How to Fix Lionel Train Postwar Whistle Tender. Repair and Maintenance for Newbie Beginners

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I bought an "as is" whistle tender (6466W) on Ebay for the pick up rollers and whistle mechanism. I wanted to drop these into another tender I had picked up years ago at a train show (6020W someone had removed the whistle).
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@tommccormack7633 25 күн бұрын

Thanks Warren! Great video!!!!

@warrenmuzakpostwarguy4331 25 күн бұрын

Thank you for watching! I hope it was helpful.

@nickluzzi8767 2 ай бұрын

New to your channel. I just received a 2036 engine and tender . I watched both of your videos and I feel confident I can do this . being a heavy duty truck mechanic I have to worried about my fat fingers breaking a wire connection. Thanks

@tobewan77 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the relay take down!

@9forgot 2 жыл бұрын

nice production; especially in the e-unit dismantling/re-construction. seen together, the steps to take apart made more sense when seen in reverse. overall naration was well detailed. the incidental comments gave a doer's experience to the viewer. thank you.

@warrenmuzakpostwarguy4331 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike I appreciate that!

@elroySF Жыл бұрын

Another extremely thorough video! Perfect for me as I'm currently looking for a used whistle tender for my old postwar loco.

@warrenmuzakpostwarguy4331 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Brian. My favorite sounding whistle tenders are the pre war and early postwar models with the cast metal whistle chambers instead of the plastic. They are a bit louder and slightly different tone.

@elroySF Жыл бұрын

@@warrenmuzakpostwarguy4331 They are kind of fascinating. How is such a perfectly replicated sound being generated with such old tech?

@warrenmuzakpostwarguy4331 Жыл бұрын

@@elroySF The things Lionel designers and engineers came up with to make these realistic blows my mind. The smoke units are another system I think was genius for its time.

@jamesdenny4734 5 ай бұрын

I'm wondering why you put grease on the wheel hole. I've never seen the wheels roll independently of the axles? 🤔

@brycetonbennett9346 11 ай бұрын

Another great and useful video! I have a whistling tinder (6466) that doesn't whistle. Every is cleaned and spins as it should. I can manually blow into the whistle box and it will whistle. Any suggestions?

@warrenmuzakpostwarguy4331 10 ай бұрын

Hmm. There are some folks that noticed the armature spinning the wrong way, and that has caused the whistle not to work. There are schematics online where you can check the wiring to make sure its hooked up and spinning correctly. Or if the pickup rollers are shot, they might not be getting enough power to the motor to spin it fast enough.

@brycetonbennett9346 10 ай бұрын

@@warrenmuzakpostwarguy4331 Thanks for the help!

@JamesSmith-om4lk 10 ай бұрын

Have tender from 671 engine. It whistles all the time even with switch open. My wiring must be wrong but thought I followed your video. Stumpted!

@warrenmuzakpostwarguy4331 10 ай бұрын

Hey James, thanks for watching. That sounds like there's a short somewhere that's activating the relay which runs the whistle. Or the bottom tab on your relay is bent upwards meaning it's always making contact and running the whistle.

@JamesSmith-om4lk 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for getting back to me. The contacts aren't touching. I can disconnect the power wire from the two coming in from the rollers and it stiff keeps whistling. I then disconnected the wire on other side and it stops. I agree with you it is grounded somewhere but I can't figure it out. Should be simple.@@warrenmuzakpostwarguy4331

@warrenmuzakpostwarguy4331 10 ай бұрын

If the contacts aren't touching and the whistle motor is spinning, power is going directly to the whistle motor bypassing the relay altogether. Yet, you are saying you disconnect the wires from the rollers and it still get power? While its on the track? Im not sure how its doing that. @@JamesSmith-om4lk

@JamesSmith-om4lk 10 ай бұрын

I figured it out!! Wire coming from the whistle to the relay was soldered on the ground side and not the second post of the switch. While in there I followed all your cleaning up of rotor and whistle. Had already done the trucks and the middle rail roller. while at it I did 4 more of the cars trucks. Really appreciate your time and ground suggestion really helped. Getting ready for grand kids on Christmas. Dad gave me my set around 1951 0r 1952. That is the engine and tender from that era!.@@warrenmuzakpostwarguy4331