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There's a few tricks you can use on older locos - firstly, give the commutator a polish with some very fine glasspaper (I use a Peco track cleaning block but it's tricky to get it into some motors), this will help a lot. Next, oil the bearings and put a small amount of grease on the gears. The trick to getting a "pancake" drive to behave well is to enable it to spin very freely so oiling both motor bearings, the axle bearings, and putting a tiny amount of oil on the gearing will get it spinning freely. Hope this is of use!
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