Lionel Part #6102401180

Bill,

Give this gentleman a try.

HARRY J. CLEAVER

41 WOODLAND DRIVE JACOBUS, PA 17407 Phone: (717) 428-2673 cleaverstrainrepair@comcast.net
Factory Trained Authorized Service Station

Bill,

This gentleman doesn't sell parts but he repairs trains.

Robert Barth

724-736-0488

Bill,  Can you cross it with any other Lionel product? 

Guys, thanks for your replies. The person I am looking for the part for does his own repairs. He can not find the part anywhere. Since I use to work at the Lionel Customer Service Center I checked there yesterday. They couldn't cross check the part number. Since then I have gotten more info on it (posted in my first post) and will go back there on Monday to see what else I can find on it.

Thanks.

Lionel turned off the ability to search for products that used a part a couple of years ago.  That type of inquiry would tax the system, but dang it was a really useful feature!   I may have one in the junk bin but without being able to get the list of where the part is used, it isn't going to happen.

Bill - Ask Mike to turn the feature back on!!!  I tried and couldn't talk him into it but you may have better luck in a face to face.

Jim

Bill:

Parts for MTH-made Lionel items from 20+ years ago are tough to find.

Here's what I'd do... start with this part number, which is currently available from Lionel:

This was the truck used on the Lionel-made MU cars from 2000. That shiny brass gear shown in the photo MIGHT be your gear. Here's what I'd do:

1) Do a visual comparison of the two gears.

2) Ask Lionel to provide the part number for that particular gear. I don't think a complete set of exploded drawings for the 2000 issue of those cars was ever done.

3) If all the above goes OK, you MIGHT learn there's another part number for that gear in which to search. (But it doesn't look like there's one under the 610-8329-XXX series.)

4) As a back-up, you may want to consider purchasing the entire truck assembly from Lionel, providing that nothing major has been changed other than the coupler mount for ElectroCouplers.

I hope this helps-

TRW

If you disassemble the truck, and the center gear is on a shaft that has the center outer gear on it, you can buy these from any postwar parts dealer. It is used on the GP7/9 locos, if you contact any reputable parts guy they can sell you one or two, get two just in case. I had a modern Lionel FT Santa Fe loco, and the postwar gear and shaft assembly I had on hand from my GP9 loco fit perfectly. Will check for the postwar part number tomorrow and get back to you. 

Thank you for all your help. The MU's came in a set only. It seems that these units were built by Mike's Train House in 1991 when Mike did work for Lionel. Parts are not available for them. The person who needs the part has found someone who can make them for him.

Thanks again.

Bill

    I have a new truck and a good used motor if your friend needs one.

Bill