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This will likely lead to the same dead end as my inquiry about repro motor brushes for a Lionel 150 locomotive that I made a couple of weeks back....

Anyway, I recently acquired an Ives 3252 O gauge locomotive.  It looks good (restored) and runs quite well, however the motor brushes are looking rather thin after 100 years of use.  Has anybody reproduced the wiper style motor brushes used in these motors?  Does anybody have an alternative solution to replace them if repro's aren't available?

Edit: I think I answered my own question.  I removed the brush plate to clean up the commutator face and noticed that a previous owner appears to have soldered new brushes with copper tabs onto the original copper brush springs, so they already aren't original.

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I didn't see your 150 brush question post earlier, but @Harry Henning of Henning's Trains had the BH-101 kit that had everything you needed to refurbish the brushes and mounts for the later 150s and their humpback motors that used the 73-B brushes. I can't find that kit on their website, so I hope my tagging him will prod him to offer some assistance.

The earlier 150s and their early humpback motors used 73-1 brushes; I found a hit on Dr. Tinker Trains. Dave may be able to help in that arena.

As for the Ives 3252, I don't know of a source. You always have the option of taking commonly available brushes and reshaping them.

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