Installed the two copper ground straps for the tender axles, after cleaning the axles. Changed the collector rollers on the tender and swapped out the rail sounds board. Still have same erratic whistle issue.
Was unable to replace collector rollers on engine as the so called replacement for the engine rollers are too long and bottom out on the engine frame. Engine and tender rollers are called out to be the same according to current on-line parts for 6–22103 engine. They fit the tender but not the engine. All four rollers received were approximately 29/32” from center of pivot shaft to center of pickup roller shaft. The correct engine roller should be closer to 20/32” shaft ctr to shaft ctr. A call is in to Lionel.
I did polish the engine rollers as best i could.
Moving on I have thoughts of replacing R2LC on general principles or the tether. However the tether is unavailable according to the on-line parts list.
Does anyone out there have a schematic for the 6-22103 engine and tender as I haven’t found that available on-line either.
Any help would be appreciated!
