I picked a #42 up that looked like it had spent about 10 yrs. in a bucket partly submerged. The cab was intact and I decided the rust stains gave it a "weathered" appearance. Took the cab off and freed up the screws to take apart and clean everything. Rebuilt the e-unit, replaced the disintegrated brush springs ( I never ran across that before). Cleaned the commutator and put new brushes in it. Oiled and greased where necessary. I had to replace the front truck due to rusting. It was quite noisy on it's first run. I found the axle bushings weren't getting oil as most of what I applied ran down along side the bushings instead of on them. After a couple of attempts, i got the oil where it should be and it ran quieter. It looks like the wrath of what ever, but it was fun to resurrect and watch it run again. It now pulls the track cleaning car on the layout it's on and looks good doing it.
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