Hello all,

After a few years I am finally getting back into my model railway hobby and might finally finish my layout which has been a work in progress since 2012 when I started it.

I started by testing all my locomotive and unfortunately discovered that the motor to my Marklin class 41 had stopped working. The motor turns intermittently and laboured and caused the decoder to heat up.. I removed it from the body to confirm it was the problem and not the gearing or links.

Anyway, cutting to the chase. I looked up the motor, part number E232053, on the Marklin website only to find it is no longer produced. Does anyone know what an equivalent motor is to replace this one? I have to say I'm not surprised that it was discontinued as this locomotive has barely been used, probably no more than 2 hours. When I bought it I had read these motors weren't much good and now I've confirmed it!

recommend checking if you can use a motor from a later 41, eg the 37928
Try sending Märklin service an email. (service(at)maerklin.de)

Edited by user 25 September 2022 11:00:20(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Thanks to everyone for your replies. I’m in Australia and unfortunately Marklin isn’t well supported here. I’ll try contacting Marklin.

Regards

Paul

Noel has a range of spare parts but I would think motors as such are not on the menu., things have drastically changed over the years whereas you can't get spare motors anymore or the motors they've produced had major faults within but of course Märklin wouldn't tell you that., it goes into the secret failure basket., although the 5 pole highefficiency motor is no longer a first choice with Märklin, its available

John

Sometimes a spare motor is available with a new spare part number, but the part list does not reflect that and you have to ask Märklin service. (note that Märklin service might not have complete records of some older locomotives).
eg the motor from the 37119 will also fit in my older Württ C 31021, according to Märklin.
in recent years, it seems that Marklin has again standardised the motor some, and you will find the same motor in several locomotives, but with slightly different gearbox and possibly flywheel combinations. Its no official information about this, it's just what I have observed inside my locos and what others have posted in relation to spare part numbers etc. note that there might also be other differences not visible, so no guarantee........

Marklin have very bad customer service. Still waiting for a reply to my question about this motor! Does anyone know of a better way to get an answer from them other than their website form? Seems to go into a black hole.....

try service@marklin.de