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<p>[quote user="fmilhaupt"]After about ten years of running a pair of P1K RS2s pretty regularly, we finally declared them worn out a few weeks ago. Over that decade, we've replaced several axles with cracked gears and lubed various the gears and bearings repeatedly (though probably not as often as it turns out that we should have). They've gradually begun drawing more current than we'd like, so we started looking for replacements. For as much as we use them (about twice each operating "day"), they have required more attention than our other power, which has Athearn Genesis and Kato mechanisms. I prefer the Kato RS2's mechanism, but the shell's too-high radiator fan sticks out badly to me, to the point that I find it distracting. My past attempts to slice off the top of the fan, file down the base, then glue the top back on, have not been very satisfactory. Plus, I have too many other projects on the workbench to want to take on painting a pair of shells, when I have a perfectly good pair of P1K shells already in the right scheme (Monon). The solution I've come up with is to buy a couple of used Kato RS2s (I got a pair for under $100, total, at the show at W. Springfield this year), and grind down the ends of the frames so that they will fit beneath the P1K shells. The only real obstacle, so far, is that the Kato frame doesn't clear the coupler mounting on the P1K shell. Tonight I meet with a friend who has volunteered to do the milling, and will hand off the frames. Once the shell clears the coupler mounting, I'll look at the overall height and see whether any other frame work is necessary.[/quote]</p> <p>It sounds like you are going about this the hard way... Why not try to discover the cause of the increased current draw and replace those parts?  Im thinking your motor brushes might be worn down?   10 years sounds rather fast for a locomotive to wear out. </p>
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