N Scale Hi Rail - Retro Hollow Core Door Layout

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Took some time at lunch to disembowel the RDC.
There is an odd brass spacer between the truck and the frame, I assume to ease the rotation of the truck's plastic against the frame's zinc alloy.  It's cupped a tiny bit, so I suppose it's also something of a shock absorber.
What appears to have happened is this disc, which has a slot on each side where the wires pass from the wipers up into the body and a hold through which the worm meets the main drive gear, had slipped out of place.  During operation... could have been me, could have been before it came into my possession, the hole in this wafer thin bit of brass acted like a knife blade, and pretty well rounded off the main gear in one of the trucks.  It appears to be fine in the other truck.
So, now the hunt is on for suitably sized gear.  It's a double, so there's two sets of teeth that need to be matched.
I'll take it back apart and take some pictures later.  I'm a little aggravated, because I'm thinking it was probably jostled out of position in shipping, and I'm the one who let it go.  It had been running just fine for about an hour before the symptoms started.  I had no recollection of this washer from my original set back in the 80s, otherwise I would have checked to make sure it was seated properly before running the set.
Oh well, we live and learn.
So I guess I'll float the balloon here... Anyone have a red Roco double gear?  I'm not 100% sure, but I think a gear from an Atlas GP9/30 drive from the Roco years might do the trick.  I have parts for the Roco FA, but the gear assembly doesn't include a double.  I haven't looked under the hood of my Roco E-7, but I don't think I'm interested in parting it out... just yet.

Lee

[ChristianJDavis1]

Took some time at lunch to disembowel the RDC.
There is an odd brass spacer between the truck and the frame, I assume to ease the rotation of the truck's plastic against the frame's zinc alloy.  It's cupped a tiny bit, so I suppose it's also something of a shock absorber.
What appears to have happened is this disc, which has a slot on each side where the wires pass from the wipers up into the body and a hold through which the worm meets the main drive gear, had slipped out of place.  During operation... could have been me, could have been before it came into my possession, the hole in this wafer thin bit of brass acted like a knife blade, and pretty well rounded off the main gear in one of the trucks.  It appears to be fine in the other truck.
So, now the hunt is on for suitably sized gear.  It's a double, so there's two sets of teeth that need to be matched.
I'll take it back apart and take some pictures later.  I'm a little aggravated, because I'm thinking it was probably jostled out of position in shipping, and I'm the one who let it go.  It had been running just fine for about an hour before the symptoms started.  I had no recollection of this washer from my original set back in the 80s, otherwise I would have checked to make sure it was seated properly before running the set.
Oh well, we live and learn.
So I guess I'll float the balloon here... Anyone have a red Roco double gear?  I'm not 100% sure, but I think a gear from an Atlas GP9/30 drive from the Roco years might do the trick.  I have parts for the Roco FA, but the gear assembly doesn't include a double.  I haven't looked under the hood of my Roco E-7, but I don't think I'm interested in parting it out... just yet.

Lee

Lee, I'll take a look before I send you your other parts. If I have any, I'll give them to you.

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Thanks, @ChristianJDavis1 .
If there's a couple of basket case Roco geeps, throw them in.  Maybe I can get one out of two to run and still harvest the parts I need...

Lee

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The Retro Fleet expanded exponentially today thanks to @ChristianJDavis1 .  An incredible selection of vintage N Scale effluvia arrived on my doorstep, and my head came clean off.


There's so many brass gears grinding away in the corner of my office I can barely hear the Victor Talking Machine!

Lee

[OldEastRR]

Well, now we know where old N stuff goes to die (or is just given away to): Lee's layout.

[dem34]

Well, now we know where old N stuff goes to die (or is just given away to): Lee's layout.

Lee's N Scale Rescue Sanctuary

For just ¢10 a month you can sponsor a home for those unfortunately suffering from the zinc rot epidemic.

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Reunited and it feels so good!

[Dave V]

Lee's N Scale Rescue Sanctuary

For just ¢10 a month you can sponsor a home for those unfortunately suffering from the zinc rot epidemic.

LOL...  Turn 'em up as you browse the junk listings on eBay...!

[Dave V]

Hahahahahahaha I got a downvote for that one, and I deserved it!  😁

Back to the thread, though, I wasn’t sure how this whole project was going to pan out in reality but I’m diggin’ it!

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I may have accidentally downvoted it when I was fumbling with my phone in the car. I was laughing pretty hard at the video.
Of course now the gauntlet has been thrown down and someone's going to have to do a proper public service announcement for the rescue!
Maybe I could talk Rod Stewart into being my celebrity endorser!
Lee

[Dave V]

I may have accidentally downvoted it when I was fumbling with my phone in the car. I was laughing pretty hard at the video.
Of course now the gauntlet has been thrown down and someone's going to have to do a proper public service announcement for the rescue!
Maybe I could talk Rod Stewart into being my celebrity endorser!
Lee

Only if you show sad puppies standing behind the trains.

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I got the Berk to work! 

Now I can run an authentic Iron Horse Ramble with a WM FA helper!  Another old dog rescued!
Lee

[ChristianJDavis1]

I got the Berk to work! 

Now I can run an authentic Iron Horse Ramble with a WM FA helper!  Another old dog rescued!
Lee

What did you have to do to it? I have three 2-8-8-2's from the same collection that all don't run, but light up like that Berk did.

[MVW]

Reunited and it feels so good!

Great to see the 301 back home again, Lee! 

Jim

[wazzou]

LOL...  Turn 'em up as you browse the junk listings on eBay...!

We shan't forget the Free N Scale Rescue T-Shirt though, right?