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Reply to "Solution/lionel 1946 #671steam engine"

It sounds to me like a bad ground circuit. Especially check where the field coil wire is riveted to the motor stud. I say this because you said it runs when you press down on the motor then it runs. Or possibly a bad armature winding that the solder has come loose on the commutator plate. I think all this washer talk is mis-informed. If you have a 1946 model it has a horizontal drive shaft with no washers. (That is if you didn't take the motor apart.)

Thanks Chuck. Is your suggestion something that is clearly fixable if I can locate the problem? And no, I did not take the engine apart. I will go back and take a closer look. Thanks. Dan

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