P2K 2-8-8-2

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Folks,

As I did these conversions a while back there is a mistake on item #1 it is 
the bottom of the drawbar!!

thanks for the time!

Mike

>From: nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org
>Reply-To: "N&amp;W Modeling List" <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>
>To: nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org
>Subject: Re: P2K 2-8-8-2
>Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 19:44:09 +0000
>
>Dave here are some tips to help things out!!
>
>First insulate the rear drawbar with electrical tape or such on top of the 
>drawbar. The trailing truck axles will rub against the drawbar and cause a 
>quick short when running. The slight uneveness of your track and curves 
>will bring this out.
>
>Second is your locomotive set up to the correct speed steps to what your 
>system is set for!??
>
>Thirdly, use some Wahl clipper oil to clean up the Drivers and contact 
>wheels. Use a drop on each rail and hold the loco and spin the wheels a 
>bit.
>
>Lastly you may of lost good pickup in the locomotive, I have wired a 
>Bachmann Aux tender in parallel with the regular tender to make good 
>contact. Make sure you use a meter to make sure things are in parallel. I 
>have found that all of my Life Like y3's need this treatment after running 
>hard on the layout.
>
>With these fixes I have My 4 Class A's running (a bit wild) and 23 y3's 
>quite nicely.
>
>ANy questions or observations e mail me at nwpoca at hotmail.com
>.
>Mike Ritschdorff and crew
>
>>From: nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org
>>Reply-To: "N&amp;W Modeling List" <nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org>
>>To: nw-modeling-list at nwhs.org
>>Subject: Re: P2K 2-8-8-2
>>Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2005 17:13:12 GMT
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>I don't want to change the suject but it is interesting that the BLI 
>>running troubles were mentioned in the discussion about the whistle on the 
>>Y.  I'm curious as to how many modelers have had or are having problems 
>>with the A.  I recently purchased one after saving my railroad's "capital 
>>dollars" for investments and improvements.  It's the most expensive loco 
>>in my fleet.  With all the accolades about the unit and having seen a few 
>>run at train shows I was anticipating a good running and sounding loco.  
>>After operating it for a few hours (total time)it now "jerks" when running 
>>forward on straight and curved track.  It worked fine right out of the 
>>box.  This is especially noticable when moving at slow speeds but is still 
>>present at all speeds.  I checked for binding but did not notice any thing 
>>obvious.  I went through the process of resetting the factory default 
>>values with no help.  I also made sure that track and wheels of the loco 
>>were clean.  By the way I'm operating on
>>  a Lenz DCC system.  I did send BLI an email about a week ago with a 
>>discription of the problem but have not received a reply as of yet.  Any 
>>ideas or helps from list members?  I'm more than willing to give them a 
>>try.
>>
>>
>>Dave Moorehead
>>Milford  Ohio
>>
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