any tricks for a sticky Lionel E-unit

[lionelsoni]

You're welcome!

[TRAINCAT]

Dr. Tinker is a good guy, BUT you have to make a minimum 30.00 order.  I would never use the tuner/cleaner on ANY lionel engine or E unit. There are 2 great E unit how to videos on You Tube. Watch them and you can be a pro too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3cHF_a6CNM&feature=relmfu

Roger

[lonewoof]

um, Bob...Any chance you're putting the rectifier in BACKWARDS? The + and - should go to the e-unit terminals, and the ~ go to the wires that WERE on those terminals.

 

[lionelsoni]

Here's what I said:  "Take the e-unit coil wires loose from their terminals and connect them to the + and - terminals of the bridge rectifier. Connect the two ~ terminals of the bridge rectifier to the terminals from which you removed the coil wires."

So the coil is in fact connected to the + and - rectifier terminals.  and the ~ rectifier terminals are connected to the wires that used to be connected to the coil.

The problem with keeping the e-unit terminals connected to the coil is that one of them is the frame of the e-unit and therefore the frame of the locomotive.  You can insulate the e-unit frame from the locomotive frame; but that's a lot harder than disconnecting the coil.