Need help! Passengers unruley!

I've only taken one coach apart in order to re-seat a drunken passenger who was asleep in the aisle. On that one, I started by following the instructions in the manual, and removed the end pieces. i then removed all other screws that appeared to hold the insides in place, and slid the interior out of one end. The passenger was given a stern warning, re-seated with a dollop of glue, and the entire assembly returned to the coach. It's not a difficult procedure, but it does require some patience as the interior did not slide out too smoothly on my coach and required a little wiggling and gentle persuasion. 

I've taken several apart and Nicole is right, sometimes the interioris bind or stick and you have to fight them a bit.  Just be careful to to disturb the lighting - its not fragile but it can be broken, wires torn.  On mine, as long as i was in there I added some additional passengers - my RR appreciated the extra revenues.

Great advice above.  Have you thought about a Lazer

Gun for those unruly passengers?  

Many thanks,

Billy C  

While you have them apart, consider LED lighting, your transformer will thank you.

This was exactly what happened with my new Crescent Limited set.  Do y'all think the figures come unglued during shipping or is Lionel using crappy glue?

I bought an Atlas unpowered unit recently that was new, albeit made in 2006, where the fireman was wedged between the front truck and frame. Seems like he fell out of his seat somewhere along the way from China to the mainland.

A couple of my Lionel engines had steps that had fallen off so I've learned to keep CA glue close by whenever I unbox a new locomotive that I get.

K-Line passenger cars are notorious for their occupants coming, er, unhinged. The glue used was liable to dry out. I have recently put a conductor back in an aisle where he belonged.

I've also got on order what is ostensibly an O gauge figure smoking a seegar lit by fiber optics, who is going to inhabit a K-Line tavern car IF he fits in it, which I fear he won't.

Serious question: anyone know where to source O scale Martini glasses???

I suspect you'll have to try to make the glasses, I doubt you'll find them...

My son made several O scale "bottles" for window sills by chucking a small diameter plastic rod in a Dremel tool and running the tool slowly while using a jeweler's file to contour the "bottles" to different shapes and sizes. Perhaps the same technique would work, though I suspect a narrow-stemmed martini glass might be more difficult to make. There is an MTH standing woman figure holding a martini glass. She came in a set of several figures.

Shaken, not stirred, right?

With all due respect, Mr. Bond; stirred, never shaken!

I wish I had a good answer--I remember struggling to slide the frame and trucks past the wheel-well--just like you're showing in the photo. Seems like it was a two-person operation.

Hi Marty, 

Have you removed the screws that hold the floor/frame to the interior? When I took my coach apart I had to do this. The floor/frame then dropped down enough to clear the bodyshell. Be careful at this point, as it is still attached to the interior by the power wires. You should then be able to slide the whole assembly out.

It's been a while since I took one of these apart, but I seem to recall the same as Nicole, you have to slide the interior and the frame independently.  I thought I remembered disconnecting the wiring and sliding the interior out.

If your car has an underframe, you may need to remove that too. In many cars, there is a plug & socket in the wiring to disconnect the light board. The light board should slide out on its own then. 

Sorry to be so vague, but there are a gazillion different ways that specific cars are put together, and I have only taken one of my Milwaukee road cars apart so far. They do seem to follow the same basic principles though.

There is a plug for the light strip and that looks very simple. I feel the interior would slide right out if not for the trucks hitting the body. I'm going to give it a go here in another few minutes. 

I've had challenges with some of this type of car over the years as well (haven't by any means solved them all).

It's possible that you have to remove the detailing from the bottom (often attached via screws to one large plate with all the details) and then after that there are the screws that hold the frame to the body as Nicole suggests (some may be under the detail plate so you can't see them until you remove the plate.  As Nicole said, be careful with the wires.  Unfortunately, there is not a connector between the rollers and where the wire snakes up into the body.  this should free the frame form the body (except it's tethered by the wires) and the trucks will then no longer hit the end of the body as you try to slide the interior out.

I think you said you covered this part, but also make sure to disconnect the ceiling circuit board for the lights.  There is a molex connector in the wire there I believe.

Even after all that, I still had a car that was stubborn in terms of sliding the interior out of the body.  I felt like something was binding, and I could not figure out what it was.  I was afraid I would break whatever it was if I kept pulling, so I stopped and never did reattach the feature that came unglued in that car.

-Dave

I use a general purpose adhesive such as UHU to hold figures in place. It adheres well to painted surfaces and seems to withstand vibration well.

Whatever you do, clean off the seats and their bottoms with naptha or similar to make sure you have a clean surface.  I sometimes rough them up a bit right at the point of glue contact to give the glue something to grip.

MartyE,

I use Walthers "GOO"!  One dab (or drop) will do you!  Seriously it works great for that.

Fred

I agree, I have items that I glued together 35 years ago and Goo is still holding. Just be careful it can get messy.

Bill

MartyE,

I'm curious, what did you end up using???

FREDSTRAINS

Good Plan !!!

Fred

What happened Marty, did someone turn out the lights in your room?