Hornby Class 37 Dead Motor Rescue !

[@thomasawl]

I got one for £15, great condition. Listed as a non-runner. Found out someone had ran it for so long that EVERYTHING was black. Even the inside of the wheels were black. After cleaning that, it ran like a charm.

[@padshawjunction.]

Result! Thanks for watching and commenting too. 👍

[@johnbill9201]

Great video thanks for sharing, J

[@padshawjunction.]

@johnbill9201 Thanks John, much appreciated 👍

[@johngibson4641]

Gr8 video there m8 ,, I can near guarantee it was the magnet that failed as the round magnets i have i would say at least 15 of the 20 round magnets are no good and wont even pick up a staple. If you check the continuity on the armature segments and are all connected and have conectivity you can use that motor in another ringfield or pancake engine and to keep another old relic going like they should be. Cheers from John in Australia

[@padshawjunction.]

Hi John and greetings to you in Australia! Thanks for watching and commenting. I have kept all the old parts in case they come in useful👍

[@railway187]

Wow, great result! 👍👍👍 The burning of the heat wrapping was scary though 😬

[@padshawjunction.]

Thank you , gotta be quick with the heat wrapping !

[@paulrb894]

Good videos,. I can see why the 37130 never worked before the new motor ,as the wire on the trailing bogie was shorting out on wrong connection, it should be the one nearest the back of bogie away from hook coupling 😉. Cheers

[@padshawjunction.]

Thanks for watching Paul. I will look out for connection issues on any future projects 👍

[@SoRTs6233]

Great work. Another loco rescued and restored. Thanks for sharing.

[@padshawjunction.]

Thank you and thanks for watching . I am looking forward to going through the rest of my old collection and hopefully getting more back to life.

[@maltnz]

You can use the rear of the soldering tip or the hot end of the soldering iron to shrink the heat wrapping. Great result - thanks for the video.

[@padshawjunction.]

Hi, thanks for watching and commenting. Thanks for the tip on using the Tip 😀

[@craigstrainsandhobbies4321]

Great fix it video, many more years of use out of it now.

[@padshawjunction.]

Yes thanks Craig. I'm looking forward to getting the rest of my collection working.

[@williamscates3915]

@@padshawjunction. please don't just go for this for every ringfield. With oil, brushes and a good magnet and armature they work better and longer than these cd things

[@andypadmore4937]

@@williamscates3915 Thanks for the tip William, I have kept all the old parts and will see how this repair lasts.

[@johnpalmer5873]

Great video

[@padshawjunction.]

Thank you John. It was great to see it working again.

[@mikeking2539]

I had 3 of the wagons that you are running with that 37, but my Kellogg's wagon was blue!

[@padshawjunction.]

Thanks for watching Mike.

[@toucan221]

They are All blue except for a very few which are white, don't ask me why, maybe someone else knows

[@modelrailwaystrains]

Hi great videos just subscribed to you

[@padshawjunction.]

Hi that's great, thanks for watching and commenting and subscribing too !

[@charlie1872]

Terrific demo. Thanks for sharing that. I have considered trying this for sone troublesome locos but have done some cleaning servicing instead. One question I have is, did you try to remagnitize the magnet?

[@padshawjunction.]

Hi Charlie thanks for watching and commenting 👍I honestly didn't know about remagnetising. I've only just got back into model railways.

[@charlie1872]

I am far from bring an expert but always looking to learn something new. There is a guy in the UK who reproduces the old Hornby Dublo re magnitizer m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZnKQmX-PiJ6FrLc I would like to get one but I live in Toronto and postage would be a problem.. I have a number of older Triang/Hornby locos (including an EM2)that could fo with some help and have not been able to find an alternative but I think there is an electrical diagram which you might be able to build from. Keep up the great work and keep posting👍

[@padshawjunction.]

Thanks I will have a look at that . Thanks for watching from Toronto👍

[@williamscates3915]

@@charlie1872 you can't use the remag on a circular magnet, the magnetic field of ring magnet differs from that of say an X04. They have their own field spoiled by heat and cold and hard knocks. To remag it i found storing it with multiple neos on it brings the strength back up, but it does not need much strength at all, the gear ratio allows that. It isn't even enough strength to pick it up Hope this helps, google will help further demo the magnetic field

[@hamiltonsullivan6563]

Hey I'd recommend that you 3d print custom parts and super detail that 0-6-0 with a tender that had a damaged shell

[@padshawjunction.]

If only I had one !

[@hamiltonsullivan6563]

@@padshawjunction. you could always get a company to do it, it's pretty cheap that way

[@tykedopwnz]

Hello, this is somewhat unrelated to this video, but I recommend getting a new controller ASAP if you didn't already. That silver Hornby you had in one of your videos is a loco killer and a half. I initially had it from a B17 train set, and it burnt an old Hymek model of mine (identical to the one which you showcased in your attic video). I'm not saying that it killed your 37, but it might have played a role in it, not only that, that thing limits the crawling and high speed potential of all of your locos, a bottleneck basically It also seems to damage even modern locos. You might have heard a slight buzzing sound from locos, when you give them power, yet they not move, that is NOT supposed to happen, just FYI I highly recommend getting something else, an older Hornby one would actually be way better, but if you're getting more serious into modelling, but don't want to go fully DCC, I can recommend getting a "Gaugemaster Combi" DC controller, they're a bit pricey at 40 quid, but in the long run, that's probably the best purchase I ever made in all honesty Good luck with your models! I really enjoyed all your videos

[@padshawjunction.]

Hi thanks for watching and commenting. The info on the controllers was very helpful. The silver one is going in the bin !

[@tykedopwnz]

@@padshawjunction. Hello again, I have now watched more of your videos, and seen the old Hornby controller, that thing is pretty good, so there's no need for a new controller I'd say. Just wanted to mention one thing, alongside E-bay, I highly recommend checking out Hattons, I assume you live in the UK, so they'll deliver cheaply to you no problem, but they do have worldwide shipping and very very good pricing on their website, especially on the pre-owned stuff. Old tri-ang, mainline, Lima rolling stock goes for 5-10 pounds, and locos do vary in quality and price vastly. I recommend picking up some old mainline stuff, all of my models, which are decades older than me run as new after cleaning and some oil, so they're built to last, and not too expensive for locos. Got a "Peak" Class 45 for 25 pounds, and a gorgeous GWR Manor for 38 pounds respectively. They're a very good alternative to eBay if you want something specific Just avoid "sold as seen" and "non-runner" stuff, unless you want to try fixing them yourself. I got a Green Heljan Hymek like that one and managed to fix it up, got it for 70 pounds, opposed to it's 160 RRP, so if you know what you're doing, it may be worth a shot, especially seeing how you restored Nellie Good luck with the hobby and I'm eager to see more videos on the channel

[@padshawjunction.]

Thanks again for those tips. I went to a local train show at the weekend with my brother. He picked up a Hymek like mine for £11 and it runs !

[@tykedopwnz]

@@padshawjunction. Very good price for it, they're very broad, probably the most common Hornby loco, they were shoving it in random train sets in the 70s and 80s, you may even have seen them in your earlier days on shelves of model shops or even regular toy shops, well, anyway that's a great price and a great loco to start a modelling journey

[@holybrookejunction4758]

Great video

[@padshawjunction.]

Thanks again ! 👍👍