Wanted motor

[RobMG]

WANTED     Buhler motor for Bachmann 2251.

 

Rob

[Halvarras]

Hi Rob, it may be worth taking a look at ekmexhibitions.co.uk (formerly East Kent Models) to see if they have the right one in stock, as their prices look OK. I say "may be" because it's all a bit vague, although EKM admits the info is a bit vague from Bachmann themselves! There are some photos so if you have the motor out already you can make a comparison. There is also a dimension chart although IMO this doesn't really contain enough information to be particularly useful.

 

No connection, just satisfied customer etc!

Neil

[RobMG]

Thank you Neil, I will try again to find it. I tried a while back, but couldn't make any sense of it. The motor is out, so will be easy to compare with any pics.

 

cheers 

Rob

[RobMG]

Hi Neil,

I did look for  EKM and found the website.

I ordered what looked like the right motor, but when it came, there was a little note in the package to say they didn't have the one shown. They sent an alternative.

Fortunately it was the right size, but the drive shaft is smaller, and the spigot on the drive end of the motor is smaller too. 

I have just spent the morning  turning a tiny coller for the spigot, and adapting the worm gear of the old motor to fit by turning a micro sleeve.  

The motor now fits, and runs. I just have to re solder the wires from pick ups to motor, then fingers crossed it will all work.

 

Thanks for telling me about EKM.    without you telling me that,  I had the choice of searching for another chassis or  building a Comet chassis.   I didn't want to do either , because the loco came to me in pristine hardly used condition.   When I was  testing it  one coupling rod  came apart at the knuckle joint and the whole lot jammed and burnt out the motor  while I was out of the room for a few minutes.   Grrrrrrrrr, was I peeed off.

Rob 

[Halvarras]

Pleased it worked out for you Rob, even if not as simply as either of us would have preferred (things rarely do in my experience, I think I'm prone to over-optimism!) Good job you had the ability to turn a tiny collar and a micro sleeve, I'd have been stuffed !

 

Sounds like a classic case of S*d's Law with that coupling rod, I'd have been peeed off too......

 

Neil

[RobMG]

Well, I have to say, having a lathe solves a lot of problems.   It's got me out of trouble many times. 

I did try to fit a different make of motor ( a Mitsumi ) it didn't do the job . I tried to make adaptors, but I couldn't get it right. I eventually made it work, but couldn't get any speed out of the loco.   I knew I had to get the right type of motor.  Even a different model as this one is.   This time everything lined up as it should.    With power fed directly to the motor it runs smooth and quiet.

Rob