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Offline twmarklinfan  
#1 Posted : 22 July 2016 19:02:28(UTC)
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twmarklinfan

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Hi all I have just acquired one of these. It needs a complete overhaul which I am now doing. However the question I have is there supposed to be some sort of cap one the dome that houses the screw for the body?
Looking at the manual it doesn't appear so but Marklin don't normally leave something like that open and the screw top visible.

Thanks in advance
Adrian
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Offline Rwill  
#2 Posted : 22 July 2016 20:04:27(UTC)
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A 3618 was one of my first purchases new and I can confirm there should be a cap on both the domes one fixed and one removable for the body screw.

AS can be seen quite clearly on this ebay item: http://www.ebay.co.uk/it...b7414:g:098AAOSwmrlUw2tp
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Offline Markus Schild  
#3 Posted : 22 July 2016 20:39:31(UTC)
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Hi Adrian,

maybe the exploded view helps:

Code:
http://medienpdb.maerklin.de/product_files/1/pdf/3618_explo.pdf


Copy the link and paste it to a new window. Märklin does not allow direct linking.

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Markus
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Offline Rwill  
#4 Posted : 23 July 2016 10:13:09(UTC)
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From the link above and from the Marklin web site spare parts page for 3618 (that maybe the same thing?) it would appear there is no cap on the screw dome. However if you go to the recent version with all the bells and whistles number 37183 and then to the spare parts diagram and list it clearly shows the cap on the screw dome as item2 - part number e246150 for the princely sum of 6 euros plus of course the standard hideous shipping cost for something that would slip inside the very smallest jiffy bag and go in the "post". I would bet an awful lot that that cap will fit the 3618 - it also starts to give you ideas if you want to do more than simply repair what you have brought and bring it up to date. I say this as although still one of my favourite loks the digital functionality is 6080 decoder - lights on lights off and as someone on here said a while ago the "sound" of the motor is like a nearly worn out coffee grinder
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Offline RayF  
#5 Posted : 23 July 2016 18:13:17(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Rwill Go to Quoted Post
From the link above and from the Marklin web site spare parts page for 3618 (that maybe the same thing?) it would appear there is no cap on the screw dome. However if you go to the recent version with all the bells and whistles number 37183 and then to the spare parts diagram and list it clearly shows the cap on the screw dome as item2 - part number e246150 for the princely sum of 6 euros plus of course the standard hideous shipping cost for something that would slip inside the very smallest jiffy bag and go in the "post". I would bet an awful lot that that cap will fit the 3618 - it also starts to give you ideas if you want to do more than simply repair what you have brought and bring it up to date. I say this as although still one of my favourite loks the digital functionality is 6080 decoder - lights on lights off and as someone on here said a while ago the "sound" of the motor is like a nearly worn out coffee grinder


If you email Lokshop and ask for the spare part, quoting the number, they will supply it at a very reasonable postage cost. I never get the parts directly from Marklin as the standard postage to Gibraltar for any parcel is €50!

Ray
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Offline twmarklinfan  
#6 Posted : 23 July 2016 18:29:56(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Rwill Go to Quoted Post
A 3618 was one of my first purchases new and I can confirm there should be a cap on both the domes one fixed and one removable for the body screw.

AS can be seen quite clearly on this ebay item: http://www.ebay.co.uk/it...b7414:g:098AAOSwmrlUw2tp


Thank you, now I will look for a replacement.
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Offline twmarklinfan  
#7 Posted : 23 July 2016 18:33:27(UTC)
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twmarklinfan

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Originally Posted by: Rwill Go to Quoted Post
From the link above and from the Marklin web site spare parts page for 3618 (that maybe the same thing?) it would appear there is no cap on the screw dome. However if you go to the recent version with all the bells and whistles number 37183 and then to the spare parts diagram and list it clearly shows the cap on the screw dome as item2 - part number e246150 for the princely sum of 6 euros plus of course the standard hideous shipping cost for something that would slip inside the very smallest jiffy bag and go in the "post". I would bet an awful lot that that cap will fit the 3618 - it also starts to give you ideas if you want to do more than simply repair what you have brought and bring it up to date. I say this as although still one of my favourite loks the digital functionality is 6080 decoder - lights on lights off and as someone on here said a while ago the "sound" of the motor is like a nearly worn out coffee grinder


Thanks for this, I am considering upgrading the motor. Not sure about sound as I am not sure I will keep this loco
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Offline twmarklinfan  
#8 Posted : 23 July 2016 18:35:49(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: RayF Go to Quoted Post
Originally Posted by: Rwill Go to Quoted Post
From the link above and from the Marklin web site spare parts page for 3618 (that maybe the same thing?) it would appear there is no cap on the screw dome. However if you go to the recent version with all the bells and whistles number 37183 and then to the spare parts diagram and list it clearly shows the cap on the screw dome as item2 - part number e246150 for the princely sum of 6 euros plus of course the standard hideous shipping cost for something that would slip inside the very smallest jiffy bag and go in the "post". I would bet an awful lot that that cap will fit the 3618 - it also starts to give you ideas if you want to do more than simply repair what you have brought and bring it up to date. I say this as although still one of my favourite loks the digital functionality is 6080 decoder - lights on lights off and as someone on here said a while ago the "sound" of the motor is like a nearly worn out coffee grinder


If you email Lokshop and ask for the spare part, quoting the number, they will supply it at a very reasonable postage cost. I never get the parts directly from Marklin as the standard postage to Gibraltar for any parcel is €50!



Thanks very much. I have some stuff on order with them so I will follow your advice.
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