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SCOUT LOCO
By: mrnavy2 Date: December 8, 2014, 2:20 pm
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Hey all, I am trying to do some maintenance on my Scout. I want
to lube it and oil it. So my questions are these:
1. How do u remove the shell? I found the 2 front scews, but I
cannot locate the rear screws, if any.
2. What needs to be cleaned and oil, and what shall I used.
This is my first time opening a train and doing my own
maintenance.
Thanks Steve.
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Re: SCOUT LOCO
By: TrainLarry Date: December 8, 2014, 6:50 pm
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To everyone posting here:
When posting, please reference the locomotive, car, or accessory
number, and approximate age of the unit you are talking about.
Many units have been remade over the years and are manufactured
differently now than in the past.
If you are talking about a postwar Scout locomotive, it depends
on which one you have. If yours has a plastic MOTOR unit, then
maintenance is limited to cleaning the wheels and pickup shoes
or rollers, and oiling the axle bearings.
Dis-assembling, servicing, and reassembling these plastic
motors, and getting them to work properly, have made seasoned
technicians cry. Definitely NOT the first locomotive you want to
learn how to do a full teardown service on.
Special tools are needed to reassemble these motors, as all the
wheels have to be pulled off, replaced and quartered properly.
The Scout locomotives with these motors are in the 1000 and 1100
series cab numbers and can be identified by a fiber reverse unit
lever protruding out the top of the boiler shell, as opposed to
a chrome metal one.
There is a pin that is pressed in the side at the back end of
the cab that needs to be punched out properly to get the cab off
these locomotives.
Servicing equipment is fun and rewarding; however there are a
few items, these Scout locomotives included, that even the
professionals turn away.
These locomotives were just not designed to be serviced easily,
as they were low-end, starter set locomotives. The motor design
was never re-used because of the maintenance problems they had.
What is the cab number and approximate age of your Scout
locomotive?
Larry
#Post#: 832--------------------------------------------------
Re: SCOUT LOCO
By: mrnavy2 Date: December 8, 2014, 6:56 pm
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Thanks Larry. Your help is good. I should have put the train
number out there. My error, but the it is a post war and number
1110.
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Re: SCOUT LOCO
By: TrainLarry Date: December 8, 2014, 7:57 pm
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Thanks for the update.
Your locomotive is one of "them".
Lubricate the axle bearings and gears and run the locomotive for
your enjoyment.
Here is the service manual pages for your locomotive.
(HTM) http://pictures.olsenstoy.com/1110.htm
(HTM) http://pictures.olsenstoy.com/1110.htm
Study it and see what the insides of the motor look like.
Remember, all the wheels have to come off to open the case to
service the motor. Then you have to put the wheels back on
straight, and quartered properly, or the rods will bind.
Been there, done that, as they say.
Larry
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Re: SCOUT LOCO
By: mrnavy2 Date: December 9, 2014, 5:41 am
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Thank you Sir.
#Post#: 855--------------------------------------------------
Re: SCOUT LOCO
By: mrnavy2 Date: December 13, 2014, 1:25 pm
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Larry, what's a good lubricant and oil from OTC, likes Lowe's or
home depot. Thanks again. Steve
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Re: SCOUT LOCO
By: djacobsen Date: December 13, 2014, 2:09 pm
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Steve,
many folks have had very good results with Mobil 1 Synthetic
Motor oil.
(I've been told it's comparable to Labelle, but at a fraction
the price)
As long as the lubricant is plastic compatible, it can be used.
Also I have also been told that a small amount (a dab) of white
lithium grease can be used
to lubricate the gears.
Happy Rails!
Dave
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Re: SCOUT LOCO
By: mrnavy2 Date: December 13, 2014, 2:12 pm
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Thanks Dave.
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