Hello,
I just purchashed A Marx Santa Fe AA No. 21 engine. The powered unit didn't come with the electric motor attached to the body. My question is what holds the electric motor to the body. The motor has the oval bracket attached to the top of it, and in the inside of the body up above where the motor would be is a sheet metal bracket. This bracket has two screw holes and a large hole in the middle of it. I contacted the Robert Grossman Co. and he said I needed part No. 193 which is a brass top mounted spacer, and a few screws. But this spacer is smaller in diameter than the hole on the oval bracket. So I must be missing something. Any help or ideas would be really helpful. The electric motor works really wel, just needs attached to the body somehow.
Thanks,
Charlie
middivrail wrote: Hello, I just purchashed A Marx Santa Fe AA No. 21 engine. The powered unit didn't come with the electric motor attached to the body. My question is what holds the electric motor to the body. The motor has the oval bracket attached to the top of it, and in the inside of the body up above where the motor would be is a sheet metal bracket. This bracket has two screw holes and a large hole in the middle of it. I contacted the Robert Grossman Co. and he said I needed part No. 193 which is a brass top mounted spacer, and a few screws. But this spacer is smaller in diameter than the hole on the oval bracket. So I must be missing something. Any help or ideas would be really helpful. The electric motor works really wel, just needs attached to the body somehow. Thanks,Charlie
Can't answer this as I don't have one BUT if you post it on the Marx train group on Yahoo you'll be surprised how fast you get an answer from the guys there.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Marxtrains
Ken
North of the 49th
middivrail wrote:Thats the first place I posted, no answers after two days, really surprised. Must be one of those unanswerable qyestions. Plus there is not as must information available as there is about Lionel trains on the web.
That is surprising - I don't remember seeing it there but then again when you get older CRS strikes almost continuously. There is an excellent Marx repair manual available from Robert Grossman. Cheaper to buy it from him rather than through ebay. I think it's about $32 from him but unscrupulous money grabbers have listed it as high as $60 on ebay. It covers the repair of all Marx engines along with good pictures. The 21 Marx has a chapter on it's own.
Aren't the 2 screws you need to hold the swivelling plate on the top of the motor to the permanently riveted plate on the shell?.
middivrail wrote:The rivited plate is attached to the body. What had me wondering is do the two screws all that hold the motor to the engine? As I see it maybe one of the screws will just catch the lip of the swivelling plate but the other won't have a lip to partly catch since that side is the "body of the "L". Perhaps there's another sheet metal piece that I don't have that could be held in place by the brass spacer on the motor, and then screwd to the body? Not sure. I was hopeing to fix it this weekend but the Marx repair manual sounds like a must have.
Let me check with a friend of mine who I know does have a 21. Don't know when he'll get back to me or maybe I can even get him to post the reply here. I would recommend you pick up a copy of MARX TRAINS REPAIR MANUAL by Castillo from Mr. G. It not only covers locomaotives byt accessories as well
cpsteamer wrote: middivrail wrote:The rivited plate is attached to the body. What had me wondering is do the two screws all that hold the motor to the engine? As I see it maybe one of the screws will just catch the lip of the swivelling plate but the other won't have a lip to partly catch since that side is the "body of the "L". Perhaps there's another sheet metal piece that I don't have that could be held in place by the brass spacer on the motor, and then screwd to the body? Not sure. I was hopeing to fix it this weekend but the Marx repair manual sounds like a must have. Let me check with a friend of mine who I know does have a 21. Don't know when he'll get back to me or maybe I can even get him to post the reply here. I would recommend you pick up a copy of MARX TRAINS REPAIR MANUAL by Castillo from Mr. G. It not only covers locomaotives byt accessories as wellKen
Okay middivrail, Rob has replied, he's not a member of this group . Following is what he said:
" If I read his description right, he's missing the upper swivel plate on the motor.... yes, there's a riveted plate in the top of the shell. A square plate with two screw slots with one pivot screw that attaches directly in the center of the motor with a bushing step screw or whatever, attaches to the rived plate. Get me an email address if you can, and I'll send him a picture of mine with the motor removed so that he can see what's supposed to be there. I hope he has a good holding screwdriver for putting those screws in the slots.... They can be an MFr...."
ken
cpsteamer,
Thanks so much for checking and replying, I ordered the Marx repair manual this morning from Robert Grossmans, and if I'm missing a part I'll try looking at York next month or Ebay. The offer for a picture would be nice, my email is, freshair92@yahoo.com
Charles
middivrail wrote: cpsteamer, Thanks so much for checking and replying, I ordered the Marx repair manual this morning from Robert Grossmans, and if I'm missing a part I'll try looking at York next month or Ebay. The offer for a picture would be nice, my email is, freshair92@yahoo.comThanks, Charles
You should have the picture now Charles, he just sent it.
cpsteamer
Yes, I just received it. I need the flat metal plate with the two slots on opposite ends. Looks like it could be easily made. Thank you very much for the help.
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