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Resurecting a Tyco Pacific
Resurecting a Tyco Pacific
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Anonymous
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April 2003
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Resurecting a Tyco Pacific
Posted by
Anonymous
on Thursday, July 24, 2003 2:55 PM
Greetings all,
I have just re-entered the world of model railroading after 15 years away. It's great to be back. I made some great mistakes in the past, one being to buy a Tyco Pacific, and a Mikado kit, thinking I could build a great model. The kits were great, my skills not! Those tiny rivets were impossible.
So when I got out my old stuff, I had both engines, minus a completed valve gear. Both are in parts, most parts seem to be there.
Where can I get parts (rivits especially) and what about a can motor and flywheel? Both motors are missing (who knows what I did with them). I really would like to complete these two engines I started 20 years ago.
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Anonymous
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April 2003
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Resurecting a Tyco Pacific
Posted by
Anonymous
on Thursday, July 24, 2003 2:55 PM
Greetings all,
I have just re-entered the world of model railroading after 15 years away. It's great to be back. I made some great mistakes in the past, one being to buy a Tyco Pacific, and a Mikado kit, thinking I could build a great model. The kits were great, my skills not! Those tiny rivets were impossible.
So when I got out my old stuff, I had both engines, minus a completed valve gear. Both are in parts, most parts seem to be there.
Where can I get parts (rivits especially) and what about a can motor and flywheel? Both motors are missing (who knows what I did with them). I really would like to complete these two engines I started 20 years ago.
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Anonymous
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April 2003
305,205 posts
Posted by
Anonymous
on Thursday, July 24, 2003 3:16 PM
Tyco was the predecessor name to Mantua.
Mantua sold out two years ago and their product line is now being produced by www.modelpower.com
Click on Mantua classics for more infor, e-mail, parts, etc
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Anonymous
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Thursday, July 24, 2003 3:16 PM
Tyco was the predecessor name to Mantua.
Mantua sold out two years ago and their product line is now being produced by www.modelpower.com
Click on Mantua classics for more infor, e-mail, parts, etc
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Anonymous
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April 2003
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Thursday, July 24, 2003 3:29 PM
Thanks! I visited the site and asked for help. I sure would like to get these old engines back on track. I ran them a lot, without the valve gear parts, just main and side rods. They were good engines.
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Anonymous
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Thursday, July 24, 2003 3:29 PM
Thanks! I visited the site and asked for help. I sure would like to get these old engines back on track. I ran them a lot, without the valve gear parts, just main and side rods. They were good engines.
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Anonymous
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April 2003
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Thursday, July 24, 2003 5:17 PM
A little farther back in the time line it was Mantua, then for awhile some production was by Tyco. It was a corp. thing to produce "cheap quick and dirty" stuff to fill the empty space left by the loss of American Flyer. It was produced in the Orient. sold in discount houses. Also the low ebb of Lionel production. After the cheapness of "Tyco" showed itself for what it was, then there was a resurgance of the Mantua. Hmmmm seems like I can recall a news report the remaining holders of the original Mantua did not like what was happening. There was some sort of ..."take back"....and restore the quality image. Manuta is an old old school of "HO" from pre WW2. Some out there may even remember the old loop couplers and cast brass engines.....
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Anonymous
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April 2003
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Thursday, July 24, 2003 5:17 PM
A little farther back in the time line it was Mantua, then for awhile some production was by Tyco. It was a corp. thing to produce "cheap quick and dirty" stuff to fill the empty space left by the loss of American Flyer. It was produced in the Orient. sold in discount houses. Also the low ebb of Lionel production. After the cheapness of "Tyco" showed itself for what it was, then there was a resurgance of the Mantua. Hmmmm seems like I can recall a news report the remaining holders of the original Mantua did not like what was happening. There was some sort of ..."take back"....and restore the quality image. Manuta is an old old school of "HO" from pre WW2. Some out there may even remember the old loop couplers and cast brass engines.....
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nfmisso
Member since
December 2001
From: San Jose, California
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Posted by
nfmisso
on Friday, July 25, 2003 9:01 AM
You can get rivets of several different sizes for the valve gear from Bowser <http://www.bowser-trains.com/>. Alliance offers a very good can motor/flywheel replacement. <http://www.alliancelink.com/alp/162.htm>
Nigel N&W in HO scale, 1950 - 1955 (..and some a bit newer too) Now in San Jose, California
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nfmisso
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December 2001
From: San Jose, California
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Posted by
nfmisso
on Friday, July 25, 2003 9:01 AM
You can get rivets of several different sizes for the valve gear from Bowser <http://www.bowser-trains.com/>. Alliance offers a very good can motor/flywheel replacement. <http://www.alliancelink.com/alp/162.htm>
Nigel N&W in HO scale, 1950 - 1955 (..and some a bit newer too) Now in San Jose, California
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Anonymous
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Friday, July 25, 2003 1:56 PM
Nigel, what page in your opts maual is this listed? and thanks! You always link us to a solution.
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Anonymous
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Friday, July 25, 2003 1:56 PM
Nigel, what page in your opts maual is this listed? and thanks! You always link us to a solution.
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Anonymous
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Friday, July 25, 2003 5:05 PM
some new old stock valve gear can be found a Depot 126 in Bloutnville TN. It is in a misc. parts box in his detail parts section. call (423)279-9795
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Anonymous
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Friday, July 25, 2003 5:05 PM
some new old stock valve gear can be found a Depot 126 in Bloutnville TN. It is in a misc. parts box in his detail parts section. call (423)279-9795
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Anonymous
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Thursday, July 31, 2003 3:58 PM
Thanks all for the help. This old lady might just ply the rails again!
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Anonymous
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Posted by
Anonymous
on Thursday, July 31, 2003 3:58 PM
Thanks all for the help. This old lady might just ply the rails again!
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