Bought this "Battle-of-Britain" Hornby loco as a "non-runner' cheaply on Ebay, and received it today, seller describing it as good condition, but 'sparking'! Off with the body, and it was immediately obvious that a previous owner had decided that the motor was oil cooled, judging by the amount of oil swilling about, so this was duly mopped up, motor commutator cleaned, a set of carbon brushes fitted (originals missing!) and DC applied on the rolling road. The motor attempted to turn in fits and starts, together with a bit of sparking on the right side, but closer examination revealed a Hornby track pin wedged behind the middle driving wheel, shorting the wheel to the chassis, hence the sparking. Removing this resulted in the motor running smoothly and quietly......result! I will be repainting the body into BR green and re-decaling at some point as the current livery is too early for my modelling era, but once again, it shows that anyone can pick up cheap loco's for a budget layout, and they are so simple to repair that (despite my being a retired Electrician) no "Specialist knowledge" is needed to sort them. The offending track pin is shown in front of the loco in the pic. Keith. Attached files
The man can certainly spot a bargin - all these visits to Scotland are paying dividends Just a pity it was a Southern loco
Very nice Kieth and a good job on the resurrection ! I do like that livery, very much. Are you sure you don't want a 'heritage special' on the layout ?? Cheers, Gary.
Nice one, Keith. I have bought a few such non-runners myself in the hope that it would be something simple to fix, and have mostly been lucky in that regard.
paul_l wrote: Definitely seems to fall on his feet with these bargains . Mind you, what he will be like if he gets to meet up with Rob Pulham at Doncaster next year, Rob describes himself as a tight Yorkshireman, but I,ve heard it said, "a Yorkshireman is a Scotsman with the generosity squeezed out of him" . Cheer's, Pete.
