Fixing My New 0-8-0 Part 2. Will It Run Again?

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@tomrogers5516 9 ай бұрын

Sensational job, Dave! Good you are a patient man (so many screws!). Going to the extra expense to get the job done shows your dedication. Happy for you.

@dagryffynhobby 9 ай бұрын

Thanks! I still want to tear it all the way down, but I’ll run it for a bit first

@rexxumus 9 ай бұрын

Once again, Dave...Nice video!

@dagryffynhobby 9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@thomasking4136 9 ай бұрын

As others have said, good video. Another tip for prevention of stripped plastic or metal threads is apply a very small bit of grease to the screw and back it in and out a few times as Dave described.

@dbtech7914 9 ай бұрын

Very good! Nice engine.

@dagryffynhobby 9 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@LionelLLC 9 ай бұрын

Possible that the smoke unit on/off switch was wired backwards. Try turning the smoke switch "off" to see if the smoke starts.

@dagryffynhobby 9 ай бұрын

I tried and nothing. I’ll fiddle with it again soon

@wayneantoniazzi2706 9 ай бұрын

I kind of doubt it, every smoke unit on-off switch on one of my engines does nothing more than interrupt the current to the smoke unit when it's turned off. Wired backwards no, but installed backwards maybe.

@williamsantangelo 9 ай бұрын

That wasn't to complicated! But alot of parts, you always do good! Thank You Dave, luv it bringing a good find back to operations again!

@dagryffynhobby 9 ай бұрын

Thanks! I love getting things working again!

@terrysogaugetrains 9 ай бұрын

Great job on the repair. Glad you got it running again.

@dagryffynhobby 9 ай бұрын

Thank you. Me too!

@jamesdenny4734 9 ай бұрын

It works! Hey, Mikey, Dave likes it!!! 😁

@DRCRailroard 9 ай бұрын

Great job, Dave. It looked a little more complex than what I was thinking. I'm glad you got her running again. I can't help but get my engines running again ASAP, either. It bugs me if they're not working. I don't do shelf Queens. I don't think you got hurt. It's a nice little engine. The set should be worth 100 + in running condition. A seller on eBay is asking $165.00 for this same model.

@dagryffynhobby 9 ай бұрын

Thanks. Still a good deal if it ends up working as well as my other 0-8-0

@TooManyHobbiesJeremy 9 ай бұрын

Nice job on find the fault & repairing it.

@dagryffynhobby 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@billkilgore9575 9 ай бұрын

Very good repair and reassembly!

@dagryffynhobby 9 ай бұрын

Thanks

@Cbtrainnut 9 ай бұрын

Good job Dave! Always great toget them running g right!

@dagryffynhobby 9 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@RichardEngle-pu3fz 9 ай бұрын

Professional job mate🎉

@dagryffynhobby 9 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@wayneantoniazzi2706 9 ай бұрын

Great job Dave! Like yourself I wouldn't have purchased that engine for $53 either as it just doesn't fill any need of mine BUT it was a good learning experience for you. The smoke unit might be bad but I believe Lionel smoke units of that vintage (around the year 2000, before and after) were bit anemic. I've got a couple of Camelbacks that had weak units, I replaced the innards and wired them direct for track voltage, not voltage from a circuit board and it improved things a bit. On a scale of 1 to 10 they went from a 2 to a 5, good enough. Just so everyone else knows coarse thread screws on this or any other toy train are for the plastic parts. The plastic part screws are pretty analogous to a wood screw, tighten them down just enough to hold well but don't over-tighten, you'll strip out the plastic just like an overtightened wood screw will strip out the wood. Glad to see everything worked out for you Dave! I'm doing a local show this weekend (The Virginia Train Collectors Show), the idea being to unload some things I don't need and pick up things I didn't KNOW I needed! 🤩

@dagryffynhobby 9 ай бұрын

Thanks Wayne. I’ll have to try working the smoke unit to track power, it would be nice to have more smoke. My other 0-8-0 smokes decent only if the power is cranked all the way up.

@wayneantoniazzi2706 9 ай бұрын

@@dagryffynhobby Yeah, that sounds exactly like the anemic smoke units I mentioned, they only smoked fairly well when the engine had a load on it like a long train it had to work hard to pull or the transformer was turned WAY up. I also replaced the smoke unit components with some liquid smoke rebuild kits from Henning's figuring they'd work better off track power than the original equipment.

@dagryffynhobby 9 ай бұрын

@@wayneantoniazzi2706 good plan, I have been wanting to redo the smoke unit on a few engines - I should get it done!

@lonnieosbourne818 9 ай бұрын

very informative cool vintage unit..

@dagryffynhobby 9 ай бұрын

Thanks

@angeloavanti2538 9 ай бұрын

Nice. Runs great.

@dagryffynhobby 9 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

@genemanno1533 9 ай бұрын

Interesting there is only one worm gear set reduction. Most post war AC Lionel have at least two gear stage reduction. A worm set along with a spur gear set. Double stage gearing helps torque and starting slowly without staggering. This engine looks fast. Weight always help smooth out motion. Doesn’t look like much real-estate for weights. Pretty engine😊 the mechanism looks cool running. Small engine w/small cars is a nice fit on your tracks. Sharp looking😊

@dagryffynhobby 9 ай бұрын

Good point. I find it odd that it is so much faster than my other 0-8-0, both conventional and essentially the same engine.

@joshuacampbell9990 9 ай бұрын

Nice repair on that little engine. The clicking would be on the top of my list of priorities to figure out where it’s coming from. That’s one of those weird things that I can deal with just about anything but a click or squeak has got to go lol.

@dagryffynhobby 9 ай бұрын

Thanks. I agree. I’ll probably take it all apart again soon.

@wayneantoniazzi2706 9 ай бұрын

The clicking may, I say MAY, be coming from the puffer component of the smoke unit. I've got two Lionel Camelbacks that were making a clicking noise that was somewhat noticeable when they rolled past. Kind of drove me nuts for a bit until it dawned on me it was the puffer activating lever. Now that I know what it is I ignore it! I think it was the not knowing that was annoying me the most.

@dagryffynhobby 9 ай бұрын

@@wayneantoniazzi2706 it’s definitely the lever on my other engine. Maybe this one too