Henry,I live in another state so I'm not to concerned about it,unfortunately other than the mantuas,rivarossi 0-8-0 and 0-6-0 or something all I have is mechanism(3 drivers) and motor all the others have bad motors one started smoking when I tested it,have some cheap can motors I can use to re-motor them,I knew it was all used ?stuff in various states of disrepair when I purchased so I'm still happy theres a couple unexpected brass tenders in with lot(21 lb. box) that I have yet to identify,boiler with varney stamped in it,the detail parts in lot covered the kitchen table so I threw them back in the gallon ziplock bags and will sort out later,I need bell for the balboa 4-4-0 I got in pieces someone had dissasembled it replaced pilot and possibly modified front frame(who knows what else theres a lot of extra detail parts
with it),not knowing what it looked like when it was dissasembled its turning out to be an adventure,now I have to do some modifications to it as cylinders are to high up for mainrod clearance.I am going to have to devote a day to identify and write down whats there so I will know whether its worth digging through to see if I have something
?On the westside pacific I'm going to try insulating the driver with .009 cardstock which is the same thickness as what is left of it after burning out shorted portion and removing tire,never tried replacing insulation before so we'll see what happens,any tips on this,there is a spot on driver center that is suspicously pitted/nicked on inner edge of tire which is where short occurred if tire goes on ok ?and doesn't tear paper at this point I will fill pit with epoxy after tire is installed.
