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My hudson has started acting strange  theres no smoke from the main stack whistle is fine.       The cab light blinks of and on while running.    Also i can hear the fan start in the main unit but shuts off.   Tried to tip it over to see if there was excess in it but nothing ran out.   How easy are these to work on?   

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Like Marty said the motor's have issues

 

What probably happened is smoke fluid got into the main stack motor

You can try blowing compressed air into the stack for 10 or so seconds

and see if it clears the issue up. The compressed air from a can will do fine,

if you're using a compressor the air must be regulated to 20 PSI. After blowing the air

into the main stack, reprogram the engine and you might be up and running again

 

Alex

 

 

I kept hitting rest got it to kind of work but never like it should then it would stop total.   I decided to go in a investigate  used my air compressor to blow it out nothing.   I am thinking replace the whole unit.    Do they sell just the motor?    I am disappointed 1500 dollar vision line and i have to work on it so soon. 

Originally Posted by Todd Lopes:

Guys, I've been eyeing a grey Legacy Hudson to buy.  Are there replacement motors for this that will hold up?

Thanks

Theres always a chance a replacement " could" be defective. These were an epidemic of sorts back when the legacy k4 light mike and VL hudson. were released.

 

I think the "epidemic" is over but it doesn't mean no one will ever get a bad motor. I usually try oiling the bushing first. This worked on every problem fan motor I had prior to my legacy k4. Oil did not help the k4.

 

I replaced the fan motor in my K 4 6 months after I recived it. This was a few years ago now, at a time when even many replacements were defective. Its been whisper quiet and without issue ever since.

 

Jon Z. was/is very aware of the fan motor issue and has beenmaking an effort to address it.

Last edited by RickO

The MTH motor fits in "many of them", but not "all of them".  Lionel has the shorter motor, and the diagonal screw holes that sometimes are required to fit the motor into the space.  Most diesels are fine, and I've put the MTH motor in the Legacy Northerns, Challengers, etc.  However, some of the smaller locomotives didn't have the extra 1/8" of clearance for the longer motor.

 

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