Ok, back to report on my repaired engine. It took a while to reassemble the engine, but last night, I got it back together and track tested it. I got a look at the armature before I ran it and it was definitely "plumper" in terms of the volume of windings. And the benefits were shown by the engine's speed and pulling power. The only disappointment occurred with the installed traction tires (although I was skeptical about them from the beginning). Without a groove to hold them on, they flew off the wheels within one loop of the layout....ripped off by my switches. I removed them, added some of my weights to the interior and put the shell back on. One of the cars in it's consist is a very heavy MTH Derrick car. Before the armature "gave up the ghost", I had some wheel slip whenever that was part of the consist. In the back of my mind, I started planning about selling that beautiful car and replace it with something lighter. I ran the reassembled engine with the consist minus that car. No problem. Strong and fast. Then I thought....I'll try it with the derrick car just to see it slip. Didn't happen. It pulled the consist without slip even starting on a curve. To be fair, I did not hit the throttle hard at startup. So, bottom line, I'm pleased with the armature rebuild and how this engine is running now. I definitely would recommend the motordoctor.com to anyone requiring a rewind of a motor. Not cheap, but cheaper than replacing the motor and not having the benefit of the increased number of winds.
Roger
