andydoo Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 I have come across some spare parts for oo scale locos but cannot identify them.There are ringfield motors and spares plus pantographs and wheel connecting rods etc.There seems to be no part numbers on anything!Is there someone out there who could help?thank you in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Spare Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 Probably, if you can post photographs of them.Mod. Edit: images were held in approval queue. Now visible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Spare Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 All the motors/drive units are of Lima manufacture (pics 1, 3, 4, 5, 8) as are the armature/commutator assemblies (2) and the wagon bogie (6), which probably means all the items except the coupling rods came from the same source. Without dimensions, I would guess that the 4-wheel drive unit came from a class 26/27, 33 or Warship diesel while the 6-wheel unit is from a class 52. If you can give dimensions between the crankpin positions, it may be possible to identify their loco. The pantographs may be from continental models. I have not yet identified the mouldings in pic 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Spare Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 Again unable to edit above post: the coupling rods are Hornby and the request for crankpin spacing dimensions also relates to the coupling rods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RB51 Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 Thanks for your input to this query GS.Are you getting any error report when you try to edit your posts?R- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinB Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 It it is the same as me the Edit just does not work. I think it brings up another pop up, nothing to do with this webpage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Spare Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 @ Roger BNone that I have noticed - just nothing happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissaf Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 Have you tried my suggestion that I have made several times in previous replies to your issue. Which is to refresh the browser page and click the 'edit' button again. I regularly get no response from clicking the 'edit' button, but I also consistently find it works after a browser page refresh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rana Temporia Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 The twin single pantos are off a Lima or Jouef French CC 40100 or a German (sorry, canβt remember the class) quad voltage loco. I think they are Lima like most of the other bits as mentioned above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Spare Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 I have closed down the Hornby site and then opened it again, but that seems to make no difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 @ GSThere is an issue with posting.Only one post then no more allowed for 5 minutes.Therefore, if you try to edit a post within 5 minutes of posting it, the edit does not post, even though you can do the editing...There is a notification, but this is at the top of the screen, and very easy to miss.Only 1 post every 5 minutes is allowed. Please try again later.The only way to edit a post is to wait 5 minutes before editing.Apparently this is a known feature...ο»Ώwinkο»Ώ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Spare Posted June 20, 2021 Share Posted June 20, 2021 That is not quite what happens to me. I have tried waiting 5 minutes after the original post but the edit is still sometimes blocked. On occasion, I have been able to edit immediately after posting. When the problem occurs, I click on the edit function but nothing happens. The edit screen does not appear for me to make the edit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andydoo Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share Posted June 20, 2021 All the motors/drive units are of Lima manufacture..................Β Β Thank you so much GoingSpare for your help, the four wheel measurement from center axle to center axle is 33mm, the six wheel is 23mm between each center axle, the coupling rods are 64mm between each pin.Would you mind if I put up some more pics of different bits?Thank you once again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Going Spare Posted June 21, 2021 Share Posted June 21, 2021 In view of the dimensions you have given, and reviewing Lima service sheets, I think my original thoughts about the drive units were incorrect. As the pantographs have been confirmed to be from European models, it may be that the drive units also came from such models but if they are from UK prototypes, the 4-wheel unit is probably more likely to have come from a DMU, HST, railcar or class 73, and the 6-wheel unit from a class 50 or 55 as they appear to have the smaller of the two diameter wheels used on drive units (approx. 12 mm against 14mm). I have not yet identified a possible loco for the coupling rods.By all means try us with more photographs......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andydoo Posted June 24, 2021 Author Share Posted June 24, 2021 @Going SpareThank you so much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 I would say these are mainly Lima.I donβt think any are Hornby British outline parts.Photo 5 from the top is from a Diesel or Electric loco non powered bogie.It is the pick up from the axles to the bogie pivot pin, which goes through the central hole.The contacts also act as spring loading to the axles.The wheelsets have one wheel live to the axle. Both live wheels have to be on the same side. That is the opposite side to the motor bogie driven wheels without traction tyres...Photo 7 looks to be a gear wheel retainer from a Ringfield type motor. Not a Hornby one I feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ73 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 I don't know if this photo helps - but this is what is inside my Lima B. R. Blue Plymouth Switcher...ππππ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rana Temporia Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 They are Lima, I have many of the same bits as the second set of photos that I bought in a big bag from a swap meet marked Lima. I donβt know what the black plastic parts are. The pantographs are a good find, they are the bits that get broken and are difficult to get hold of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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