loco repair

[Kenneth West]

Hi
Does anyone know where I can get a loco repaired

Thanks

[Krizzy]

First of all it might be best if you told us what chassis you are having trouble with and the problem.

There are members on this forum who could sort it out for you without too much trouble before any drastic action needs to be taken.

Roger

[Kenneth West]

Hi sorry I am a complete novice I know nothing about types of chassies ect.  Engine  was running erratic then I noticed that  one of the drive bars has fell of all I know it is made by bachman. I will try and get a photo of the loco on here tomoro if that is any  good

Thanks

[B.Meldon]

Is it a new Bachman Liliput H0e locos?
Is it steam or diesel?
How many wheels has it got?

Is it like any of these?:

http://www.bachmann.co.uk/prod1.php?prod_selected=liliputhoe&prod=0

If it is an older Liliput made loco parts are unfortunately no longer obtainable.

A photo would be useful.

Brian Meldon

[Kenneth West]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/100194379@N05/10740998753/lightbox/http://www.flickr.com/photos/100194379@N05/10740780836/in/photostream/

hi this is the loco I am having problems with you will see part of  the linkage off the wheels has fell off

thanks

[Kenneth West]

if you can not see photo's let me know

thanks

[B.Meldon]

(Originating web page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/100194379@N05/10740780836/)


(Originating web page http://www.flickr.com/photos/100194379@N05/10740998753 )

Ok then Ken that is an early N gauge blue plastic box version of the Bachmann 0-4-0 with the plastic valve gear.
They have been out of production for over 25 years now.

The later white box versions have a completely different chassis and it is this later chassis that many 009 kits were designed to fit. The early version you have will fit in some of the kits with a bit of work but not all of them. Bachmann do not make the later version any more either.
Obviously because of the age and how long ago they were made parts are no longer available.

Anyway the rods on the older type do not power the wheels at all. They are purely there for looks. The problem is that because of the age the plastic is now becoming a bit brittle and the bits can easily snap.
However it looks like the part that has come off has already been repaired at some time as originally all the valve gear and rod parts were made of black plastic and had no metal bits in them at all.

Also the chassis blocks are made from the same plastic and these ware out and can distort with time making the axles become lose and in some cases causing the motor to start to jump the teeth on the worm gear.

A repair may be possible depending on how worn and distorted the chassis block is, but as the chassis is not that good in the first place it would need to be done at a very low cost or hopefully for free, otherwise you will be spending more money than you need to get a good working chassis.

For example a modern N-drive 0-4-0 chassis costs about

[Kenneth West]

Hi brian thanks for your help. I bought the loco off ebay it was advertised as a 009 loco only reason I bought it . Still it did not cost that much so I think I will count my losses and not bother with it. I live in london and I think my nearest group is oxford so I will try and make a visit to them in the near future.

Thanks again for your help

Regards ken

[B.Meldon]

Well as it happens there is a 009 Essex Group meeting in Woodford Green on the afternoon of Saturday 30th November.
You would be made very welcome and I would be more than happy to have a look at your loco.

If you would like more details please send me a personal message with your e-mail address.

(You can do this by clicking on the envelope under my profile photo on the left)

Brian Meldon

[Kenneth West]

Yea will put that in my diary cheers will send you my email thanks

[MickT]

Hi Ken,

There are also the Buccabury Branch - which used to be called the North London Group who meet in different member's homes in the North London and outlying commuter belt "metro land" sort of area who may be worth your while making contact with; and the Beds & Bucks Group, who are centred in the general area around Bedford and also meet regularly in member's homes. Both of these groups have a number of very skilled modellers who would be willing to help I'm sure.

If you live south of the river there is a Kent Group and a Surrey Group which also have numbers of very skilled modellers amongst their members! Contacts for all of these appear regularly in Branchlines in 009 News and can also be found on the Society website. Sussex Downs Group may appear to be a bit far out for you, but they are based generally around the East/West Sussex border in and north of Brighton - eg Haywards Heath etc - less than an hour away from Victoria anyway. They have their own clubroom and I think they meet in evenings twice a month.

And finally (I think), there is the Greenwich & District NGS, who are the green shirted guys who run Expong and also meet regularly. They have members who live in various parts of and around London, but mainly based in the south east and north east regions I think.

But do take up Brian's meeting invitation first - if Brian doesn't know how to fix it then it can't be fixed!


Mick

[Kenneth West]

Thanks mick I will definatly  take up brians invite