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 Posted - May 21 2011 : 10:28:32 AM
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Just picked up a 0 8 0 Chattanooga with tender, it look pretty new as the smoke oil has never been opened and the tag above the bell is still in place, however it rugs sluggishly and also has issue with power at some of the switches that my athearn train does not have problems at
Any ideas of what kind of maintenance needs to be done? I am sure that the greese or oil is probably dry , just looking for a step by step list, sorry I am pretty new at trains
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Posted - May 21 2011 : 10:47:30 AM
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quote:Just picked up a 0 8 0 Chattanooga with tender, it look pretty new ...has never been opened and the tag above the bell is still in place, however it rugs sluggishly and also has issue with power at some of the switches
Any ideas of what kind of maintenance needs to be done? I am sure that the greese or oil is probably dry , just looking for a step by step list, sorry I am pretty new at trains
Originally posted by john398Â -Â May 21 2011Â :Â 10:28:32 AM
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Hi, John. You are correct, if the train has sat for years, the grease is probably dried out. On these, I think the drive is in the tender, you'll need to take the motor assembly out and disassemble it to clean it up and remove the dried up grease. For the most part, it's fairly simple, the tiny little gear on the armature shaft holds on the big gear, so once you remove the little shaft gear, you can remove the big one, and then the gears on the wheels themselves. A little alcohol will clean off the old grease, and you can relube it. I use white grease, or you can buy specialty model train grease. you will probably want to acquire some special oil for the armature shaft, like Labell #101 or something similar. Or 3-in-1 would probably work just as well. Just a DROP, small one, on ONE side only with the gear, the other side doesn't need it. That should take care of your lube needs. Hope it's running well soon!
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Posted - May 21 2011 : 10:21:46 PM
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| yes it looks like motor is in the tender, thank you, I have seen a few links just wanted to make sure of the process
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Posted - May 22 2011 : 7:34:29 PM
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Ok got it working fine , however is there any hints to make it roll better on code 83 atlas track?
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Posted - May 22 2011 : 8:28:03 PM
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quote:Ok got it working fine , however is there any hints to make it roll better on code 83 atlas track?
Originally posted by john398Â -Â May 22 2011Â :Â 7:34:29 PM
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Is it doing the bumpety-bump on the ties? Then without totally re-wheeling the entire setup, you are stuck. Meant to be used on Code 100, so if it's hitting the ties, you're gonna have to accept that it won't run on 83.
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Posted - May 22 2011 : 10:11:19 PM
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| yes bumpy bumpy, ok I accept it, since I have some code 83 circle I can just use that at christmas times
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Posted - January 16 2012 : 01:49:16 AM
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I got the clementine 0-8-0 from my dads collection, i ran it for a little while and the smoke unit worked after more than 30 years of being in a box, pretty amazing but then the motor blew out, now it carries a bachmann spectrum vanderbilt tender on it and its a dummy for now
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