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Hahahaha! Ahhhh yes sinsai. You are a very wise teacher. Grasshopper has seen the light. It's apart. I took it slow and careful. I have three parts now: The running gear. The motor. The brass shell. Oh wise one you were correct. A couple of screws and it was apart. It does bring another question. The lights! How the heck do you get to those? There is a lead weight in the nose and then a heat shield looking part of the shell that's all one piece. The nose has to come off somehow but I'll save that for another night. Back to the guts of the stuff. The motor and running gear. Motor is working. The wiring is hashed. I will rewire the whole thing tomorrow. That was the problem. It's not as smooth as I would like either. My dad was always impressed with how slow and smooth a loco could start from a stop with no added weight or cars. This is not the case. This loco sort of "jump" starts. I'll totally clean and maybe rebuild the motor, relube all the running gear and see how it works then. Everything seems to working fine now except one of the lights. That's ok since I have a constant kit coming from Richmond Controls. That will be fixed soon also. Weird thing also. The loco get's it's power from the tender!?!?!!? Is this a common thing? Never heard of that one. Could explain why the engine didn't run so well without the tender attached. HAHAHAHAHA! Ugh.[|)] Anyone know of a place I can get replacement brushes for the KTM motor? 5150
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