This LGB switcher came in a small collection I bought and it was setup for battery with a trailing car. I am returning it to track power. The wheels are now picking up track power but I want to add the sliders back. There seems to be something missing that keeps the sliders from falling out and transfers the power to the bus bars.
This is a 22630. Any ideas? I can’t seem to find a photo of one with the motor block opened.
I have that engine and I removed the sliders and the brass contract strips and added RailPro and battery power. I can’t remember what holds the sliders in, but it seems like they just fall out when removing the bottom plate, or something like that. Here is the LGB parts diagram, hope it shows you something to look for. https://www.onlytrains.com/manuals/20630-1.pdf
I figured it out. I pulled the motor block assembly from the frame and noticed a little slot above the mount for the pickup shoe. I looked in my parts box and found a slim copper piece that fit in through the slot in the shoe and made contact with the motor pins. Success!
This thing is like a brick. I bet it pulls well.
At first I was thinking to paint it into the Mass Coastal scheme, then I thought about the other RR that runs on my layout, the Bay Colony and now I’m leaning towards the maroon Boston and Maine.
Sounds like you found it, I’m fixing to take my LGB F7 and remove all the pickups and add RailPro with battery power. One thing with RailPro is the engine will creep along so slow, a big different between battery RailPro and track power. Our club members tracks are 75% battery power as track power is slowly going away, just one less thing to deal with on an outside layout.
Thanks for the link to the schematic John. I found the original manual on Train Li but not the break down drawings. It looks like there was a little piece that slid in the slot from the inside and secured the sliders from falling out while conducing power. I did it from the outside and it works so that is okay by me.
It would be a dream to convert to RailPro but given the amount of engines I have the cost would be crazy. I do have 3 battery engines with Revo control and it is convenient to grab one and run it when the track is less then clean but the battery needs to be charged up. I like the ability to grab anything off the shelf, place it on the track and off it goes, even engines that have sat for months/years can do this if they are track powered.
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