Hello hive mind.
I've looked and not found, so far, the clues I was hoping to find.
I expect that there are heaps of experience of this type of issue.
I've acquired a used Bachmann 08
When it runs, it runs, fast, slow . .
Sometimes, only sometimes, when stopped, it won't go. Likewise at a crawl it will stop dead. It's as if power to the motor has cut out, no motor hum.
Most times a tap or a gentle push will get it going.
Of major concern, sometimes that doesn't work, no amount of power, tapping, prodding help, but with the body off, a gentle push on the motor worm gear or the fly wheel and off it goes.
Not, obviously, a very practical situation.
Is this a replacement motor job or is there something else I should be checking?
I'm pretty new to this hobby, so please excuse my potential ignorance here.
Thanks
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