walthers jordan spreader

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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I am in need of the assembly instructions for a Walthers Jordan Spreader 932-5357.

Thanks!!!

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It might just be that the repair department at Walthers keeps copies of instruction sheets (at one time they posted instruction sheets on their website but in a way that was very hard to find - so hard that I can’t find any now, and it might have been structure kits only now that I think of it) and if so perhaps they could scan and send a copy. HO Seeker has no Walthers instruction sheets for the Jordan Spreader that I could find.

Dave Nelson

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Hang on, our good Doctorwayne responded to a similar post in March, last year. He’ll probably see your post, and respond.

Mike.

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Did you check the Walthers website? I always download PDFs of their instructions before I purchase a product. I have found that almost all thier items have the instrcutions available as downloads.

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-Kevin

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Mtn River -

I’ve got a PDF of these instructions. Send me a PM with an email address and I will forward it along. I was in the same pickle last March. It was Doctor Wayne that bailed me out then in the string that Mike references above - with the same PDF that I can forward to you. “What goes around, comes around” also applies in good senses as well. Here’s the link:

http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/13/t/261901.aspx

(Oops, looks like you may have to copy and paste the link into your browser; I haven’t yet figured out how to insert a direct link.)

BTW, you will be delighted should Doctor Wayne see this item and respond with some ideas and photos of what he’s done with this kit. It includes some great but relatively simple upgrades, particularly with his metal piston rods that extend the wings and bank slopers. They are complete with brass gimbals - from an unlikely source - that he uses to attach the rod ends to the wings and slopers.

John

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Current products have a link to instructions.

The model the OP asked about is no longer made. While it would make sense to be able to find instructions on the website, the only links I can find are to email support. Which probably works, but given that Walthers has a sophisticated website, I can’t imagine the expense would be that great to add that information.

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As I mentioned in my comment in the thread to which John provided a link, the instructions are very basic, so the modeller has quite a bit of leeway in the final appearance of the model.

Walthers has released an updated version of the Jordan spreader in a r-t-r version, and I believe that it features at least some moveable parts. The price has moved considerably, too.

I thought that having some moveable features might allow for some good layout photo opportunities, but haven’t yet taken advantage of that.

I didn’t think that the supplied parts weren’t especially suited to movement, or at least movement which could be repeated without those moving parts breaking, so substituted some materials which I had on-hand.

The photo below shows the .040" piano wire which I used to replace the plastic piston parts…

This photo shows how the "sorta-ball-in-sorta-socket arrangement of the as-supplied parts was made into a pin-located moveable joint, using smaller diameter wire…

This is the moveable connection on the rear face of one of the wing blades. It’s a modified brass part out of a disposable lighter, also drilled and then pinned with wire so that it’s moveable…

This one’s on the extension blade (for ditching work) of the main wing blade. It uses the original “ball” portion of the

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Thank you sir!! The kit i bought didnt have instructions, this will be a great reference…I plan on doing the piano wires.

Awesome pictures!

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Mountain River -

I replied to your original PM with my email address. Waiting to hear back from you with yours so I can send the instructions. Not sure you recognize the gizzies that Doctor Wayne installed at the ends of his piston rods but they are the brass jets from BIC disposable lighters. Since last March I have amassed a good number of them. If you are inclined to go the piano wire route I can mail (at no charge) eight of them which will give some extras to experiment with. That way you don’t have to scrounge them elsewhere. Will look forward to another PM.

Happy Thanksgiving to all on this thread!!

John

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keithrichey@msn.com

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You probably want to respond by pm rather than post your email addy on a public forum. Spam bots are everywhere.

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Henry’s right: if you’re going to share your e-mail address, use the PM (Conversations) option.

I was looking at my Jordan spreader today, and realised that I’d never taken any photos of it with the ditcher blade(s) in use. After taking a few photos, it was plain to see why…

Because the outboard ends of the main blades can’t be lowered, the angles available for the ditcher blades are too limited to be of much use.

Now to go clean up that pile of ballast.

Wayne

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Wonderful! I need to get to know more smokers … although now that I think of it, BIC disposable lighters seem to be rather casually thrown away in parking lots. Gathering them up will only solidify the street-person reputation I have acquired in some quarters.

Dave Nelson

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There are still quite a few disposable lighter parts in this car’s “live” load, but I’ve used-up pretty-well all of the ones useful for modifying the Jordan spreader…

In the last few photos I posted, showing the ditcher blade engaged, I ran the train a few inches after the photos were taken, and the blade was quite effective in spreading the light Woodland Scenics ballast. I suspect, though, that if I had used the same real rock ballast which was used to ballast those tracks, it may not have worked as well.

Wayne