Old ZW Transformer Needs Repair - Parts?

check with Chuck at Mizzel trains in colorado....

Glen: Handles are available from many parts dealers but did you check the rollers?

Bill

Good news is there are a ton of replacement handles on the bay!
Rollers are easy and cheap to change. I would do them since you will have it open. While your at it check the breaker too.

very easy.. ebay.. toys/hobbies.. model trains. type= lionel zw transformer. everything you need is readily available..

Lyinel - Got an e mail off to Mizzel Trains.
wfftrains - All 4 rollers look like new.
J daddy - Tried a dead short with a clip cord - I can probably do some arc welding with it. A new ckt brkr is in order. Thanks for the heads up - I might have welded a train to the track.

Thanks guys,

glen.

Glen,

I can help you with a Handle if you are still in need of one.

Gene

wheeler359@gmail.com

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Originally posted by Gene:
Glen,

I can help you with a Handle if you are still in need of one.

Gene

wheeler359@gmail.com

Sure, but are you going to give him the left one or the one that's broken?

Whichever one he wants. And it might even have the red lettering on it!

I received your email. The handles are 20.00 + 5.00 mail. Thanks.
Chuck
Mizelltrains@CS.com

Hi Glen, Sounds like you got a good one! If the rollers are good don't change them. The way you tested the breaker is probably fine. Normally you'd have an amp meter on the jumper wire to make sure it's close to spec. I've tested dozens & they usally are ok.
Removing the old handle is quite simple. Take a 4-40 machine screw where the treads are about an inch or more long. Screw the screw into the hole in the center of the handle. The screw will bottom on the steel throttle shaft. Keep screwing & the screw will act as an extractor pulling the handle off without danger of damage to anything. Don't pry the handle off, extract with a screw.
Very best, Don Johnosn

Left and right ZW handles are going for less than $15 shipped on eBay.

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Tried a dead short with a clip cord - I can probably do some arc welding with it. A new ckt brkr is in order. Thanks for the heads up - I might have welded a train to the track.

 

Postwar Lionel circuit breaakers are thermal. Even with a dead short, the breakers take a while to open. According to the factory service manual section on using the 5F, a ZW transformer with a .1 (one tenth) ohm load should produce 30 (thirty) amps, with the breaker taking 11-40 seconds to trip.

 

This is the reason I always recommend external circuit breakers.

Yes, and they probably are the cheap made after market ones. Chuck likely has originals.
I would buy it from Chuck.

Rob