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 Posted - May 31 2011 : 5:34:53 PM
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Where can I locate a motor for upgrading a Powertorque?Also, can some body post a link to the post on these upgrades?
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Posted - May 31 2011 : 5:45:01 PM
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hi jerry it could be this one ken
http://24.149.253.215/tyco/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=7428&SearchTerms=cd+motors
http://24.149.253.215/tyco/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6673&SearchTerms=630
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Posted - May 31 2011 : 5:55:15 PM
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Thank you there chaps!Where could I buy the motor at?
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Posted - May 31 2011 : 7:26:17 PM
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I found some of these motors on ebay but save some for me, I still have 5 months to go in the middle east!
funny thing too they are coming from HK....that TECHNICALLY could mean they are Tyco replacement motors :P
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260746086041&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
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Posted - May 31 2011 : 7:58:57 PM
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Upgrading a PT with a flat can motor. I have done 7 now and no problem with any of them. It means using a grinder on my dremel and making sure you don't take away too much. remove the bushings and line up the motor so the shaft is in the exact place and crazy glue it in place. This way you can us all the gears that came with the old motor.
These pictures show a motor for the f2( the block is black) but the steam(block is a copper color) you do the same way. 
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Posted - May 31 2011 : 8:02:28 PM
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By the way I get my motors from a friend who repairs CD's and such and the cost is $.50 each
Ken
No I will not sell them.
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Posted - May 31 2011 : 11:07:36 PM
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i've done 7 or 8 myself using the ps3 tray motor & i haven't had any trouble with them at all. i've ran one around an hour solid pulling about 17-18 cars with no ill afects. you just need a good transformer to get low speed out of them.
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Posted - June 01 2011 : 09:04:31 AM
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ah neat I think on Tony Cook's site he shows how to do this 
The last Powertorque motor was on my Tyco E7 CofSF & I had a friend help me repair it  Runs great now
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Posted - June 01 2011 : 10:03:26 AM
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Ebay and other sites have motors. The PS3 motors seem to be a little wider and flatter, which is good because there's not much room in some locos. That was a problem I ran into with the Tyco GP20.
I've only done 4 locos, so I'm no expert. What I use are CD-ROM motors. A couple years ago, we threw out a bunch of old computers at work. I pulled the CD drive out of all of them and took out the motor. It only takes a few minutes with a screwdriver.
Other sources for motors are things like tape players, CD players, toys, etc. I've only ever had to buy one motor, and I got it from ebay.
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Posted - June 01 2011 : 10:52:41 AM
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These CDROM motors are 12 Volt right?
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Posted - June 01 2011 : 11:06:54 AM
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As a rule if it spins in a computer it uses 12V. so yeah, most likely.
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