My blue monorail had been running a lot slower than my red one. I decided it was a time for me to find out why. I took it apart and cleaned everything with rubbing alcohol. I cleaned the gears and even took out the brushes and cleaned them. When I put it back together It would hardly move at all. I started to panic. I was thinking I would have to send it to Doug Burwell and admit that he was the expert. I have cleaned a lot of model trains that way. After hours of trying to run it I realized that I had dried out everything and had not lubricated anything. One drop of WD40 to the shaft where the brushes ride and it ran as fast as my red one. Sorry Doug, maybe next time.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
TUNE-UP DAY
My blue monorail had been running a lot slower than my red one. I decided it was a time for me to find out why. I took it apart and cleaned everything with rubbing alcohol. I cleaned the gears and even took out the brushes and cleaned them. When I put it back together It would hardly move at all. I started to panic. I was thinking I would have to send it to Doug Burwell and admit that he was the expert. I have cleaned a lot of model trains that way. After hours of trying to run it I realized that I had dried out everything and had not lubricated anything. One drop of WD40 to the shaft where the brushes ride and it ran as fast as my red one. Sorry Doug, maybe next time.
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