Windsor Castle DCC Fitted from China

[Forcryingoutoud]

Hope someone can help here....

 

I bought a Hornby loco and from the start it would not allow me to reprogram the address '3' so decided I would have to look at it in the not to distant future....Well future is here and now it won't even run.

Chip problem methinks. So I removed the chip and decided to check the motor on DC. Motor runs but not fast ( Ringfield) Loco Drive. In fact it runs rather slow.

So I removed the motor and dissambled it...What did I find? A part of the armature had 'come off' and stuck itself to the windings...The green stuff holding the windings in. Now I wonder is this causing the motor to run slow? And how/why did it happen in the first place.....Not even a 5 pole motor just a 3.....

The Windsor Castle loco was from  a set....

Any ideas or would pics help?

 

Thanks in advance

 

Paul

[walkingthedog]

I didn't think Hornby Ringfield Castles came DCC fitted.

[Forcryingoutoud]

 from what you are writing i think the magnets on your ringfield have degraded, you may have to replace them ,

first off give the commutator a good clean and undercut the commutator ,a craft knife will do this (but you will be informed of at least another five devices that will do it), re-assemble the motor and test ,

source some magnets from somewhere like peters spares ,

why ?  magnets degrade with time ,there is vidieos on you tube how to "re-charge a magnet"

there are lots of dcc fitted locos with this problem , the source of your loco is a well known stream of them .

better to save the pennies and buy modern stock ?

have fun

 Thanks for the reply. Didn't realise that magnets could degrade. I have a 40 year old Castle tender drive running brilliantly.

I would have thought that the DCC Fitted Castle from China WAS a modern one. I did not expect a Ringfield motor. Maybe it was an Airfix moulding etc in the guise of Hornby. 

Thanks for the input.

 

Paul

 

[walkingthedog]

I take it back it's from the GWR Western Pullman set. They used an older model in the set. It is DCC fitted. 

 

Not or sure the magnets are the problem, probably just needs a thorough clean and service.