Hello All:
Last year I rebuilt the e unit on my 2025 steamer with all new contacts and drum. This xmas it ran fine on my under the tree layout, and then just died with no power to the motor at all very suddenly. I took it apart tonight (the wait was due to pent up frustration) and the unit cycles fine with power leads from my transformer applied to the pickup and one wheel, but the motor never runs. When I apply power with leads to the motor alone bypassing the eunit it runs fine. (Ive got it apart now) My question is , do i have to rip apart the whole eunit and check the contacts to see if they touch the drum or can someone point toward one or two main wires to check their connection. I wiggle the wires around on the eunit and nothing positive happens. As a newbie I was proud of rebuilding the eunit but now I’m frustrated and am looking for a checklist of things to check with the most probable being first, from a veteran of these problems. How do you guys attack a situation like this? I feel its something simple, but I don’t know where to start without a total tear down of the eunit. Thanks for any help.
Mickey Demian