More winter maintenance

The winter repairs continue...

Clan line was next for repairs having narrowly escaped burning out the armature, it's been very slow since. This was caused by a bent brush spring, it must have been caught while refitting the body. A quick and simple repair.

Next job was to tackle the box of tank locos, many of these were hastily brought into use and needed some final tweaks. LMS 2273 was completely dead thanks to a loose wire on the armature, this was re-soldered and tested.

69567 was running slow, the armature sounds like one of the commutator segments has lifted. For the moment I've exchanged the chassis with another 0-6-2 that's awaiting restoration.

69563 was another slow runner but ran fine when the wires were connected straight to the brush holders. This was found to be caused by dirty wheels and a quick clean was all that was required.

Crepello was suffering from a weak magnet and had lost several tyres, these were replaced as a complete set once re-magnetised.

0-6-0 Diesel shunter has been a poor performer for some time. This one was still running with the modified motor end cap that was fitted during the DCC conversion - one of the brush holders was too far away for the brush to make contact, so after swapping the end cap and adjusting the brush springs, this one purred quite happily and with a much more reasonable turn of speed.

Green Bo-Bo had recently had its magnet turned to allow it to run nose-to-nose with the blue Bo-Bo but appeared very hesitant when running. Closer inspection revealed that the motor bogie was actually a two rail version, with no current return on one side. The wheels have now been swapped, the brush springs adjusted and after a light oiling it appears to run much smoother.

Finally the Pacer received some love, it just needed a quick oil of the motor bearings.

That's most of the locos now repaired.