McCoy Wapid Wabbit

Ah, those sad sad McCoy trolley motors. The zinc alloy frames warp, then the motor is frozen. David Nissen posted links to 3d printable files that use plastic to replace the zinc parts. Seem to work pretty well. He may still be on the board.

Ira Keeler was making a very nice replacement motor, much more sturdy, but he passed away a couple of years ago, so no more of those.

Jim

Jim,
I sent David a message using the e-mail in his profile, but have not  heard back from him yet.

Steve,

I am answering here as others might be interested in the answer.

I am in the process of sending this information to the OGR 3D Project Catalog. It will include the .STL file to print the motor side frames, pictures, and detailed instructions.

This is more than a simple project and involves pulling a wheel off of an axle, pulling a gear off of the armature, unsoldering wires, breaking apart the zinc sideframe to retrieve the modified screws that is cast into the sideframe that holds the motor together. This also assumes that the brush holders, brushes, and brush springs are still good and that the armature and field are also good.

It will include a detailed procedure for reassembling the motor.

David,
Thanks for the information . I can't imagine how detailed it is to do this.
It will be greatly appreciated.

Beware for the faint of heart ! I have started to restore the regular Wabbit .
How to wash the body I want to save the graphics and paint as needed.
Also how can I strip the rust and paint off the black parts?

@Sergpride posted:

Also how can I strip the rust and paint off the black parts?

I started a thread titled "Restoration Techniques" a few month ago, as I was beginning work on a Lionel #10. You don't have to go back very far into this forum to find it. (second page, actually.)

I asked similar questions and got a lot of very helpful tips; you might find some of those tips useful, too.

Before:

...and after.

Mark in Oregon

Strummer,
Thanks for the information I will look it up.

I have stripped the  the hood & repainted it and now working on the roof. The seats are sitting in a paint "stripper"  😱 after sitting in a derust solution. I have also started to hand paint the wheels with a Testers dark red. Took four stores to find the paint !

@Sergpride posted:

I have stripped the  the hood & repainted it and now working on the roof. The seats are sitting in a paint "stripper"  😱 after sitting in a derust solution. I have also started to hand paint the wheels with a Testers dark red. Took four stores to find the paint !

Looking good so far.

Wow, this "Wabbit" looks to be quite a bit bigger than the 380(?) sitting next to it...

Mark in Oregon

PS: your work area is way too neat!

That's because it's a Lionel 252 0 gauge My layout (disaster) has 0 gauge and Standard gauge mixed.

The Bench was just cleaned a bit. You will see the mess later.

The seats front truck and roof will be primed today. The seats were really bad I don't know how they got so rusted.

Here is my messy bench Strummer

@Sergpride posted:

Here is my messy bench

THE BENCH of a true CRAFTSMAN .

@Sergpride posted:

That's because it's a Lionel 252 0 gauge

Ah...that makes sense! 🙂

I posted a few days ago (?) about how small the other gauges seem after playing with Standard; your 252 is a perfect example of what I was talking about. 👍

Mark in Oregon

PS: I think your work bench looks fine...

@Dallas Joseph posted:

THE BENCH of a true CRAFTSMAN .

To funny

I got the roof and black pieces painted. I am not happy with the finish but its done.
I'm a wannabe perfectionest

I need some advice on what to do with the body. I want to try and save the graphics .
Does anyone know what color it is? I did wash it with soap.