Serviced My Blue Comet set | O Gauge Railroading On Line Forum

Brooklyn CoreyOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

Yesterday I was running my Blue Comet set. After a while it was kind of jerking and making a squeal noise. I looked on YouTube and realized I needed to lube everything. After I got it open and lubricated it (putting it back together was a PITA) The set was running good til it derailed 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️ The wire for the connector on the tender came loose. I was fighting with it and then remembered that I bought a crimper and a box of spades a while back. Since I couldn’t get the original connector to stay on properly, I used one from the set I bought and it fit perfectly. Now my sound is good and my train is running good. Here it is with all 6 cars.

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BillYo414OGR Forum Member SUPPORTING MEMBER

Nice! What oil did you go with?

And Are you saying you replaced the little pin connector with spades?

rjsmithindyOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

Outstanding- she runs like a charm!

Brooklyn CoreyOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

@BillYo414 posted:
Nice! What oil did you go with?
And Are you saying you replaced the little pin connector with spades?

Here’s the oil and grease that I used. I also included a pic of the connector. I’ll take a better pic of the connector when I get home tonight.

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Brooklyn CoreyOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

On the left is the original connector and on the right is what I used to replace it.
This is the new one connected

This is the connector on the engine

Here they are connected

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Brooklyn CoreyOGR Forum Member DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER

Another update. I had to replace the foam under the board in the tender.

This is before

This is after

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