Lionel Z repairs

Best advice is to take lots of pictures.  If you have to remove the core to replace the cord or bottom rollers, you have to unsolder a bunch of wires.  Be sure to route the power cord away from moving parts (gears, shafts).  Pry off knobs with two flat screwdrivers, the topplate with a small nutdriver, then two screws to split the case.

Slow and steady. I was a bit nervous when I opened mine and everything turned out fine. One side at a time and definitely pictures.

Theya re a bit of a pain to get apart if you plan on splitting the case to do the rollers.  You need to carefully remove the knobs, then the name plate and then the screws the split the case.  WHen you put it back together, you need to make sure you have the gear shafts located properly so everything lines up and the knobs are in the right location.  It's not really bad but you can scratch up that face plate...  They are a great transformer though!

Here's the service document for the Z along with a general transformer service document. These were from the now-defunct Olsen's library.

Thanks this should help a lot will start next week.

Jim

Yes, thanks for both.