The photos look good to me, John. I'm curious, though, about the dimension across the flats on the AM 395 motor. Does it fit in the AM GP-9 shell OK?
I just put a Sagami 2236 in my GP-9, but it still seems a little small Bob Nicholson ______________________________________ --- In [email protected], "vito4cal" <vito4...@...> wrote: > > Greetings: > > The Rocklin Shops are pleased to announce that GP9 5681 & 5674 have been > repaired and are ready for road service once again after sitting on the dead > track for almost two years. > > Here is the link to the photos: > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/photos/album/310495098/pic/list?mode=tn&order=ordinal&start=21&count=20&dir=asc>. > In case it does not work, I have posted pictures in my "John Gibson Photos" > album on this site. > > As some may recall, at the excellent recommendation of Sam McCoy, I swapped > out the original AM motors for AM 395 flat motors which have much better > torque and respond well to DCC. However, AM does not make the correct size > universals to fit this motor's shaft (they are 2.3 mm shaft) so I used a > combination of NWSL and A-Line universal parts which were not correct size > but seemed to fit well. > > Unfortunately, the units stalled out on a grade on their test run on Ed > Loizeaux's layout pulling a sizable reefer train (maybe 40 plus cars?). The > culprit was the universals slipping on the motor shaft. > > After chatting about the problem with Sam McCoy at the 2009 O + S Scale West > convention (chatting about this stuff is an excellent reason to go to > conventions BTW), he told me that S-Helper had the correct universals for > this motor. > > Since time is a premium at the shops, it took me over three months to > complete the work you know the drill, 5 minutes one night, 20 minutes > another, zero minutes the next because my wife found me hiding in the shop > instead of cleaning guts and so forth. <VBG>. However, I pressed on and was > able to complete the work this weekend. > > The photos show the universals and motor in place on 5674. I have also > attached a photo of the complete installation Kapton tape is my friend! > <VBG> > > Also, I have included two pictures of the complete units. > > The plan is for these engines to run on Ed L's layout during the O+S > West/OPSIG-LDSIG conventions in January 2011. > > As you can see from the quality of my photos, I have not been reading all the > posts about cameras on this list lately. > > Cheers, > > John Gibson > Rocklin, CA > ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
