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Great! Happy Thanksgiving,
When I did my dual motor Lionel Phantom upgrade, I never checked to see if the motors matched exactly. Truthfully, I can't imagine it making a lot of difference. I took an old MPC chassis with a matching Pulmore and cobbled it into the Phantom, it worked perfectly.
The rear motor is obviously much older than the original front motor, but after adding the ERR AC Commander, this is a sweet running locomotive, it runs rings around the original single motor operation. I did basic PM on the second motor, new brushes, cleaned the commutator, and lubed it before installing it.
You would have to have a rather large mismatch in order for it to be an issue with these motors. Given that they have back driveable gears and will adjust to small variances, it's a pretty smooth operation as a rule.
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