That looked like a painful project to complete. I appreciate how you show both the successful fixes and the not so successful attempts. Some channels just gloss over the struggles of fixing old locomotives. Well done and very informative!
@alcobufff4 жыл бұрын
It was! These pancake motors require the most effort due to their motor brush assembly design. I always like to tell the hole story when I do a project. Thanks for watching!
@keithlapere76502 жыл бұрын
Being out of the hobby for 35 yrs. The pancake motor was new to me. I recently purchased a couple of diesels that had these motors I was unfamiliar with. For days I was racking my brains out on how to release the motor from the carriage . Did research for days but couldn't find nothing. Today I finally discovered the proper name for this motor and it made my search much easier! You were my first pop up to this particular motor and ta da! you showed me right away how to release this motor. Touché now I can get on with getting two locos running like they should! Thank you for this video, my stress has disappeared.
@alcobufff2 жыл бұрын
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@spitfire5257 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for making a video on these motors they suck to work on when you don't know what to do
@bombardier420 Жыл бұрын
I'm far from an expert, but just throwing this out there. Recently got my "train set" from my moms attic, looks like I'm getting into this as my 5 year old has taken an interest lol. Been in her attic for over 20 years, and was bought new by us. One of two loco's I had was an early F9 with this motor setup, although with the white gears you mention. I can say with confidence I'm the first to open it. The front truck is pickup only, and the rear is drive only (no contacts). Just throwing it out there; I have no doubt there was a flavor with pickups on both trucks, but I can say with confidence that ones without them on the rear/drive truck definitely existed.
@jjsgarage36342 жыл бұрын
Funny stuff, yet serious repair on the old girl.
@YeOldeGeezer Жыл бұрын
I has the exact Loco although it had the all metal chassis with all wheel drive
@johnm834210 ай бұрын
Same here… so no contact wiper for the wheels. Rather, there are two metal ends of pancake motor which are insulated with plastic housing between the two ends. Good video.
@christopherdelgaudio9484 Жыл бұрын
Merry Xmas alco diesel BOY!!!
@isaacwatanabe95998 ай бұрын
I got one today and it runs but only at a high voltage that causes it to get a bit hot after a while
@doggerbendrailway6002 Жыл бұрын
What ever happened to your bachmann history?
@GEORGE-jf2vz3 жыл бұрын
Why not put a fuse in to protect the motor ?
@joechan55863 жыл бұрын
Any coil parts supply?
@raymondleggs5508 Жыл бұрын
lima better than bachmann
@steveempire31452 жыл бұрын
What a goofy video, if you knew what you were doing you could have just cleaned the original motor and it would have ran just fine. When the rotor is burned up the windings will not be bright copper colored. You just needed to clean up the black crude that was on the face of the commutator, it was just old oil and brush dust. If you would have cleaned all the parts in rubbing alcohol with a toothbrush and reassembled it, it would have run. It was obvious this was your first time working on this type of motor.