Pretty neat idea... How hard was it to swap the motor and reverse unit?
Originally Posted by mlavender480:
Pretty neat idea... How hard was it to swap the motor and reverse unit?
Well the motor isn't too bad. You take the older rotor out and drill out the rivets holding the plastic frame that also supports the intermediate gears. The new can motor mounts by using a plastic frame from the donor. You have to notch out the aluminum frame on the original to accept two locating bosses on the replacement plastic bracket. The motor is held in place by two screws the gotthrough this bracket. Be sure two swap out the intermediate gear. I would recommend placing the wiring harness in position before mounting the motor as as I had to take the motor off again to get the wires in. The new motor shaft is smaller but the diameter of the gear and the teeth are the same.
I accidentally fried the original reverse board. Even though I hollowed out the shell a bit to make room for the length of the new motor I didn't insulate well enough before the first test run and one of the motor leads hit the inside of the shell and zapped the board. I acquired a replacement board that was a little larger physically. You can't use a dallee board and mount it in the loco because its just too tall (i tried). Anyway some more dremel work remove enough plastic from between the original aluminium frame to make everything fit. As to the end of the motor, put some electrical tape on the leads and liquid electrical tape on the inside of the shell .
If you really start one of these I'll walk you through it.
