Hello,
I am hoping someone can help. I am new to modelling and I am slowly amassing locos, rolling stock and things to build a layout.
I recently bought a lilliput 062 and it arrived by post today. The engine runs but the motor smokes a little. It could be the small amounts of WD40 I applied to clean the wheels, I don't know. My feeling is that the smoking motor means it is shot and that I will either have to strip it for parts or replace the motor. Are these engines prone to motor burn out? Was WD40 a bad idea?
Duncan
If you just sprayed it on from the can, then definitely a bad idea! All lubricants and cleaning fluids should be applied very sparingly, just a drop on the end of a cocktail stick will do for the gears, and definitely no oils in the motor!
When you say the motor is smoking, then there are degrees of so it really depends on how much smoke, is the motor turning freely otherwise etc?
If it is struggling to turn and smoking, then it would appear that there is something wrong in there somewhere, however if it turns without resistance but is sparking and throwing up a bit of blue smoke, then it is probably a bit of the WD40 has got in and should be fixable with quite a lot of gentle dry cleaning and gentle running off track - turn the loco upside down, apply the controller wires to the wheels and run it gently to see if it stops sparking and smoking. If it is improving, then it is clearly the oil problem so the solution is to persevere with the gentle cleaning and running until it sorts itself out - and DON'T DO IT AGAIN!!
Good luck anyway
Mick
There are 5 different chassis used in the Liliput 0-6-2 over the years.
If you post a photo of the chassis I will identify it for you and perhaps point you in the direction of the fault. But WD40 will do it no good at all!
Ifyou do end up needing a motor they are slightly different in each chassis but with most it is possible to replace them with the motor from a Micro Scalextric car, but it is not a straight swap and some work is required.
The chassis for these Micro Scalextric cars are very cheap, you should be able to get one for under
Never, ever, ever, put WD40 anywhere near a model railway! There are lots of ways to clean wheels, the Minitrix wheelcleaner being about the best.
Thanks for your help. I've since stripped it and run the motor, rebuilt it and it now runs well. I'll keep WD40 away from models in the future!