Screwy Nick Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Poor thing sat on the shelf for a long time. Brought it down to run it and as happens with many locos with plastic gears, the pinion gear was cracked. A while ago another person had the same problem and bought a variety of gears. He sent me one that was close to what was in there. I massaged it till it fit and ran nice and smooth. First is test fitting, last is complete and trotting around the track on 12V of NiCad power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 I did see this earlier ..very nice ,,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screwy Nick Posted October 9, 2021 Author Share Posted October 9, 2021 I apologize if I have already posted this here, mind must be slipping, don't remember doing so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 I was referring to your YouTube postings,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screwy Nick Posted October 10, 2021 Author Share Posted October 10, 2021 Phewwww, thought I had lost even more grey matter, need all I got. and OMG, I have a follower, didn't know. Was inspired to also swap out the head lamp LED's, but not sure the eyes will cooperate, we'll 'see'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screwy Nick Posted October 10, 2021 Author Share Posted October 10, 2021 Head lamp conversation. While the yellow ones supplied were more to the period I wanted them bright enough to be seen in daylight. Used Evans LED's as theirs have very thin wire right up to the LED. Extracted the bezel/bracket from the housing and enlarged the hole to the same diameter of the lighted part of the LED. Painted the hole Chrome to match as it is made of black plastic. Filed the back wider and thinner so the LED fit and was closer to the lens, also make room for the excess wire. Just need to coat the exposed wire with black liquid tape and the lenses are just press fit, eyes had it for today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 On 10/10/2021 at 6:37 AM, Screwy Nick said: Phewwww, thought I had lost even more grey matter, need all I got. and OMG, I have a follower, didn't know. Was inspired to also swap out the head lamp LED's, but not sure the eyes will cooperate, we'll 'see'. You have the comments turned off on your YouTube site ... You would know when someone makes a comment.. eyes had it for today. ,, It's the bright LEDs ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screwy Nick Posted October 11, 2021 Author Share Posted October 11, 2021 Sean, I wasn't aware of the feature, will look into it. I visit sites that I'm not altogether familiar with many of the features. Here, I just stumbled on how to post on the Gallery. Everything is bright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Yes looking and running great! Wow! Finding a gear that will actually work is another "miracle"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screwy Nick Posted October 11, 2021 Author Share Posted October 11, 2021 I can't take credit for finding the gear. Seems a lot of them failed, Bachmann ran out of replacements real quick. It also uses the same bevel gears for the rear end, which also cracked or stripped as people tried to pull a box car which was just too much for the little gears. Several people found different sources for similar gears. The ones I got needed minor adjustment to the over all size and the hole had to be made bigger, but with 2 flats. Guy on another forum sent me a sample and I sent for more to have on hand as I do expect a future trip down the same lane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screwy Nick Posted October 12, 2021 Author Share Posted October 12, 2021 Sean, I went to Utube to see if I could see what you were talking about how to turn on or off comments. I must have touched something. A few hours ago I was notified by Email that you made a comment? First time that ever happened, and have no idea what I may have done to cause that. And YES, Bug does love his treats, some more than others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 Glad you took the time to investigate.... See you can teach an old dog new tricks...they just have to be interested.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screwy Nick Posted October 13, 2021 Author Share Posted October 13, 2021 Always interested in learning, and havin' fun. Still don't know what I did to change it, and if in fact it still is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 Nope..turned off... I wonder as you post the video there is a box to check for comments.. I just tried to add a comment to this video .: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lj77aeBrD0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 This might help https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/9706180?hl=en Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screwy Nick Posted October 13, 2021 Author Share Posted October 13, 2021 Sean, I have seen the icon that looks like a pencil, and thought that was for me to explain the video, have done that. The link you posted for support gave instructions on how to adjust comments from others. I also noticed that when posted as OK for Children there is some kind of restrictions. Going in and try to make change, let ya know. EDIT: this old dog just got thrashed by the Utube site for the past hour. While the directions to the support site was a big help, after that I got no where. Just to give you an example of what I am dealing with, I first had to look up what a 'thumbnail' was, it was all down hill after that. Not finding what I am directed to, and so afraid of destroying what is there, I just left it alone. So this old dog is limited as to what it can learn. I do appreciate your help and confidence in me. May try again later, but for now will just lick my wounds and be happy I haven't destroyed my channel totally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screwy Nick Posted October 17, 2021 Author Share Posted October 17, 2021 I've been trying to figure it out since above. Had an idea that the feature is only asked when it is uploaded, so did one this morning. Still must be missing something. I'll keep trying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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