Athearn Blue Box FM Trainmaster H24-66 total rebuild

Rebuilding and isolating the motor for DCC or a remotor in the future of 2 Athearn Blue Box FM Trainmasters H24-66. Also how to fix loose truck rivets with the drill press. Using a punch and vise to straighten the frame. Copper clad pcb board.

[@crushingvanessa3277]

These videos of you dismantling are great, I get to see how the parts all look before buying one. I want to do some custom work and this is very useful.

[@elite194]

don't forget the part where you take all the parts at one time into a pile and mash them - my little girl once told me I was doing it wrong because you have to mash the parts before cleaning them! That's SOP now - and nothing has gone wrong since!

[@1romcat]

Is copper clad pc board single or double sided?

[@elite194]

I use single sided from amazon

[@juansilveti9336]

saludos amigo hermoso motor cuanto cuesta una locomotora gracias

[@elite194]

it was $5 because it was broken

[@chlsjtu]

My H24-66 truck gears seem to be different, the big gears have two layers and axle gears of two axles are thinner than the third , I had a very hard time to make them mesh correctly, any advice on that? thanks!

[@elite194]

That sounds like you have Ernst gears, very hard to get these days. I made a video about Ernst gears in an SD45 a few months ago that is the same kit for the trainmaster.