Hi, i have used WD 40 in the past, but plenty of it!!!!! You have to be sure to remove all oil residues left. Then remove WD 40 with other solvent and then 're-oil.
I think now that if I have to do it again, I will use just Benzin or something similar
WD40 tends to attract lots of dirt itself
Regards

Thanks Franciscohg, Will see if I can get Benzin or something similar where I live. Many thanks Eddie

Ahhh, petrol i think You say.....Not that hard to find i think XD

Hi Alan, I checked and I think he was at both auctions and got a huge amount of stuff.Some of his prices seem a bit high. I love the way they put "rare"in the description.If you or I went to sell same item its just run of the mill stuff. Take care Eddie

Hi Eddie,

If you have some "verhartz" locos = locos with gears jammed because they have hardened "oil" or grease do like this:

Open loco motors and put some drops of very lightweight oil to the sides of the gears and basically everywhere where you can see that usually green colored old hard grease. When this lightweight oil (I use Faller oil myself) has been there for a while it softens that hard grease. Put also one tiny drop of this same lightweight oil on the wheel axles (one drop per side).

Then take something you can press towards the gears sides and try to rotate the wheels very carefully without too much force. This way you can clean the gear sides when they are rotating if you are able to get them moving. Be especially careful with steam locos and locos with side rods. You should be able to basically clean all that old hardened grease off from the gears sides with this method. I use those cotton "sticks" normally used to clean ears. I have managed to cure many jammed locos (tens of them) with this "method".

It's always a pleasure to find almost unused locos with this "problem" as with very small efforts they are also running like the new ones did during the days those locos were sold from Märklin.

Regards,
Janne

I also bought some locos etc from the Warwick and Warwick auction. All worked well except one - a Brawa E77 - which hummed loudly but would not move.

I stripped it down completely and found that the bearings on the worm drives which engage with the drive gears on the bogies were absolutely solid. I lifted the worms and their bearings out of the bogies and was eventually able to get the worms to rotate in the bearings. Once I had broken the 'seal' all was well but I put some penetrating oil on the bearings and the loco now runs silky smooth.

Some of the locos have definitely been a long time in their boxes!

Also

You only make a profit if you can sell them!

hello eddie; the first thing is to see if the armature is locked up. remove body shell, use tweezers to pull out the brushes. see if you can turn the wheels with your thumb. if the problem is caused by old, hardened grease dirt etc. i would not hesitate to (GENTLY) remove the coil/magnate, contact brushes, armature. when you have the transmission/drive wheel assembly stripped down you can spray it with a little penetrating oil and work it free. once all motion is happy in gearland, blast out all that old gook with compressed air (100 psi will do). you will never mach the potential force to remove these old lubricants that compressed air can achieve. ALWAYS WEAR PROTECTIVE EYEWARE AND GLOVES!. then reassemble. check your armature gaps and clean (gently). before installing new brushes i like to turn the wheels with my thumb just to make sure the armature spins freely in it's new clean habitat. do not remove the wheels. do not remove the rods. any questions i'm here. mike.