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Post by jlanilonga on Sept 5, 2024 2:00:18 GMT
I want to do the most maintenance I can to my train. Where can I find the right source to go about care and maintenance. Including minor repair or service work. Like connections train wants to stutter, when it does light stutters with it. Yet the connection when it is great it is strong and the train hauls ass. Always goes back to a stutter.
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Post by dennym57 on Sept 5, 2024 14:51:03 GMT
When's the last time you cleaned your track?
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Post by harborbelt70 on Sept 5, 2024 18:00:58 GMT
When's the last time you cleaned your track? Aside from regularly cleaning the track something that is overlooked and can cause the kind of stutter and light issue you describe is unclean locomotive/car wheels. A residue inevitably builds up because they are in contact with a current conducting track. They are a little tedious to clean but once done the issue stops in my experience. I use ordinary isopropyl alcohol to clean mine and sometimes the residue is a lot more than you could see just by looking at the wheel surface.
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Post by quietman on Sept 6, 2024 1:10:52 GMT
I want to do the most maintenance I can to my train. Where can I find the right source to go about care and maintenance. Including minor repair or service work. Like connections train wants to stutter, when it does light stutters with it. Yet the connection when it is great it is strong and the train hauls ass. Always goes back to a stutter. This depends on the train. Is it conventional (transformer controlled only), or does it have digital control boards? Many things overlap, but each has specific needs outside of the common requirements. The type of locomotive will determine the suggested source.
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Post by rtraincollector on Sept 7, 2024 16:38:52 GMT
I want to do the most maintenance I can to my train. Where can I find the right source to go about care and maintenance. Including minor repair or service work. Like connections train wants to stutter, when it does light stutters with it. Yet the connection when it is great it is strong and the train hauls ass. Always goes back to a stutter. Not trying to pick on you, as a lot of people have done this some where in there collecting. The way you asked is like going into a auto parts store and say my car is shuddering, what can I do to fix it, and they would ask you make & type here we ask manufacture, number on the cab. this will give you better answer. Now other than mentioned, if it has TMCC/DCC/Legacy in it, it could be a bad signal problem. Yes as mentioned I would start cleaning the track, drive wheels and even the middle pick-up with alcohol.
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Post by harborbelt70 on Sept 7, 2024 16:47:15 GMT
I want to do the most maintenance I can to my train. Where can I find the right source to go about care and maintenance. Including minor repair or service work. Like connections train wants to stutter, when it does light stutters with it. Yet the connection when it is great it is strong and the train hauls ass. Always goes back to a stutter. . . . . Now other than mentioned, if it has TMCC/DCC/Legacy in it, it could be a bad signal problem. Yes as mentioned I would start cleaning the track, drive wheels and even the middle pick-up with alcohol.
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Post by rtraincollector on Sept 7, 2024 18:32:37 GMT
. . . . Now other than mentioned, if it has TMCC/DCC/Legacy in it, it could be a bad signal problem. Yes as mentioned I would start cleaning the track, drive wheels and even the middle pick-up with alcohol. Understand, we are here to help, we all need help from time to time, no mater how experience or a novelist we are.
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Post by curtis on Sept 8, 2024 13:12:14 GMT
I want to do the most maintenance I can to my train. Where can I find the right source to go about care and maintenance. Including minor repair or service work. Like connections train wants to stutter, when it does light stutters with it. Yet the connection when it is great it is strong and the train hauls ass. Always goes back to a stutter. Trainz actually offers a course for Lionel and MTH repairs. It is web based so you can pace yourself at a comfortable speed.
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Post by jlanilonga on Sept 10, 2024 0:43:11 GMT
I want to do the most maintenance I can to my train. Where can I find the right source to go about care and maintenance. Including minor repair or service work. Like connections train wants to stutter, when it does light stutters with it. Yet the connection when it is great it is strong and the train hauls ass. Always goes back to a stutter. This depends on the train. Is it conventional (transformer controlled only), or does it have digital control boards? Many things overlap, but each has specific needs outside of the common requirements. The type of locomotive will determine the suggested source. |
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Post by jlanilonga on Sept 10, 2024 0:45:34 GMT
Transformer controlled only. I’m 99.9 % sure. I’ll check it out in a min. Idk how to use this thing haven’t used a forum in decades. Thank you.
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Post by jlanilonga on Sept 10, 2024 0:49:02 GMT
Okay my train is Lionel NY central flyer. Early 90’s at least. Box says 027 gauge.
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Post by rtraincollector on Sept 11, 2024 17:23:40 GMT
That I believe has a can motor so you really can't open it and clean it. They are very durable motors. You can get a little grease ( I use red and sticky ) and put a small amount on the gears you see. The only thing you might have to deal with is the electronic E-Unit but even that is rare. as your rail road grows, you will probably get more expensive and compilated engines and control system.
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Post by quietman on Sept 17, 2024 12:39:46 GMT
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