Guest 40-something Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Hi Folks Im toying with the idea of removing one of the motors from my HJ 33 and powering a JLTRT 25 kit with it Is this a feasible idea? New to all this O Gauge malarkey so excuse my ignorance! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddys-blues Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Hi Joe, I don't see why you couldn't do it, are the locos pulling much stock ? I am sure there will one or two of the regulars on here who have already done something along those lines Best regards Craig. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter220950 Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I did remove one of the motors from my '35 to reduce the current draw and use a lower rated chip. It had plenty of power for 6 or 7 coach trains and would run all day without any great problem, I put it back when I had a Loksound 3.5 re-blown to suit. I would, however make a couple of observations:- A Heljan motor isn't the most sophisticated piece of kit, they are available as spares for £29.50, that says a lot.You don't say if you intend to swap an entire bogie with the '26, this would be the best option, to just use the motor would involve quite a lot of engineering to get the gears etc. to work properly. If you do take the motor out of a Heljan bogie don't do as I did, leave the gears in. I discovered after several months that when it was running the gears locked up the unpowered wheels, there's that much power in the other bogie that you don't notice. - Result you will end up with wheels shaped like thre'penny bits and very clean track! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 40-something Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Hi Joe, I don't see why you couldn't do it, are the locos pulling much stock ? I am sure there will one or two of the regulars on here who have already done something along those lines Best regards Craig. Hi Craig My layout will just be a 16ft end to end so the stock being pulled/pushed will be minimal - prob max 10 swb wagons so I do reckon just one more will suffice I did remove one of the motors from my '35 to reduce the current draw and use a lower rated chip. It had plenty of power for 6 or 7 coach trains and would run all day without any great problem, I put it back when I had a Loksound 3.5 re-blown to suit. I would, however make a couple of observations:- A Heljan motor isn't the most sophisticated piece of kit, they are available as spares for £29.50, that says a lot.You don't say if you intend to swap an entire bogie with the '26, this would be the best option, to just use the motor would involve quite a lot of engineering to get the gears etc. to work properly. If you do take the motor out of a Heljan bogie don't do as I did, leave the gears in. I discovered after several months that when it was running the gears locked up the unpowered wheels, there's that much power in the other bogie that you don't notice. - Result you will end up with wheels shaped like thre'penny bits and very clean track! Take a motor out to reduce the current draw is the main reason Im thinking this, and putting the motor to use elsewhere. Its a 25 Im planning on powering, the bogie wheelbase is different so Im thinking of just using the motor from the 33 with a commercially available gearbox to power the 25. Thanks for the tip re the gears though! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phill Dyson (onslaught832) Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I would use a Mashima motor & a nice gearbox for the 25 myself Phill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 40-something Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I would use a Mashima motor & a nice gearbox for the 25 myself Phill Thanks for your input Phil, Im trying to keep costs down, hence looking to re-use the motor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveymills Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 why would you want to do that, a rat sounds nothing like a crompton :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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