sinclair posted:I love having one myself (GT). But even after coming back from Lionel it still has an issue. Let my 7 year old drive it last night and he gave it a workout for sure. It kept locking up in the forward direction. It's run for a while as he'd start and stop it, but then after a stop it won't go anymore, the cab light would blink. I'd reset it and it still wouldn't go forward, just blinking the light. But if I reset it and back it up, even just a hair, then it would go forward just fine. It seems like it still has some of the wrong kind of slop in the drive train that it binds just enough that the motor driver cuts out. I almost wonder if it just gives up too quickly, but I haven't had any time to mess with it once he was done driving it. Other then that I need to get one of John's YLB in it so the tender doesn't cut out on switches and it'll be ready for most service on my RR.
Put the engine on its side and move the front drivers with a thumb. How much does it rotate? Sounds like it still needs rod bushings. This is how they run when the bushings are missing.
Pete
