https://blog.model-train-help.com/2011/03/50-year-old-lionel-diesel-locomotives.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=50-year-old-lionel-diesel-locomotives Model railroads and model trains Mon, 19 Nov 2012 05:47:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://blog.model-train-help.com/2011/03/50-year-old-lionel-diesel-locomotives.html#comment-1022 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:21:30 +0000 http://68.171.208.138/~blogmode/2011/03/50-year-old-lionel-diesel-locomotives.html#comment-1022 I know i’m late responding, but I was busy restoring my 48 year old American Flyer. It needed basic dimanteling & complete cleaning. Electric contact cleaner on transformer parts, engine contact points, fine emery paper where needed (wheels especially), and a good track cleaning after soaking the rust off in vinegar solution. The gears were “rock solid frozen”. I shot a lot of cleaner into the area several times & watched the blackish goo flow out of the affected areas. A little light lubricant, reassembly & it’s working like a charm, just like it did so many years ago.
Hope it works for you.

]]> https://blog.model-train-help.com/2011/03/50-year-old-lionel-diesel-locomotives.html#comment-1015 Sat, 19 Mar 2011 04:02:23 +0000 http://68.171.208.138/~blogmode/2011/03/50-year-old-lionel-diesel-locomotives.html#comment-1015 A good clean and lube would be the best place to start and eliminate possible issues…congealed lubricants, corrosion, stray long departed animal parts, etc…

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