fix those postwar trains

gotta love it!

Can't do that with a Legacy engine can you?

Rob

I had a similar problem with the motor in an Alco FA.  The armature was hitting the field, and so I got out the grinder and ground a little off of the field where the armature was hitting the field.  Motor runs great now.

you could try it with a legacy,

but I think you'll crush it

with the hammer if you hit it to

hard

Fantastic!  This is something you can hardly do with most of the current market.  An attempt to do so could break a circuit board, or would require shipping the whole thing back to be replaced.

This is a reason why I like PW trains: it shows we don't have to be a disposable society and can just do some simple fixes and maintenance to have something run for decades.

Obviously you didn't need replacements for this repair, but I thought it would be good to mention that replacement field studs are available for 2343 motors.

So to our tips and tricks for fixing PW we can add, "Hit it with a hammer"! 

Jerry

Nothing like good old American technology!

That's the spirit Jerry!!!!!!!!!

get a BIGGER hammer!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2343's pulling around the bend the 7 aluminum cars of the Anniversary set; pulls them with ease. Its amazing how sure footed these F3's with the twin horizontal drive are. Real stump pullers, and does so without any traction tires. I have no doubt that 2333 would be able to pull the 7 cars as well. 

These 2343's are operator units that have TMCC put into them. An idler gear recently wore out and I just replaced it. Here the units where going through the paces with the new part. 

The units never had electricity pumped through them when I obtained them. They were solely played with by pushing them by hand. They even have the original sintered copper motor brushes. 

Some pictures of my layout in its early years:

  I fixed a stuck valve on a race motor one time by hitting the top of the valve stem with a ball ping hammer...Yep a hammer works on any type of motor