Does anyone know how to take apart a Lionel 0-6-0 Docksider

The whole shell comes off in one piece.  There are the two screws at the back and there are two more screws under the steam chest in deeply rescessed holes.  The two detail rods on the front of the locomotive can scratch on reassembly.  I just pop them out at the top and swing them away from the boiler.

I may have the E-Unit board from the Docksider, I upgraded a couple of them to TMCC.  Send me an email if that turns out to be the issue.

 

Is there an easy way to access/grease the gears?  I ran mine at a club open house for about 3 hours, and now it sounds like the gears are going to fall out.  My reverse stopped working so it only goes forward.

 

Ed

 

Flip the loco over into a cradle or other non scratch surface. There are four screws that hold the axles in place, once removed you can grease the gears and oil judiciously. These are not my favorite loco, as they cost almost as much to repair as replace, except for the Reading version. 

Keith,

 

Thanks for the tip, came right apart.

 

Tom

 

Sounds like losing one direction is a common occurrence.  I'm glad I converted mine to TMCC!

 

From looking at the board, it appears that if the triacs died, you could probably replace them.

 

 

1st question is to make sure you didn't lock it in one direction with one of the 3 switches on the bottom.  The instructions say that it's suppose to default back to forward after x-amount of time, but I have found that mine doesn't.  It's actually random which direction it chooses to go after it has sat.  It has done some other funky things too, but I still love the little locomotive.

 

John, the TMCC idea peaks my interest.  Does that include sounds, or just command control?  I'd love to add sound to it, as it has turned out to be my only soundless modern locomotive.

Sadly, I couldn't fit the sound module into it, so it's just command.  I'd love to see ERR come out with a single board sound solution again, I'd be all over those!