Everything was going well,then.....
I noticed the front leading trucks on the engine were derailed and sparking. After I made sure the trucks were on the rails I turned on the transformer again and nothing.
I am fearful.
Norm
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It was a loose pickup that caused my problems--she is running like a top after my repair work.
Norm
Norm, glad to hear it was a simple fix. Let'r run.
Steve
I'm curious Norm: you said 'loose pickup'.
I started a thread about a month ago saying that the pin in one of the pickup rollers on my tin-plate Christmas train fell out and asked how to make it stay in. No good solutions really - and everyone that contributed admitted so.
How did you do your 'repair work'???
thanks - walt
Bending the mounting bracket with a pair of pliars and replacing the spring usually works for me. MTH has the replacement springs!
Walt,
Art's solution worked for me,without the spring. The pickup was bent and I straightened it. My Comet is at least 5 years old. It was on display and was moved a couple of times. That's how the damage occured,I suppose.
Norm
Norm:
Some of those pickup brackets were never properly crimped. I had problems with two MTH 418 series cars, but not my early Proto 2.0 MTH Blue Comet SG cars.
Luckily, when the short occurred I was pulling them with a traditional MTH 408E! Also the Z-4000 breaker quickly responded!
Sometimes after a short, the springs will lose their tension, so hence the replacement.
Thanks,Art. Yes,the breaker saved the electronics. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Norm
