RMweb Premium newbryford Posted December 18, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 18, 2016 I have a sound fitted 73 which constantly stops and starts, clean track and wheels, has anyone had pick up problems ? Somewhere up thread, there are various postings about pickups and how to improve them. Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davy crockett Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Cheers Mick, sadly i cant find any. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted December 18, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 18, 2016 (edited) Cheers Mick, sadly i cant find any. Type pickups in the search box and then click on google search and scroll down to "This topic" and highlight it. Then click the seacrh icon. Cheers, Mick Edited December 18, 2016 by newbryford Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davy crockett Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Thanks Mick i found it, but sadly the post has been edited and removed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
metropolitan cammell Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 I have a sound fitted 73 which constantly stops and starts, clean track and wheels, has anyone had pick up problems ? I had that problem, on mine there was an excess of lubricant on the pickups, if you remove the bogie frames you will find split axles with a brass bearing on each side with a wiper resting on each bearing, clean the wipers and bearings, align the wipers and the running will be transformed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davy crockett Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 I had that problem, on mine there was an excess of lubricant on the pickups, if you remove the bogie frames you will find split axles with a brass bearing on each side with a wiper resting on each bearing, clean the wipers and bearings, align the wipers and the running will be transformed. Thanks will do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdseyecircus Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 I had that problem, on mine there was an excess of lubricant on the pickups, if you remove the bogie frames you will find split axles with a brass bearing on each side with a wiper resting on each bearing, clean the wipers and bearings, align the wipers and the running will be transformed. Thanks for that. After consigning my 73's to the back of the cupboard for 10 months I got one out yesterday. It still ran like a bag of spanners. After re- attaching bits that had fallen off for the third time - or is it the fourth? I cant remember, I left it until reading your post. By turning the bogie as far as it will go you can gently lever off the bogie frame with a screw driver from above. Next ease open the clips between the wheels and the bogie will come off. Wipe off as stated not forgetting the inside of the bogie frame. Then reassemble. Due to the nature of the loco be prepared to have some bits detach themselves. I had a brake shoe and piston from one bogie come off. The other went ok. What a result! 10 laps + with out so much as a hiccup! Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davy crockett Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 I had that problem, on mine there was an excess of lubricant on the pickups, if you remove the bogie frames you will find split axles with a brass bearing on each side with a wiper resting on each bearing, clean the wipers and bearings, align the wipers and the running will be transformed. Many thanks, done as you described and a vast difference in running on both locos. The bogie housings were dripping with oil/melted grease. Both locos had not been lubricated since being taken out of boxes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Temeraire Posted December 19, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 19, 2016 Thanks Mick i found it, but sadly the post has been edited and removed. PM sent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shroomy Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Has anyone done a pictorial tutorial on this as I am struggling Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Temeraire Posted December 19, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 19, 2016 Has anyone done a pictorial tutorial on this as I am struggling Yes but I removed it as someone got upset with me unfortunately. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shroomy Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Yes but I removed it as someone got upset with me unfortunately. Why ???? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Temeraire Posted December 19, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 19, 2016 (edited) Why ???? I'm still not sure to be honest. PM sent Edited December 19, 2016 by Temeraire Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shroomy Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 I'm still not sure to be honest. PM sent Many thanks for that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Walker Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Ian (Temeraire), Any chance I could get a copy please, I've got a couple of cl73 that are now running very well and would like to get them sorted. Thanks in advance, Tony. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Temeraire Posted January 5, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 5, 2017 Hi Tony Sorry only just seen this, have PM'd a copy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wigan Wallgate OO Gauge Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 New liveries released on Kernows website Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gwiwer Posted January 27, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 27, 2017 Wonder if they come with glued parts this time. I hardly dare touch the blue 73 lest any more bits fall off it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 I wonder if they come with correct colours and livery details. They did promise that the lights will work in the correct directions on DCC and the cab lights would be able to be switched off. I'm not going to be the one to buy one and try it to see. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSpencer Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 I wonder if they come with correct colours and livery details. They did promise that the lights will work in the correct directions on DCC and the cab lights would be able to be switched off. I'm not going to be the one to buy one and try it to see. Well they avoided BR Blue this time... I wonder if a JA will ever appear in a later livery. There seems to be an obsession from both Hornby and Dapol to do JA's in green at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempfix Rich Papper Posted January 27, 2017 Tempfix Share Posted January 27, 2017 Wonder if they come with glued parts this time. I hardly dare touch the blue 73 lest any more bits fall off it. I've had the same problem. I fitted extra pickups following Temeraire's excellent advice, and all manner of bits pinged off the first one. I found all but one brakeshoe but it was a real fiddle getting them all back on. When I came to the second 73 I carefully went all over the joins of the detail bits on the bogie with a tiny paintbrush and some mekpak before I took it apart. So, far nothing missing. Rich Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hampshire Hog Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 I'm still not sure to be honest. I am quite sure that you do Ian? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Horrocks Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Hello. I'm trying to work out which of the newly announced Class 73s would have been the earliest to appear in real life. Would it have been "Class 73 BR Green Grey/Green Sole Bar - E6004" or would it have been "Class 73 BR Green NYP - E6002"? Cheers Jon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke_stevens Posted March 26, 2017 Share Posted March 26, 2017 Hello. I'm trying to work out which of the newly announced Class 73s would have been the earliest to appear in real life. Would it have been "Class 73 BR Green Grey/Green Sole Bar - E6004" or would it have been "Class 73 BR Green NYP - E6002"? Cheers Jon I believe E6002, but not sure how long it ran before getting the grey/green sole bar. I was talking with someone who suggested "a couple of weeks"! he say them when they were new and was surprised when there was a livery addition so quickly. Luke Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted March 27, 2017 Share Posted March 27, 2017 Theres a Colour Rails slide of it in the yard at Eastleigh without the grey/green sole bar published in the relevant Modern Locos Illustrated but other than a slightly weathered roof it looks spotless. Suspect that is what Dapol have used as reference. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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