Hi all has anyone tried to remotor a minitrix decapod. My one is dead at the miment and I can not get a new motor from germany for it they only have new brushes for it left. so if anyone has ideas or tutorials for this please advise. thanks Colin
http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine...rix-2-10-0-remotor-and-improvements&highlight= Not really a step by step on the remotor but it's really an easy one to do. Plenty of room for a Kato/Atlas diesel motor with just a little filing.
Go to this guy. He has a lot of different motors and most likely will have one for the Dec. Go to: http://stores.ebay.com/microlocomotion He might even have a page that will give you help on fitting the motor into the engine.
Remotoring a Minitrix 2-10-0 I bought one for $5 totally intact with a burnt motor, intending to retrofit it with a Kato motor and a corrected cab shell and tender. The project is stalled for a variety of reasons so I went on to other projects which had less resistance and higher rewards. The resistance was first you had to use the Minitrix worm because the cab housing is very tight. Second, the Trix shaft is very thin, and my Kato shaft is thicker and I sure haven't felt like re-drilling the hole in the gear. I have mocked it semi assembled and when done it is quite beautiful. Maybe when I clean up shop a little, I will tackle it. My suggestion is to send the entire unit to motorman @ micorlocomotion. That way he will be able to ensure the entire motor fits like a glove. Ken "FloridaBoy" Willaman
