Restringing and Repair TMCC Crane

You might do a search on the Forum!  I know it has been covered before!

Do it yourself, there are instructions for restringing and it will take you about an hour or two

Matt,

i think that is what he’s looking for!  Where are those instructions??

Thanks

See attached. Got these right off the ol Lionel interweb site. Restringing starts on page 14

Thanks Matt. That is exactly what I need. Another project to put on the board.

Jeff

I remember being up till 2 am restringing mine.  That’s one of those things that, once you do it, you’re like, ok dumbass, don’t ever turn the crane upside down again, ok.  Great toy train piece.  I sold mine.  I’d like to say I regret it, but I wouldn’t be using it so it’s fine.  Best of luck with your restringing project and I hope you have fun with it.

Wow, that looks like fun (not!). Memories of rolling with my intermodal crane.

Dont send it to me, Ive got too many projects already

I had to restring mine "once".  My advice is not to send it to me either, I'll charge a lot of money to do that again!

I agree with all of the above---it is a nightmare to attempt to restring the crane especially when I can only blame myself for screwing it up in the first place! Taking it off display shelf to put on layout I juggled it enough to have some boom strings come off the rollers they should be on----I tried with tweezers and a pin to realign them correctly but was able to have crane work as it should perfectly even if my realignment was not correct!!!! I always try to do repairs perfectly as they should but admit I used my wife's words of wisdom "good enough" to stop in my pursuit of excellence. Wise words to follow in this case---I just tried the crane again and all functions work as they should and I am not going to even attempt to tinker with it....just lucky it works as it should and I am a member of the elite group who have suffered from the TMCC crane syndrome nightmare!

If you need twine for restringing, even when they had it, Lionel's price was absurd!  That's highway robbery for 22 feet of 12# test fishing line!

$11 on Amazon gets you 150 yards of 14# test line.

Thanks I appreciate the info so when I need to do a total restring I now know where to obtain the best type and deal! I thoroughly tested crane and functions again today and as I mentioned even though the boom strings are not exactly perfect, everything works flawlessly so I best leave well enough alone.  All those windings in the boom can make your head spin especially I am sure if you are trying to do a restring.