thank-YOU for responding I was getting a little sad... but I Tried a full bridge rectifier it will not work because the old original Lionel 65 handcar motor is not like a can motor it uses the ground to make it work witch is grounded to the chassis so when you use a 4 wire full bridge rectifier it shorts out the transformer because the AC ground goes to chassis and the DC Ground goes to the other brush BUT that is grounded also so it will not work
The man that helped me is the motor doctor and he was and is aware of this type of motor... and helped me get on track..
I could use a full bridge if I was able to insulate the motor from the chassis but that would mean cut the long armature that goes through the chassis and I do not want to do that,,,
thanks for the response ....DANiel
