Big hauler Qust?????

[scooby1]

I got this old big hauler from and old friend,when i was 17.Well now i'm 28 and its been in the dead line for years now.when my son was 3 he broke the the R/C controler.Now 6 year later I'm ready to rewire it but to run off of track power I tryed to make pick ups they work but not well,if anyone has done is covertion please let me how cuz i really like that one ane would like to see it run again.

[Curmudgeon]

Six volt motor.
Gears that won't hold up.
Plastic drivers, lead trucks, and tender wheels so kinda hard to make it work.

Bottom line, replace the entire chassis with a later one that will handle to track voltage and pickups.

Anything you do to this one is thowing money and effort down a rat hole.

You'd have to find a 12-18V motor to fit.

Change the gears.

Find all new metal drivers and lead truck wheels with axles/bearings that will fit.

Oh, wait, all those parts came off the one you could have just swapped the chassis out with.

Seriously.

[tangerine-jack]

I agree with Curmudgeon, by the time you spend the money and effort to convert the one you've got to track power, you could have just bought another one anyway. Save what you have for a future kit-bash, but go shopping for a newer loco.

[devils]

I converted one to track power by putting metal wheels on the tender years ago and using the 7.2 nicad battery pack lead from the loco to take the power from the tender. Still works 10 years later just have to remember not to give it too many volts!
Piece of copper circuit board screwed to the bottom of each truck and brass wire pickups soldered to it rubbing on the back of the wheel.

[scooby1]

QUOTE: Originally posted by devils

I converted one to track power by putting metal wheels on the tender years ago and using the 7.2 nicad battery pack lead from the loco to take the power from the tender. Still works 10 years later just have to remember not to give it too many volts!
Piece of copper circuit board screwed to the bottom of each truck and brass wire pickups soldered to it rubbing on the back of the wheel.

I



was kinda thinking of just getting a metel wheel set and just make up brass pick ups

[devils]

I'd say you need at least 2 axles picking up power or it'll stall on any switch or twist in the track if either wheel loses contact. My solution was just a cheapy very low tech solution which you could also do using bachmanns metal coach wheels. Same still stands for the motor though, don't give it too many volts, clever electrical people might be able to tell you how to uses resistors to limit the voltage.
[:D]

[scooby1]

ok thx