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 Posted - October 19 2017 : 11:55:21 AM
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Should have been a simple remotor of this Athearn dummy switcher. Fitted everything in, but it
is electrically dead. What am I doing wrong? The motor is known to work.
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Posted - October 19 2017 : 12:08:08 PM
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Adjust the strips or bypass it with a pair of wires.
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Posted - October 19 2017 : 12:42:17 PM
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| Will try that, thanks.
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Posted - October 19 2017 : 1:35:38 PM
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hope you replaced the dummies drive wheels as they are plastic? ken
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Posted - October 19 2017 : 2:10:46 PM
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I did, Ken, all I did was take out the motor, drive, and wheels from one
unit and stuff it into the dummy unit. In its great wisdom, Athearn
changed up the chassis slightly from the BB to this version, which
did not allow a simple shell swap.
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Posted - October 19 2017 : 6:35:59 PM
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| The current flow has to go through the truck kingpins to complete the circuit. If the kingpins aren't polished and free from paint, etc., it can't run.
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Posted - October 19 2017 : 8:28:42 PM
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| Also, the bottom of the motor has a couple of bent contacts that need to touch the chassis. The chassis should have a portion stripped of paint so that electricity can flow to the motor.
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Posted - October 20 2017 : 06:24:05 AM
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quote:Also, the bottom of the motor has a couple of bent contacts that need to touch the chassis. The chassis should have a portion stripped of paint so that electricity can flow to the motor.
Originally posted by Redwoods - October 19 2017 : 8:28:42 PM
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Yep! to this. That bottom of the motor contacts to the frame is key to getting the motor to run, when everything else has been installed properly.
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