 hours on it. But it did sit in a garage for a couple years untouched.
As far as greasing it goes, I would have to take apart the coal car to do this. I have been taking things apart and putting them back together for as long as I can remember so this should be no problem. Are you familiar with this train? Anything I should watch for?
Thanks Again!
Jesse
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Posted - December 07 2007 : 9:10:15 PM
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quote:Brianstyco,
As far as greasing it goes, I would have to take apart the coal car to do this. I have been taking things apart and putting them back together for as long as I can remember so this should be no problem. Are you familiar with this train? Anything I should watch for?
Thanks Again!
Jesse
Originally posted by webjpn - December 05 2007 : 02:38:16 AM
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Not really--Once you remove the tender-all the gears will be visible as well as motor bearing with the small metal gear--remember one drop of oil on the smaill metal gear
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