Screaming Diesel - Can I fix a noisy Hornby Ringfield motor? 

Wow you’ve done some serious work there Clive, yes Bill is really a fantastic way to learn, he’s basically covered everything British in some way or shape so cross checking against his work is easy. 💪 I’m glad you enjoy it too, I find myself losing hours trying to bring them back to life, but they are some of the happiest hours 😊 Cheers Hylt

@@Proper_Chuffed Thanks. The good thing is, he's serviced engines that I've since bought, or had already got, so checking the exact same model he's serviced, while I service mine, is really helpful.

@@clivegoodwin8931quite so, every time I get a “new” loco in need of a service the first thing I do is go to OO Bills channel 😂 thank goodness for him!

Thank you. Yes I find his content super enjoyable, he’s a real expert 😊 thanks for the wishes and I appreciate the support

Thank you Michael, I really appreciate you stopping by ☺️ have a fantastic day. Hylt

Agreed Kelly, I have since learnt to use a plastic card, won't be making that mistake again, but thank you for pointing this out! Hylt

Hey Robert, thank you for stopping by again, yes very uncomfortable 😣 my heart stopped when it poured out 😂 I will do that in future thank you for that top tip!

Yes, less is more when lubricating locos

@@stephendavies6949 definitely 😂 made a bit of a mess but the lesson is learnt

We've all done - and sometimes continue to do - it!

Back in the day, Hornby used to sell small bottles of (Shell branded) oil with a thin piece of metal - rather like a straightened paper clip - pushed into a cork to be used for applying the smallest drop of oil onto the lube points.

Thanks very much, I’m glad you enjoyed it, I am still so very new to all of it, so it’s awesome to know I’m doing something right 😅

Hey Paul, thank you so much for stopping by 😊 thanks for that, I really appreciate that tip. Good to know they’re so reliable too 👍

Good to knowz Where would the petroleum jelly go? Right onto the central axle?

You can use technical petroleum jelly grease for the cogged wheels and axle transmission. You can use it to lubricate axle pick-ups etc. For the rotor bearings just put a small drop of sewing machine oil mixed with petroleum jelly in a 50/50 ratio.

Thank you so much 😊

Thank you so much Kevin, that is great info there 😊 I was wondering, do numbers usually go in those squares on the front? Sorry I don’t know the correct terms 😅

@@Proper_Chuffed yes numbers and letters go in the boxes known as headcodes an example would be 1A50 for express passenger and 7E40 for freight, there are plenty of pictures online with these locos displaying the headcodes after 1st January 1976 the four digit headcodes were abolished, hope this was helpful

@@kevinblakeman8858 very helpful thank you Kevin. I would like to add numbers then to mine but perhaps money better spent buying a new unit altogether 😅 thank you though

Hi Mark, that sounds like a massive hassle, I am sorry you had such an issue with yours. Hope the replacement gear sorts out the issue for you. Best regards, Hylt

Yes it seemed to give way too easily! 😅

That’s what I thought too, and it certainly did the trick 👍

Probably the best way to do it, unfortunately I’m no where near that skill level, nor do I have the resources readily available to do that 😅 thanks for the comment 💪

Tim: do you reset the gears/bearings, and install pickups? Time has disarmed my participation in this part of our interest area, but I still hope one day to re-specify one of those old 'pancake' designs, huge task that it is. It should be possible to establish pickup on both sides of five axles, the sixth carrying traction tyres (probably Marklin) on both wheels, reset the gears so as to increase bearing life. Also, probably the five slot armature supplied with (I believe) a version of the 'Brit' might be available as a spare part from Hornby????????? and might be retro-fittable (Spalcheque hated that) to this motor. Don't forget to exhaustively test anything worked on for heat buildup. Huge task, but these locos just might have the makings of something way beyond what they were built as. Lastly, your comment on the armature play is of interest. '00 Bill' reported loosening the face plate on (I think?) the first version of the Brush 4, to stop armature binding. Seems like we need to be aware of insufficient 'headspace' and be ready to shim it out. Very much enjoyed your comment. Poor old Robert must be wondering what he has started. Peter

Thank you so much for that feedback, and noted, going forward I will be very aware of that when I next encounter a ringfield. I am genuinely very grateful for this kind of info, thanks Jeffrey 🙌 so much to learn 😅

That’s a very cool job. Yeah I should have, however I’m really new to all of this and am learning as I go, thank you for the tip, I’ll try do it better next time. 💪

@@Proper_Chuffed and avoid old tri-ang stuff I hate anything to do with there motors but i have to fix them too 😂🤣

@@andofthedrew5171 it’s funny you mention that, I’ve actually just done one and it was a total nightmare 🤣

@@Proper_Chuffed your messing with 50 to 60 year old tech and magnets that are not as powerful as they once were. so you either buy a remagitizer or try neodymium magnets to bring life back to it. but pete's spares in the UK have just brought modern replacements out OObill has just done a review of two of them. £28.50 of one 🙂

@@andofthedrew5171 to be very honest with you, I don’t think I’ll go anywhere near Triang again after this 😂 but yes, saw Bills video, looks like a great solution to that problem 🙌

Hey Terry, thanks for that, I didn’t realize, I actually thought they were connection points too, this is good to know, they still haven’t proven to cause any issue, but now I know they can be removed without issue should problems arise, thank you so much for this!

Brilliant! Thanks very much for this info, I think the green is definitely the most handsome livery on the 37, not a big fan of that blue

lol , blue is the era i model ,, for nostalgic reasons as it was when i worked on the railways in signal boxes@@Proper_Chuffed

@@shakeyhandsshedmodelrailwa2494 wow that’s really cool that you worked in signal boxes, I can imagine it was a very enjoyable albeit stressful job? 😅

it was back in the days when stress was something you found in metals , we were all fairly laid back and there were more trains@@Proper_Chuffed

😂 stress was found in metals. Love that. I can imagine you must have enjoyed it very much, I am green with envy. What a wonderful anecdote

Great tip, thank you very much for that!

Alternatively plectrums for guitars work very well.

Solid advice thank you 😊

Exactly 😂