REPOWERING A RIVAROSSI E8 LOCO

[Anonymous]

I HAVE A RIVAROSSI E8 DIESEL WHICH I HAVE BOUGHT BACK IN THE LATE 80'S AND WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE THE MOTOR IN IT BUT CAN NOT FIND A MOTOR THAT WILL FIT THE UP RIGHT MOTOR WHICH CAME WITH THE LOCO, THE MOTOR THAT CAME WITH IT IS A THREE POLE MOTOR AND I USE DCC. ANY HELP, JOHNNHY

[Anonymous]

First of all, welcome to the forum! I'm guessing the E8 has the type of motor known as a "Pancake" drive - is it mounted transversely across one truck, with a gear train down one side and the brushes on the other? Your best chance to replace these would be a complete mechanism - it's tricky to replace the motor on these as it's moulded integrally. You may find that you could give the existing mechanism a good clean, fit a DCC decoder with BEMF (Back-EMF - this reads back motor current to give smoother running, they're very effective on 3-pole motors) and have a decent runner. Good luck!

[nedthomas]

Look into a Hobbytown power chassis sold by Bear Locomotive. www.bearlocomo.zoovy.com Site was not working today??? This is a new frame and two 3 axle trucks with side frames and one motor driving both trucks. Great runners and pullers if built correctly. May be more work than you are looking for.

[AntonioFP45]

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Hello Johnny and Welcome Aboard.

I have a 1980s Rivorossi E8 also. I'm checking out the repowering option as well. The Bear Locomotive "repower" chassis for E units seems like the best way to go. They range in price from $40 to $85. The $60 option is the one I'll probably go with. I decided to keep my Rivorossi E8 for sentimental reasons since it was given to me by a friend 20 years ago.

Something to consider, however, is that on Ebay and discount web stores you can often buy brand new Proto 2000 E units from the $40 to $80 range as well, which, IMHO, is a better bargain. At a train show I purchased an E7 for $39 brand new.

So do your homework. Let us know what you decide to do.

Peace, Cheers and High Greens.

[Anonymous]

JUST A NOTE TO SAY THANKYOU ALL WITH YOUR TIME ON HELPING ME AND LETTING BE PART OF THIS FORUM, MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL, JOHNNY

[dave9999]

Johnny,
I have to agree with what Antonio has said about a new P2K E unit. I just bought
a brand new E7 at the hobby shop for $45. These can be found all over the internet.

The P2K E's with DCC and sound can be found for around $100- $150. Good luck, Dave

Oh yeah, Welcome aboard...

[modelmaker51]

QUOTE: JOHNNY A. ROBERTSON Posted: 25 Sep 2005, 13:32:46
I HAVE A RIVAROSSI E8 DIESEL WHICH I HAVE BOUGHT BACK IN THE LATE 80'S AND WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE THE MOTOR IN IT BUT CAN NOT FIND A MOTOR THAT WILL FIT THE UP RIGHT MOTOR WHICH CAME WITH THE LOCO, THE MOTOR THAT CAME WITH IT IS A THREE POLE MOTOR AND I USE DCC. ANY HELP, JOHNNHY
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