@Arnold D. Cribari posted:I can hardly follow this sophisticated and well articulated dialogue, but I very much enjoy reading it, and hope that some of the expertise expressed will seep into my brain.
Does it sometimes happen that a particular locomotive is simply a lemon, which happens with motor vehicles?
I guess those with great mechanical knowledge like you folks may find it intriguing to figure out just what makes the engine a lemon and how to turn it into lemonade metaphorically speaking.
I'm convinced I have a newly acquired MTH Proto 2 engine (the subject of another thread) that is a lemon and will probably ultimately hire an expert and upgrade it to Proto 3. Arnold
Yes, I think that this engine is just a lemon, as this seems to be the result of some kind of manufacturing error.
I haven't been able to make much progress on it, but I partially reassembled it today to see if the issue was just a faulty heat sink, but I found that the sounds don't work anymore. The speaker just makes a loud humming sound, but the engine still moves. Did I fry the sound board somehow? I don't think I can get a replacement from lionel's web site, so I realy hope that that's not the case.
