EM2s.
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Despite having finished the run of chemo, the residual joy persists!!!
Taste buds that go bonkers, too sweet, too bland etc.
No sleep 'cos of the steroids. That I can put to some use!
First of twp rest days today, so when I couldn't sleep last night I decided to have a go at rejuvenating a complete wreck of a Heljan EM2 I'd managed to pick up .
I wasn't having to get up at 02-45 for early shift!!!!
This thing was boxed and had been given to a colleague who took one look at the state of it and 'Filed It!!'
I don't know why it didn't go back, but I got it.
Bits already off in the packing.
Very intermittent drive and a banging noise when it did drive!!
Putting the bits on ain't a problem, we've all done it to models in the past. Especially the new Hornby Brit. That thing sheds detail bits when you look at it!!!
The drive?
Well, the Heljan EM2, in common with all their locos, has a collar on a swivel, attached to the bogie. The UJ drive from the bogie to the motor goes through this. The collar is attached by thick rods to the metal chassis block to allow the bogie to rise and lower.
On my poor beast, the intermittent drive bogie had one rod nigh on sheered. No drive had a collar moulding with only one rod on it!!! Not broken, that is how it came!!!!
I have a large number of Heljan models, from the origional 47S that Hattons were selling 14 years ago to a 14 and EM1s. This is the worst quality control I have ever seen!! on a Heljan model!!
I have had a look on RMWeb and I appear to have a 'Friday Afternoon' EM2, 'cos nobody else seems to have had a model like this!!!!
Being a large Heljan user, I have amassed a collection of bits.
I have an XP64 47 that suffered really badly from Mazack Swell. The body has been reused , I love the livery!!!
The chassis provided me with the collars and associated bits to resurrect the 77.
Heljan have made their stuff repairable by making them easy to disassemble. All you have to do , is look at it and slowly take it to bits.
The bogie piviot collar from an early 47, whilst not exactly the same, works fine. You have to get medieval with it to slot it in to the mounting holes. Bearing that in mind, the force needed to break the origional must have been considerable!!!!
The elactrical connections are on plugs, marvellous!!!
The cardan shafts take a bit of slotting in!!
Be careful not to break the female cup fitting. If that breaks, you have to replace it. I have tried to repair one that wore out. Didn't happen!!!!!
03-35 this morning and it was crux time!!!
Runs like a charm!! Precisely what I expect of a Heljan mech!
Now all I have to do is put the bits on and make my own for the stuff that has gone!!!
I shall give her some hard running this afternoon to see if there are any more surprises in store.
The point of this diatribe?
I'm old school, it is great to repair stuff like us old beggars were brought up to do!!!
Hats off to Heljan as well, for making stuff you can repair!!
'Cos I'm soft, I am far closer to this beast because I've repaired it!!
Chris.
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