YES !!!
While I've been using more of a liquid form of the stuff, I've been doing the same since the early '70's
Man, does the method work well!
What proved it to me was a very long shelved 0-4-2t Athearn steamer bought at a swap meet that has a zamak electrical path. With no other changes to the electrical path, the original mechanism runs like a dream using a similar electronic liquid on the bare zamak. Before it would only run for a 1/4 turn of the driver.
It made me a believer.
Best to ya...
Mike Bauers
Milwaukee, Wi, USA
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On Jun 6, 2013, at 5:50 AM, "jjleeds40" <jjleeds@...> wrote:
I agree, it is probably the tender trucks. I reworked a Mantua goat that I assembled 30 yrs. ago. Put in a can motor, flywheel NWSL idler gear box & a decoder....Wouldn't run worth a darn. After sitting on the shelf for a couple of years I discovered a conductive grease ( NO-OX-ID A SPECIAL from Sanchem Inc. Disassembled the trucks, polished them, put a SMALL dab of grease on axle ends & all contact points. It ran like a dream & still does after over a year. You can also use this product on the tracks...."A little Dab Will Do Ya"
I got the 2 oz. tub that will last me 3 or 4 lifetimes.
--- In yardbirdtrains@..., Nathan Rich <thaddeusthudpucker@...> wrote:
As long as you can completely isolate the motor from the frame (use a nylon
screw and some electrical tape) and can sort out the left rail/right rail
thing, you should be able to.
Nathan Rich
On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 2:26 PM, cwvpost1 <pgkdave@...> wrote:
I just acquired a Limited Edition Mantua Classic 4-4-2 Atlantic that was
still New In the Box. It is over 20 Years Old. When I tried to Run it on
a test track, it ran erratic starting and stopping and shorting out.
Does anyone have any ideas as to what would be causing the problem and any
suggestion on how to fix it?
Also is there anyway to upgrade this engine to DCC?
