richard carr
Western Thunderer
Replacement gears are out of stock at Gaugemaster but I found a spare pack from an earlier fix to another loco. So it was time to take 37031 apart and fit the new gears.
yes it looks a mess but it isn't too difficult, the new gear is the third on the left, the other gear (next to the right) hasn't split so I left that one in.
It will probably split next week now.
Now for the other end, both the gears had split here so this one now only has 1 powered axle for now.
The replacement etched steps are a big improvement over the plastic ones, I need to get some more.
It all went back together easily and runs fine now. The only real problem is that this has a loksound XLv3.5 that has no stay alive but it really needs one, so a new decoder is required.
yes it looks a mess but it isn't too difficult, the new gear is the third on the left, the other gear (next to the right) hasn't split so I left that one in.
It will probably split next week now.
Now for the other end, both the gears had split here so this one now only has 1 powered axle for now.
The replacement etched steps are a big improvement over the plastic ones, I need to get some more.
It all went back together easily and runs fine now. The only real problem is that this has a loksound XLv3.5 that has no stay alive but it really needs one, so a new decoder is required.