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I found a 2666W tender in my mess while cleaning up the dungeon.
I popped the shell off and applied power and it sort of whistled. But there were a few sparks coming from underneath it.
I found that the pickup rollers were hitting the chassis when placed on the track, so I adjusted that so it wouldn't.
Still whistled but was noisy and weak and not consant.
So I took the brushes out and cleaned the armature face and brushes up, 1 wire came off I re-soldered it back on.
I tested on the track, 99.9% better with a strong whistle.
I then screwed back on the shell and tested.
It whistled some but was not strong and constant.
I hooked it up to a locomotive and pulled it, when it did whistle it was weak, it would work, then not work.
Why would it blow like Hell when the shell was off and act strange like that with the shell on?
Any suggestions?
I popped the shell off and applied power and it sort of whistled. But there were a few sparks coming from underneath it.
I found that the pickup rollers were hitting the chassis when placed on the track, so I adjusted that so it wouldn't.
Still whistled but was noisy and weak and not consant.
So I took the brushes out and cleaned the armature face and brushes up, 1 wire came off I re-soldered it back on.
I tested on the track, 99.9% better with a strong whistle.
I then screwed back on the shell and tested.
It whistled some but was not strong and constant.
I hooked it up to a locomotive and pulled it, when it did whistle it was weak, it would work, then not work.
Why would it blow like Hell when the shell was off and act strange like that with the shell on?
Any suggestions?