weaver switcher

Warren... I have a Weaver VO 1000 switcher. It's one of my favorites but there is a known problem with new /old stock VO 1000's having a grease in the two motor/trucks that turns hard over the years. It must be removed and new grease and oil used to restore it to proper operation. I am tied up at the moment...try searching here to find several posts on the problem and solutions to repair. I'll check in later and help if needed.

Richard

Warren.......VO 1000 grease problem. https://ogrforum.com/...m-with-weaver-vo-nos

Richard

Warren.....My fix for VO 1000 TMCC. Hope this helps. Reset fixed problems.

https://ogrforum.com/...0-with-shell-removed

@Rppoind posted:

Warren.....My fix for VO 1000 TMCC. Hope this helps. Reset fixed problems.

https://ogrforum.com/...0-with-shell-removed

Resetting the tmcc will do no good as the o.p. stated the flywheel is hard to turn. That is an important clue the cheap crappy "grease" used on that loco is hardening. I purchased one at a great price a few years ago at the Hamburg PA train show. It would light and sound but not go. After inquiring on this forum it was determined it was the bad grease. Several q-tips and regreasing with lucas red and tacky this loco runs like a champ to this day!

The trucks are held to the motor via a single machine screw. You may need to pry the motor from the truck block if the grease is b holding like glue. Just be careful not to damage the gears inside the block and The worm gear on the motor shaft. You must clean out as much of that tan/ brown gook as possible. Prepare to use toothpicks to remove in-between the gears teeth too. Replace with red and tacky grease and you are good to go!

got er done but no sound

Warren....good you are making progress. prr...sorry you misunderstood my post. My VO 1000 had two problems, the solid grease and TMCC was waking up in conventional. A simple reset using code 43 woke everything up once I cleaned and lubricated the motor/trucks. Warren try the reset...it's easy and a logical first step. After that check for loose wires/solder joints. Carefully re seat the three boards. The fact that couplers and lights are  working may mean that reset will not work for you. It could be a bad speaker,wiring or the sound board among other things.

Richard 

Warren....forgot to ask, is it running now? 

Richard 

runs great lights work and coup;ers work but no sound at all

so how do you go about resetting to  code 43 with the tmcc? thanks

Program/Run switch to Program

Place engine on track and power up

ENG ## (where ## is the engine i.d. that you want)

SET

AUX1

43

Power off, move Program/Run switch to Run

Power on, address the engine and try blowing the horn.  If still no sound, try AUX1, then 3 to start up sounds.

I had a bad speaker on mine for years    Tough to find one the same size  Alex fitted it with an MTh speaker but the impedance is different   The sound is a little lower than normal but its still acceptable

What size speaker is in that one?

Warren.....I pulled my Weaver VO 1000 out and looked it over. Any chance the SND NO SND switch has been moved to no snd?

Richard

ha haha  i will go down now and see

wellll I tried it both ways reset to  43 tried 8 and p  then back to 43 nothing quiet but runs nice

Warren....Worth a try! Are you comfortable carefully removing or moving the sound board and power board and then re seating them? If you pull them all he way off make sure the pins line up going back on. Idea here is that corrosion may be the problem. Sometimes moving and re seating will get them working. Without working spare boards to try that's about it for me.

GRJ GGG and others are a lot sharper on this then me. 

Richard

i will give that a try but i will take picks first it is not mine so i mightship ti back to the owner he is trying to sell it to me but the more i work on it the cheeper it is going to be   :}