K-line Porter take apart?

[Boyd]

I modified a work caboose and added a power pickup assembly to it. I have a wire from the center pickup ready to hookup to the Porter. I have trouble with my Porter stopping in long switches. I tried taking apart my Porter but only got the cab off. I took out the 4 screws in the bottom of the drive assembly and could not get it apart.

 

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[SantaFe158]

There are four screws under the saddle tank you have to remove too.  It's really a challenge to get it apart without breaking any wires.  Mine no longer has lights because I had to take it apart to unplug the smoke unit which was shorting it out regardless of what position the on/off switch was in.

 

I know I shouldn't be posting this on the CTT site because it's on the OGR forum, but someone asked the same question.  There is a picture of a disassembled porter in the thread that may be helpful.

 

http://ogaugerr.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/57660482/m/9152949417?r=9152949417#9152949417

[Boyd]

I don't know if it makes a difference but mine was new 2-3 years ago and is not an older release.

[SantaFe158]

No, I bought mine two(?) years ago so it should be about the same.

[SantaFe158]

There may be another screw under the smokebox that has to be removed

[Roger Bielen]

The lights, headlight and cab, stopped working on mine quite some time ago.  Its a K-Line by Lionel unit.  Tried to open it without success and contacted Lionel asking for information, also without any success.  After seeing that photo I think I' ll leave mine as is or see if I can rig a headlight wired direct to the pickup.

[gunrunnerjohn]

You should see the Copper Range 0-6-0 that I crammed TMCC and an electrocoupler into, it's pretty busy inside!  Those little locomotives don't give you much room to work!

[jprampolla]

Boyd

I modified a work caboose and added a power pickup assembly to it. I have a wire from the center pickup ready to hookup to the Porter. I have trouble with my Porter stopping in long switches. I tried taking apart my Porter but only got the cab off. I took out the 4 screws in the bottom of the drive assembly and could not get it apart.

Hi Boyd,   

If you are still interested, I added power pick-up to the Porter without opening it up.  I fished an approx. 22 gauge stranded wire with rather thin insulation through an existing hole and soldered it to the center rail roller pin (see photo below) and attached a wire for the outside rail pick-up to the cab.

 The K-Line Porter is a Chinese puzzle to open and I would avoid opening it until it is absolutely necessary.  The above mod has worked for years, just be sure your soldering is minimal and there isn't any shorting.  I lightly and carefully coated the finished connection with super glue, applied with a straight pin, to insulate the solder and stiffen the wire at the connection.  Before I soldered, I filed the side of the roller pin to get good adhesion of the solder and to allow more space for the joint.

 Hope this helps!

Take care, Joe.