Trash to Track. Epsiode 72. ‘Blue Diesel’, Wrenn 08 shunter.

[@leegriffin7125]

Great memories playing with the blue diesel. Never thought I’d see that running, bloody well done bro 😎

[@stephendavies6949]

Never underestimate the value of the emotional and sentimental feelings relating to such locos: breathing new life back into this childhood relic - for the first time in your life - is worth every penny & minute invested. It's the reason I'm grateful to you for agreeing to fix my Evening Star 9F, even if it means cannibalising the black one to get it working again. Great job, sir.

[@hadynmcloughlin4661]

Wow what a project kudos for the skill and expertise getting this little shunter back up and running.

[@katiegriffin9882]

Great work Dan! 👍🏼

[@steamerAE]

Best Episode, thump‘s up .

[@johnbill9201]

Always good if only for sentimental reasons, well done Dan, it's saved into it's reborn life, thanks for sharing John

[@grahamblow9978]

Well done, you could try a stay alive capacitor to improve the intermittent running.

[@frasergilchrist1459]

Another excellent video

[@GrahamClarke-z8j]

Looks great after all that work I would love to be able to air brush I have never tried

[@ringmastermodels]

Sentimental jobs are my favourite as you can really go in there with care and attention. Great work. In regards to Blue’s running; I’d recommend a 2amp chip and a stay alive. Being an older model it’ll draw more current than modern models - potentially cutting a regular decoder out - and of course the short wheelbase won’t help matters. With that sort of equipment on board, it’ll have every chance possible and should run sweetly.

[@delphjunction1168]

🇺🇦 Hi Dan. Wow what a brilliant job Dan. You have every right to blow your own trumpet. Wish I had your ability, you must get a lot of pleasure from the restoration. Your dad would be proud of you bringing the 08 back to life. Hopefully my 08 isn't as bad as that your repairing. Fantastic job buddy, enjoyed seeing another one of the oldies given another life.😀 Stay safe buddy. DELPH JUNCTION (Pete)😮

[@billyharper4864]

Well worth the time spent, to bring blue diesel back to that level, you should be dead chuffed!

[@greatnorthernrailwaytother4711]

Good work Dan.

[@shakeyhandsshedmodelrailwa2494]

FANTASTIC SAVE I HAVE THE DUBLO CLASS 20 TO DO

[@ciaranburke3243]

You should be proud of yourself one the most complex restorations I've ever seen 👍👏

[@alanwagstaff16]

Another great job . But even better as it was a childhood toy .😀

[@marksinthehouse1968]

Looks like Lima did copy it take over some wrenn moulds nice job mate. So your a signaller the one I had to call for a line block if something fell in the cess I was an RO2 at CLJ before my health cut in ,Rayners park or Victoria was our signalling centres all the best Mark 😊😊

[@andrewellaway9086]

Amazing transformation from start to finish. Great job with huge satisfaction for yourself and brother.

[@nicweller]

Excellent repair there Dan, I have a green wrenn 08 that my dad bought me new for a present back in the 70's much to my dismay it stopped working and it's been in its box ever since, inspired me to look at repairing it as like you it has great sentimental value

[@gs425]

Try a stay alive capacitor. It may well solve the running issues. This is far and above your best ever video and with a lovely back story. Cheers

[@dansmodelrailways7886]

I did look at that, but there is so little space inside the body, thats why i had to use a tiny chip. The body is crammed with chassis!

[@carolinerogers1057]

Another great video nice to see the shunter being brought back to life and kept original and the magniser is a good product my husband dave loves it keep up with the vidoes thanks

[@tombeck6335]

Great job, love these old Locos

[@newlynnrailway]

Glad you done this one, I have the same wrenn 08 and did think about wether it was worth Dcc fitting, I did do a strip down video on my channel but it does need remagnetizing or a new magnet. Nice to bump into you today At Trains4u

[@darrenfawkner2018]

Looks amazing 👏

[@Jamie096]

Great vid, shouldn't there be a ball bearing top and bottom of the armature shaft?? Didn't see you fit any?

[@dansmodelrailways7886]

Yes the ball bearing is there in the top.

[@shakeyhandsshedmodelrailwa2494]

THE COST TO DO IT IS IRRELEVANT ,, WOULD IT BE CHEAPER TO BUY A WORKING ONE ? MORE THAN LIKELY , BUT SPENDING CASH DOESN'T FORWARD YOUR SKILLS OR GIVE A SATISFYING SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT

[@gs425]

What you could have used to clean the body would be your wife's ELECTRC toothbrush...with some white toothpaste applied. You'd be surprised how well it works !