Denny, When you say the commutator split into 3 parts, do you mean they seperated from the armature? The commutator is made in 3 sections, it is not one single piece of copper.
I went through the same thing 6 months ago. The commutator was destroyed on my armature. I found no way to repair it or anyone who could. There are no repros available either. I was able to buy a good used armature from Doug Peck at Portlines. I'm back in business now. Steve Blancard --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "wintermutedm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I have an interesting situation. I discovered that my 2 year old has > figured out how to turn on my layout (I now need to put the power > stip above 5 feet). At any rate, I had mistakenly left my 312 SIT > engine on the layout, and while I was at work he fed track-power to > it. It started up in neutral and was left there, full throttle, > until I got home maybe 4 or 5 hours later. Being a SIT unit, the SIT > had been running full steam until it died. When I opened it up and > disected it, I found that the communicator (the copper circle) on the > armature had split into 3 parts. Everything else looked ok... but > now I am stuck with a dead armature. > > I have three questions for this: first, does anyone sell replacement > armatures for SIT units? I checked Portlines and RFG and couldn't > find any (not that they don't have them, I just couldn't find them). > If no one sells them, is there a replacement unit for them (I am not > worried about keeping the engine original: it is a repaint). And > finally, is there a way to repair the communicator? I had a wild > idea that supergluing the three pieces back together might work. I > haven't tried it yet though. > > Let me know what you think. It was my only engine that smoked and > worked before this, so I really want to get it fixed! > Thanks > > Denny Merritt > -Chicago S-Trains list sponsor: http://www.americanflyertrains.com All the Flyer you desire...books and accessories too! To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list send a note to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
