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Re: Key Brass HOn3 D&RGW C18 2-8-0 #318 - won't run - help needed

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nickgully

February 06, 2018 07:28AM

Registered: 16 years ago
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1.) Check for shorts. Do you have an electric meter to compare for paths to the frame from both leads?

2.) Check for binds. Can you rotate the motor shaft and see the wheels turn (slowly)?

Try to run the mechanism with leads clipped directly to the motor.
Try to see if the electrical isolation of the drawbar is intact.

Is the nylon bushing for the drawbar intact, and assembled in the right order to stop it from touching the locomotive frame?
Is there a small threaded washer that connects the motor lead to the drawbar screw? Is that wire intact to the motor lead?
-Nick

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Key Brass HOn3 D&RGW C18 2-8-0 #318 - won't run - help needed	AlpineCMR	February 06, 2018 06:56AM
Re: Key Brass HOn3 D&RGW C18 2-8-0 #318 - won't run - help needed	nickgully	February 06, 2018 07:28AM
Re: Key Brass HOn3 D&RGW C18 2-8-0 #318 - won't run - help needed	Dave Peterson	February 06, 2018 08:04AM
Re: Key Brass HOn3 D&RGW C18 2-8-0 #318 - won't run - help needed	Marowicz	February 06, 2018 10:10AM
Re: Key Brass HOn3 D&RGW C18 2-8-0 #318 - won't run - help needed	SkipEgdorf	February 07, 2018 10:59AM
Re: Key Brass HOn3 D&RGW C18 2-8-0 #318 - won't run - help needed	AlpineCMR	February 15, 2018 10:06AM

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