Bill Stone
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Phillip,
This may be too late to be of any help, but thought I'd throw it out there.....
By accident, while looking for old articles on turnout construction, I ran across this.....
November, 1955, Model Railroader, page 32: "Repairing Shorted Drivers," by John Page, with the subtitle, "That common engine demon, the shorted driver, is a cinch to fix if you use the technique shown here. In one hour you'll have your engine back in service."
In a nutshell, Page explains a method of finding the exact location of the short (using your power supply!!!) and then suggests drilling out the insulation, cleaning it up with a jeweler's saw blade, and then filling the space with thick shellac or model cement. It sounds too easy to be effective, but Page says he once removed fully a sixth of the insulation on one driver (before finally eliminating the short) patched it with the shellac, and had been running the locomotive for years since without problems.
If you (and/or others) haven't access to the Nov '55 MRR, and want to see the article, I'll be happy to snailmail you a photocopy. Send me your mailing address in a message or via email.
BillS
This may be too late to be of any help, but thought I'd throw it out there.....
By accident, while looking for old articles on turnout construction, I ran across this.....
November, 1955, Model Railroader, page 32: "Repairing Shorted Drivers," by John Page, with the subtitle, "That common engine demon, the shorted driver, is a cinch to fix if you use the technique shown here. In one hour you'll have your engine back in service."
In a nutshell, Page explains a method of finding the exact location of the short (using your power supply!!!) and then suggests drilling out the insulation, cleaning it up with a jeweler's saw blade, and then filling the space with thick shellac or model cement. It sounds too easy to be effective, but Page says he once removed fully a sixth of the insulation on one driver (before finally eliminating the short) patched it with the shellac, and had been running the locomotive for years since without problems.
If you (and/or others) haven't access to the Nov '55 MRR, and want to see the article, I'll be happy to snailmail you a photocopy. Send me your mailing address in a message or via email.
BillS