Lionel 18009 motor noise

NAIRB REKAB,
Look at the sheet that came with the engine, it shows how to lube up the Pullmore motor with a few drops of oil. Just take off the 2 screws in rear of engine under the rear wheels and add a drop of oil on each side of the motor. Should take care of it.

Brian, given the age of the loco, it wouldn't hurt to take the shell off, clean the commutator and put new brushes in, even though they probably aren't worn much. You could check the tension on the brush springs, and either stretch them a bit or replace them. While the shell is off, a little grease in the gearbox, and oil the bushings on the worm gear shaft, as well as all axle bushings. The sound won't go away completely, but might quiet down a bit.

I have done all but new brushes and clean the commutator, that's next on the list. Thanks

It is common for those 1990ish Pullmore motors to be noisy. I found that when they wound the field on a lot of these the windings were more to one side than the other. Caused a magnetic problem, but nothing was rubbing. I hand rewound a couple of these and cut the noise a bit but not all the way. The rewind did increase pulling power. Some of these also had bent armature shafts and / or poorly installed armature shaft bearings. Also the larger shell caused an amplification of the motor's sound. If it runs smooth and pulls well, you may have to accept the noise.

Or you can do what many others have done. Replace the motor with a can motor from Timko Repair Depot.

I am doing this along with adding TMCC and RS4 with my Mohawk.