WHITE IVES UPDATE - the seller offered to service the engine for me (update the firmware). I received it back today. I immediately put it on the track and unfortunately it still hesitated somewhat when it started. It was much improved but the jerkiness was still apparent. I took it off the track and applied some more grease and oil. I wasn't optimistic that would improve things because it looked pretty good already. I put it on my big STD 72 Christmas tree loop which is about 16 feet long. I decided to let it race around the loop a little bit. Other than the jerky starting, the other immediate concern was it was unresponsive until the throttle was at 5. It creeped along at 10. I had to dial it up to 30 just to cruise along at a moderate clip. To compare, my other MTH engines are really flying at 25 and over 30 I'd be concerned about them tipping on curves. While I was sitting there thinking about the lack of speed, the engine started emitting a rather high pitched scraping noise. The noise stopped when I stopped the engine. But now it makes that noise anytime it's moving at anything faster than a crawl. So I think I'm out of patience with this deal. I've contacted the seller about a return for refund. So long white Ives set. I hardly knew ye! 
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