exet1095 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Good Afternoon, during a break from coach building I decided to see if I could get an old AL1 running. Dead as a door nail, but in excellent cosmetic condition. On opening, the brown wire from the pickups was detached and so that was resoldered to the suppressor. Still nothing, so stripped down and cleaned. Dead. Now, with leads attached to the bogie, the motor turns after some persuasion. Very slowly, and is getting quite warm. I cleaned the commutator with IPA and a cocktail stick, as it was very gungy. This seems to have helped, but the motor will only start with a little shove on the worm. There is still sparking on the commutator, but less than there was. Any ideas on what the problem is? The magnet? The armature? I have a spare from a dead Blue Pullman, which had no magnet, so I can’t swap that bit. All help gratefully received! Thanks, Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyman7 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 If it's weak and running hot that does sound like it needs remagnetising 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Give me a PM about that magnet? Stewart 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokebox Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 (edited) Posted in error. Edited February 18 by smokebox Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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