Good evening:
I just purchased a Rail king Commodore Vanderbilt, and put it on the track. I get sounds, but I get no movement. When I turn the transformer down and up - the engines move a millimeter, then freezes, same thing in reverse. Any ideas?
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Good evening:
I just purchased a Rail king Commodore Vanderbilt, and put it on the track. I get sounds, but I get no movement. When I turn the transformer down and up - the engines move a millimeter, then freezes, same thing in reverse. Any ideas?
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Need more detail- what version? Model number 30-xxxxx-1 example.
Hoping not a zinc pest jammed mechanics issue https://ogrforum.com/...c/172048746156245342
To add to Vernon's question. What type of transformer are you using? Certain transformers do not work well with MTH.
So hear that hum in the video when the main motor is either in forward or reverse? Yes, that hum means the electronics are working and sending power- and the motor is jammed and cannot turn.
This is why I linked the Zinc Pest topic because it's possible and a semi- known problem this model could have and thus why the wheels are mechanically jammed.
Highly suggest you remove the engine shell, try to spin the motor flywheel by hand, and do further mechanical inspection.
The boiler shell removes easily with just a few screws.
MTH parts and sales has the mechanical diagram for this engine
https://www.mthpartsandsales.c...lists/303?type=lists
Looks like 4 easy screws with the engine upside down.
And, again, from the above link, they actually have this entire drive block replacement part -16 in the list
https://www.mthpartsandsales.c...lists/303?type=lists
part DF1200001
Highly suggest you check mechanically, take the shell off, try to find any and all sources of binding. MTH grease in my experience, was never so bad it jams gear sets with age. Even the oldest grease seemed to still be good in every MTH I have touched in the last 4 years. That said, these Hudson arrangement RK chassis, I have seen a few early PS1 examples with zinc pest and distortion jamming the wheels.
It could be something else, so again, don't go off and buy the drive block until sure that is the problem.
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