CarbonViper

Thanks again both for the replies, I will look into the replacement in case I need to go down this route in the future. TinTracks, I've sent you a pm, thank you so much for your offer 😁

Thanks both for the help, I managed to Solder the wire to the pick up which was an absolute pain but it stuck eventually and the loco works good as new. I have another question that relates to essentially the same Jinty chassis.. On another model I have, I can see the coper pick up that is supposed to sit behind the wheel has worn away so does not touch the wheel anymore, its fine on the rear wheel, but the front there is now a gap, is there anything I can solder/fix to this so that the pick up sits behind the wheel correctly again? I had a quick look online but could not see any helpful suggestions for this.

Brilliant, thank you so much, pretty sure I know where you are describing, I may take a pic tomorrow just to confirm it’s the right thing, but the way you are describing makes a lot of sense!! thanks again!!

Hi all, long time lurker, getting back into the hobby and thought I would give the locos I have a service, as they have never or not been done for a long time. I started with a diesel shunted (Hornby I think) and whilst cleaning I had a wire come loose and can’t work out where it is to be reattached. It was previously soldered but don’t know if that detail helps or not. The brown wire (negative I’m assuming) runs under the motor but didn’t take a pic to see where it was attached, I took a pic of the underside to show the area it was originally. if anyone can point me in the right direction so I know where to reattach it would be greatly appreciated. many thanks