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#31
HO / Re: FT Diesel Slows Down and Stops and Goes
September 08, 2020, 07:24:39 AM
Thanks, Rich and Len.
I'm going to try some Screw Grab today
#32
HO / Re: FT Diesel Slows Down and Stops and Goes
September 07, 2020, 11:47:26 AM
Tried the toothpaste trick but no go.   They are phillips and really stuck.  I have 3 good jeweler size screwdrivers and just no go.  Maybe I'll let some WD40 sit on them for a while.
#33
HO / Re: FT Diesel Slows Down and Stops and Goes
September 06, 2020, 01:05:13 PM
It runs ok now with my Digitrax Zephyr.

Any tricks for removing the 4 screws??  I've tried 4 different screw drivers and they won't budge.  Don't want to strip the heads. :(
#34
HO / Re: FT Diesel Slows Down and Stops and Goes
September 06, 2020, 10:01:52 AM
Thanks, Rich.  I'll try a reset.  Just DCC, no sound.  It's better since I lubed the trucks.  Gotta get the shell off now to lube the motor.  Doesn't seem so easy to remove the shell with the coupler pockets instead of the screw on couplers.
#35
HO / Re: roundhouses
September 05, 2020, 03:11:12 PM
Saw a Kibri 5 stall engine house on Ebay for $40 or B/O.   However, the shipping is ONLY $92 !! 
#36
HO / FT Diesel Slows Down and Stops and Goes
September 05, 2020, 01:16:08 PM
Just got this older DCC FT diesel.  It will run and then stop with a grinding noise and then go when the throttle is moved up or down and continue nicely and then stop and go again.  Track and wheels are clean.   Anybody else have this?  Any ideas?
Thanks
#37
HO / Re: Bachmann Motors
August 31, 2020, 07:26:12 PM
Thought so
Thanks
#38
HO / Re: Bachmann Motors
August 31, 2020, 04:57:50 PM
Ok so my GP9s weigh 14.7 oz
RS3s weigh 10.6 oz
S4 weighs 8.6 oz
Atlas H16-44 weighs 15 oz
So adding weight should increase the pulling power, right?
Is there room for this?
#39
HO / Re: Bachmann Motors
August 31, 2020, 04:49:12 PM
Those engine weights from a scale?
How do you know what the proper weight would be?
#40
HO / Re: Bachmann Motors
August 31, 2020, 04:22:34 PM
Where do you find these weights?
#41
HO / Re: Bachmann Motors
August 31, 2020, 01:55:50 PM
Thank you Jonathan and Len.
Good to know
#42
HO / Bachmann Motors
August 31, 2020, 12:26:35 PM
Are the same motors in  the F7s as is in the GP9s and GP40s?
I ask because the GP9s seem to pull more easily up my 2% grade than the RS3s and definitely the S4s.  I'm looking at an F7 or GP40 and want to know if the motor is the same as the GP9.  I need to pull 6 Athearn passenger cars up the grade.  The GP9s do so I'm hoping the F7 or GP40  motor  is the same and will, too.
Thanks
#43
HO / Re: Remove GP 7 Shell
August 15, 2020, 08:57:11 PM
 ;D
#44
HO / Re: Remove Truck Covers
August 15, 2020, 07:07:49 PM
Thanks, Len
They just pop off by prying the inside end near the middle and just snap it back in.  Make sure the shorter end is on the outside.
#45
HO / Re: Remove GP 7 Shell
August 15, 2020, 05:04:11 PM
I did get it off.  Dopey me didn't see the 2 RECESSED screws by the speaker.  Not what I was expecting but I found 'em and it worked.  Really cheap metal screws.  Stripped one but lucky I had extras.  Really over lubed, too.  Had to clean out extra lube in the gears,