Louis Marx Engine 1666

[Anonymous]

I have a train engine that runs great, but backwards. Any suggestions? tks

[marxalot]

First welcome to the forum! Sounds like the reversing unit is stuck. You could try tapping on the top of locomotive body with the handle of a screwdriver and see if that frees up the unit. Don't be afraid to wack it a tad. Then the thing would probably be stuck in foward only. Keep tapping and keep re-applying power to the unit and you might get things working a little better. Really it would be best to disassemble the locomotive to get at the reversing unit. A shot of silicone spray into the reversing unit would help then.

If you go to http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MarxTrain/ and search under reverse unit you'll find more information.


Jim

[Anonymous]

Marxalot may have it. Also try the link below. See the section on Marx motors, especially the pics and the final paragraph of the text regarding proplems with e-units, aka directional controls or reversing units. It's under "Busting out a motor.":

http://www.thortrains.net/marstart.html

wolverine49

[Dave Farquhar]

Both of the sites Jim and Wolverine mentioned have good information.

Once you get it running in forward let it run a good 10 minutes, then try running it backwards again. Sometimes it can take some time for these older engines to get used to running again.

[Anonymous]

thank you everyone. train up and running in forward. jr