Has anyone experienced when powered up the can motor pulses and wants to move but doesn’t move ? When I manually turn the fly wheel the wheels turn ! I was thinking the oddessy speed control was set to the lowest setting . Going to check that tomorrow . Any other thoughts on what it might be ?
thank you
anthony
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There is no setting for the Odyssey function, it's either on or off. Does this happen all the time? If it's pulsing, can you turn the flywheel and get it going?
We could probably be more specific if you provided more details about your Western Pacific, such as the exact Lionel product number, year it was produced, etc. If you can have someone take a video of what the loco is doing, that would be even better!
Thank you for trying to help . I found what was causing all the problems.
thank you
Anthony
Yikes! Was it like that from the factory?
A good old pinched wire, that will throw a monkey wrench in the works every time.
Had to be ! First time the shell has ever been off ! I bought it factory sealed a year ago !
@Anthony773 posted:Had to be ! First time the shell has ever been off ! I bought it factory sealed a year ago !
Pro tip, somehow in this hobby "they" "knew".
All the sealed ones are the ones that did not work and had problems, and then you buy it and pay more for it because it's "sealed". I've lost count how many times "new" and "sealed" turned out to be the problem child of the collection when buying them.
Also should add, given the current state of TMCC/Legacy electronics parts sourcing these days, it just makes this that much bigger of an issue.
Just that extra kick in the teeth that happened last year, but people are just now "finding out".
I am a Lionel fan, but in the last 10 years, most of my purchases have been Williams and Weaver locomotives that were upgraded with ERR to Cruise Commanders, even those that originally had DC Commanders in them. I like the simplicity of the ERR, how it gives me Legacy "Lite" features and works if installed properly.
I also upgraded my F3 traditional pullmor Lionels to can motors with Cruise commanders, they seamlessly integrated with TMCC Railsounds B units and gave me the legacy features.
Just such a beautiful set ! And it was almost a paper weight . I have the ABBA bought all separately except for the AA . So much detail in this set. Fan driven smoke in both AA units . That’s 4 ports spewing smoke beautiful to watch . Here is a video of her moving a constice of sibro tank cars ! This f3 set is one of my favorites ! Mind everyone I’m a postwar guys so this is uncharted waters for me .
The detail is great on that set.
Very nice!
(You may incur the rath of the "No Vertical Camera Police;-)
@BobbyD posted:Very nice!
(You may incur the rath of the "No Vertical Camera Police;-)
It would have been nice to see the whole ABBA! Just saying, 
@BobbyD posted:(You may incur the rath of the "No Vertical Camera Police;-)
There's a reason we sing that song.
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