@SteveH posted:I also recently bought a 6-38095 "New in Box". When it arrived it was clear to me it had been run a bit. It needs new traction tires, no biggie. I decided to open it up and inspect (and top off) the grease in the gearbox. Maybe I missed something easy, but this required me to disconnect a few wiring plugs and remove the circuit boards, because the gearbox cover is underneath and 2 of its screws hold the circuit board mounting bracket in place.
I took lots of pictures as I was disassembling it, to ensure getting it back together correctly. I'm glad I did. It made putting it back together much easier.
While I was in there, I removed the cherry switch and found the chuff cam is split (but fortunately still affixed on the axle). It works for now, but for how long???
Any suggestions on a replacement?
Steve, that cam ain’t long for this world, you have only couple of options at the very moment…..the first obvious choice is John’s Super Chuffer & the Chuff Generator, his stuff is readily available, and can be installed thus eliminating the need for a cam altogether, plus that option opens you up immediately for 4 chuffs,…and allows the upgrade to fan smoke in time as well,….plus lighting mods, etc,……the second option readily available is a replacement cam from the big L, ….that will require pulling the axle set to press on a new cam,….but then you’re back in the same soup, with the same lame 2 chuffs per revolution……another thing that’s popping up on the forum, is a 3D printed version of a 4 lobe cam that’s split in two, and can be cemented on the axle, negating the need for wheel pulling……but as far as I know, nobody at the moment is offering these for sale on the secondary market just yet……hope that info helps….
Pat
