Well done Simon. Yours is the first video I have seen in years showing exactly how to strip down a Farish diesel chassis to replace the motor. Brilliant visual tutorial. 11/10.
super Vidio Simon! Thanks to your lead re 'Headset Magnifyer', suddenly soldering all the link, frog and dropper wires to a big box of N electrofog just got a whole lot easer! Excellent.🙂👍
You must be so relieved to see this lil beauty running again. I do like the way Farish have made their locos, so easy to work on, but they are a learning curve to be mastered.
Yes so good to have my 1st ever loco running again! I agree about the way thy are made, I was terrified I wouldn't get it back together, it was only because it was completely dead that I decided to do it, but it was quite straightforward in the end 🚂
Mine has gone the same. A green second hand class 24 which I have ran a fair bit so not surprised it’s eventually failed. Motor went S/C like yours and blew a component on the decoder pcb. The main pcb looks ok as I’ve had a meter on the diodes, resistors, capacitors etc. I might as well have a go at repairing it as my job was in electronics and giving it a service. I also have a 24/1 red which is still running. What I didn’t realise is the wires that go to the light contacts come off as one thing. So your video has come in very handy. The layout has moved on from when I first watched your video back in January, and I liked it for future reference. 👍
Hi Simon, Ive recently started building a new gauge layout on a 1.5 x .75 M base. I’ve had a good start because I picked some great stuff of the brother in law ie loco with carriages, rolling stock, flexible track, EZ controller points, wire, fishplates etc to get going and have built 2 loops with turnouts and fitted point motors. I have the class 24 loco with no lights. The one with red on its side. Tonight I had my first stutter and found the wheel’s needed a slight clean. Your video will come in handy at a later stage. Thanks.
Good video. Good point about doing things over a table. I dismantled my DC Battle of Brittain class loco and the motor came apart and fell on the floor and I lost one of the brushes. 🤦♀️ Lesson learnt the hard way sadly. Monique from Brisbane
Great job with the Class 24, so pleased you got it running again. Couple of useful tips, when working on locos I use a microfibre cloth to rest my loco on and work over so if any screws fall out the cloth catches them. If a loco dies always worth chucking a blanking plate back in to see if will still run on dc, if it did then you could put it down to a faulty decoder. the last tip is I have a decoder tester which I mainly got so I know a chip works properly before installation, especially if hard wiring a loco. Hope this helps and looking forward to seeing your Deltic video. All the best Tony.
I'll have a search for decoder testers...didn't know they existed 😅 Good tip on the cloth, so many tiny screws that could bounce away never to be seen again. Yeah I won't be making the mistake of just sticking a new expensive DCC chip in without checking DC first...costly mistake! 👍
Hi Simon - you can disassemble the actual bogies to easily clean them. Good to see how to take the rest of the loco apart. Mark at Piddle in the Marsh had done a video for you re the bogies. Cheers Euan
Great video Simon! The more I watch videos like this the more confidence it gives me to open up and service my own locos one day! Great to see you got the 24 running again! All the best, Ian.
Fabulous video Simon just what I needed. It’s definitely given me the confidence to service my own C 24. Very much looking forward to more of these n gauge loco services. Thank you
Hi Simon, great video, nicely explained and easy to understand, I have a loco that I bought from eBay when i first started which has never worked a Graham Farish Warship. I’ve been thinking about taking it apart and having a go so your timing is excellent! Cheers for now, John
I would now keep your eyes peeled for an identical loco on ebay etc that is Spares or Repair on the cheap. You can use your parts to fix it up and maybe do it in a different livery and have another train at minimum cost. So all is not lost having the extra parts...
Nice to see this on an N scale locomotive it certainly appeared well constructed. I'm interested to see you tackle some of your other stock when you get around to it.
Brilliant thank you Simon for such an educational video especially for us “newbies” who know nowt. Can you please video all your servicing on each of your different locomotives? Charlie Bishop uses an old white towel when he is stripping down a loco so that the screws etc cannot bounce onto the floor, what are your thoughts on this or would the towel introduce more unwanted matter into the loco?
Very useful video Simon. Demystified this subject well. What about the NEM couplings - do they still droop or have you fixed that? Thanks so much for this!
Thanks for watching Dave. Turns out I had put those coupling in upside down so its fine now! The couplings have a slight curve on 1 side which should face the ground.
That reminds me. I really must investigate why my EMD E8 stopped dead and refused to start again. Do you have the emergency stop button on the Z21set to 'power off' or just 'stop'? I have mine set to power off. Some people have reported problems with the Z21 firmware upgrade. Have you had any issues with it?
Not had any issues with the latest firmware thankfully. I have mine set to to power off too so it cuts out the power and stops any short circuits as soon as possible 👍
Well done Simon. Yours is the first video I have seen in years showing exactly how to strip down a Farish diesel chassis to replace the motor. Brilliant visual tutorial. 11/10.
super Vidio Simon! Thanks to your lead re 'Headset Magnifyer', suddenly soldering all the link, frog and dropper wires to a big box of N electrofog just got a whole lot easer! Excellent.🙂👍
Really helpful video Simon! That looked very fiddly work, glad you got it running again!
Andrew🙂
Great video, thank you
You must be so relieved to see this lil beauty running again. I do like the way Farish have made their locos, so easy to work on, but they are a learning curve to be mastered.
Yes so good to have my 1st ever loco running again! I agree about the way thy are made, I was terrified I wouldn't get it back together, it was only because it was completely dead that I decided to do it, but it was quite straightforward in the end 🚂
Mine has gone the same. A green second hand class 24 which I have ran a fair bit so not surprised it’s eventually failed. Motor went S/C like yours and blew a component on the decoder pcb. The main pcb looks ok as I’ve had a meter on the diodes, resistors, capacitors etc. I might as well have a go at repairing it as my job was in electronics and giving it a service. I also have a 24/1 red which is still running. What I didn’t realise is the wires that go to the light contacts come off as one thing. So your video has come in very handy. The layout has moved on from when I first watched your video back in January, and I liked it for future reference. 👍
love these servicing vids.
Simon. Thank you, An excellent and very useful video. Pete
Glad it was useful, thanks for watching 👍
This was also my first n-gauge loco, and I probably got it at around the same time!
Hi Simon, Ive recently started building a new gauge layout on a 1.5 x .75 M base. I’ve had a good start because I picked some great stuff of the brother in law ie loco with carriages, rolling stock, flexible track, EZ controller points, wire, fishplates etc to get going and have built 2 loops with turnouts and fitted point motors. I have the class 24 loco with no lights. The one with red on its side. Tonight I had my first stutter and found the wheel’s needed a slight clean. Your video will come in handy at a later stage. Thanks.
Very interesting Simon. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it 👍
Hi Simon, relatively new to model railways and would like to thank you for taking the time to make these videos, much appreciated, regards Joe
Good video.
Good point about doing things over a table.
I dismantled my DC Battle of Brittain class loco and the motor came apart and fell on the floor and I lost one of the brushes. 🤦♀️
Lesson learnt the hard way sadly.
Monique from Brisbane
Great vid! 👍👍👍
Thanks 🚂
Great job with the Class 24, so pleased you got it running again. Couple of useful tips, when working on locos I use a microfibre cloth to rest my loco on and work over so if any screws fall out the cloth catches them. If a loco dies always worth chucking a blanking plate back in to see if will still run on dc, if it did then you could put it down to a faulty decoder. the last tip is I have a decoder tester which I mainly got so I know a chip works properly before installation, especially if hard wiring a loco. Hope this helps and looking forward to seeing your Deltic video. All the best Tony.
I'll have a search for decoder testers...didn't know they existed 😅 Good tip on the cloth, so many tiny screws that could bounce away never to be seen again. Yeah I won't be making the mistake of just sticking a new expensive DCC chip in without checking DC first...costly mistake! 👍
Hi Simon - you can disassemble the actual bogies to easily clean them. Good to see how to take the rest of the loco apart. Mark at Piddle in the Marsh had done a video for you re the bogies. Cheers Euan
Thanks, just watched it...didn't know they came apart, should make it easier next time👍
Great subject and very practical tips- look forward to the rest in the series.
Great job Simon!! Well done! Cheers Onno.
Thank you! Cheers!
Great video Simon! The more I watch videos like this the more confidence it gives me to open up and service my own locos one day! Great to see you got the 24 running again! All the best, Ian.
Another great video. Wondered if you could do a quick one on backing up loco rosters on z21 (white). Assuming it can be done. Thanks. Doug.
Fabulous video Simon just what I needed. It’s definitely given me the confidence to service my own C 24. Very much looking forward to more of these n gauge loco services. Thank you
Glad it helped, will do more of these in the future 🚂
good vid thanks lee
Glad you enjoyed it
Hi Simon, great video, nicely explained and easy to understand, I have a loco that I bought from eBay when i first started which has never worked a Graham Farish Warship. I’ve been thinking about taking it apart and having a go so your timing is excellent!
Cheers for now, John
I would now keep your eyes peeled for an identical loco on ebay etc that is Spares or Repair on the cheap. You can use your parts to fix it up and maybe do it in a different livery and have another train at minimum cost. So all is not lost having the extra parts...
Good idea, would be good to have a cheap way of changing the livery 🚂
Nice to see this on an N scale locomotive it certainly appeared well constructed. I'm interested to see you tackle some of your other stock when you get around to it.
Thanks, will do more of these in the future 👍
Brilliant thank you Simon for such an educational video especially for us “newbies” who know nowt. Can you please video all your servicing on each of your different locomotives? Charlie Bishop uses an old white towel when he is stripping down a loco so that the screws etc cannot bounce onto the floor, what are your thoughts on this or would the towel introduce more unwanted matter into the loco?
Thanks for watching, glad you found it useful. Should be fine with an old towel as long as you don't transfer any fluff on to the gears 👍
More please. Where did you get the headset?
Yep, will be doing more of these. The headset was from Amazon - www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01GTF06PS
Very useful video Simon. Demystified this subject well. What about the NEM couplings - do they still droop or have you fixed that? Thanks so much for this!
Thanks for watching Dave. Turns out I had put those coupling in upside down so its fine now! The couplings have a slight curve on 1 side which should face the ground.
That reminds me. I really must investigate why my EMD E8 stopped dead and refused to start again.
Do you have the emergency stop button on the Z21set to 'power off' or just 'stop'? I have mine set to power off.
Some people have reported problems with the Z21 firmware upgrade. Have you had any issues with it?
Not had any issues with the latest firmware thankfully. I have mine set to to power off too so it cuts out the power and stops any short circuits as soon as possible 👍
I know that this is off subject Simon - but would you mind informing me what is the size of your shed?
No problem, its 12 x 6 feet.
Thanks Simon - it’s your fantastic videos that have got me interested in model railways and n gauge.
Thanks again!
Colin
Bet you cursed when the new chip blew. Done it myself so I know how vexing it is. Frank