JD2035RR posted:Wow, looks great. Definitely worthy of your time and investment to clean it up and get it running. Great looking set! Whistle sounds great, too!
Did you replace the side rods or clean up the originals? Would love to hear more details of what the engine and tender needed when you have time to post about that. Thanks for sharing.
Just going off the top of my head.....
Engine:
-1 body screw, rewiring, complete servicing. "Clip" for the boiler front fabricated. I believe it has new rollers on it as well. It was pretty complete overall. Rods are original. I may repaid the wheels. I soaked everything for several days in Evapo-rust (it was pretty bad). There is still a bit of rust on them, very, very minor. They cleaned up very well.
Tender:
-Several body screws, rewire, new rollers, new armature on the whistle motor and complete servicing. The tender, as discussed earlier, was caked in white "mold" that took a great deal of time cleaning up. The hairdryer trick mentioned earlier worked great!
Dump Car:
-I found the missing door in the original box of stuff. This car will need additional tinkering. The dump mechanism is a little hit or miss. My LHS said it needed a rather expensive part (about $40) and they didn't want to order it until I had a chance to see how it worked as-is. I'll probably give the go-ahead for that repair in the future. Otherwise, just rewire, service and a few pins/screws for the dump door.
Flat car with Pipes:
-Clean/lubricate, 1 stake to replace the single missing one, can of flat black spray paint to repaint the 3 pipes. This was the car I was going to keep and throw everything else out because I thought it was in the best shape...
Crane car:
New boom, restring, cleaning, lubrication, etc. This needed pretty substantial work out of all of the cars. The crane now works fine except when lowering the hook - it seems to be slipping because I can crank the hook down and it won't move down until I pull the string. It works great going back up. This will get a few more further adjustments.
Work Caboose:
Rewire, new rollers, new light bulb (light is not working, further tinkering to come). New tool box for one side. The original toolbox is a slightly different shade of gray and also has a small chip out of it. Per my LHS suggestion, look for a junker at York to get two matching, original toolboxes
