Field core winding on 200 / 600 series power trucks

Hi Jark!

Give Chuck Sartor a call at 1-303-638-8357.  He is a Lionel service man & should be able to help you out. Take care.

Thanks Keith!

You are welcome, Jark.

You don't need to rewind them unless they have lost ~ 10 percent of the winding or are physically destroyed. Fish out the ends, clean them with emery cloth and attach(solder) them at their factory positions.

Rob -- correct me if I'm wrong (I'm at work and don't have them in front of me), but there should be 3 wires - one from each end and one from the middle of the core? I believe at least one of mine is missing the wire from the middle.

I will re-examine them and see if I can find the ends.

Thanks!

It depends on the truck. It will be either 2 wires OR 4 wires. If it looks like 3, it's actually 4, with two of them tied together. For 3 position reverse, you only need 2 on either type of truck(two wires on the double-wound field go unused & unconnected). For a 2 position reverse, you need all 4 wires.