Darth Santa Fe posted some useful details here circa 2012, and I expect he will provide detailed instructions for you.
As a resource, here's a link to the 'glory of the Nineties' HOseeker "AHM" literature page, where you can find an exploded view of the engine and tender...
https://hoseeker.net/ahminstructions.html
The motor in the tender works excellent, althought I did use crazy glue originally when I diy fixed this engine to put the drive shaft back together. that has worked greatly in forward but not so great in reverse! If I replace the trucks on the tender, I am probably going to replace the driveshaft as well. Any steps how to do this without breaking anything?
That is a famous model of a famous prototype, probably the most powerful 0-8-0 built (it had three cylinders and 'all the modern conveniences' of its era).
IIRC those are ordinary freightcar-style three-piece trucks, perhaps slightly modified for electrical pickup. On mine, they simply attached with a screw, and you could replace them the same way. This would be a good opportunity to replace both with 'better' trucks and make a wiper-contact system -- there are good threads here on how to do that -- as you go. (Resist the temptation to replace them with roller-bearing trucks! )
But do NOT put those Casey Jones trucks on there -- those are from an earlier and more primitive era, and would look laughable. Think of putting Model T artillery wood wheels on an F-250 for an equivalent...
You will probably get some wise advice on how to manage the 'tender drive' connection. There were small 'early' locomotives that used this drive back in the day motors were too large to mount or too heavy to balance. I have seen the 'driveshaft' between engine and tender replaced with one made of thin spring wire painted dull black -- it almost disappears -- and modern silicone tubing used for the flexible connections. You can mount a fairly substantial motor in that tender, weight the hell out of the locomotive in every possible place that preserves balance, and get something surprisingly powerful...
We all have this problem, but I see you've been able to figure out how to post images here and will soon have fixed the bad photo links.
Yup. If you want to post pictures you need to follow the instructions indicated in the first thread of this section of the forum.
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richhotrain I am getting an error code on both my iPhone and my Dell Laptop.
I am getting an error code on both my iPhone and my Dell Laptop.
anyone else having this problem?
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I am not familiar with engines that have the motors in the tender. I apparently have the earlier version of a rivarossi 102 0-8-0 steam switcher. It used to run but I accidentally stepped on the tender and broke one of the plastic trucks on the tender. The motor still runs but i am thinking of replacing the plastic truck with one from the rivarossi Casey jones tender. how do I take off the damaged plastic truck off and put on one of the Casey jones trucks?