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woodone

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Help with an BLI F-7A unit
« on: December 19, 2022, 04:57:06 PM »
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I have an BLI F7 A unit that I received to repairs on.
When I got to the box I found that the loco had been torn down to the bare frame. The trucks were loose in the box with pick up wires broken off right at the solder connection.
Well I have the loco back together so it now runs and all lights and sounds work correctly.
The problem-there is cab operators seat and control box that should fit at the front of chassis  when I try to install it hits the front headlight PCB and I can not get it to seat correctly. I left the seat & control off and tried to install the shell.
It will not sit down all the way, the front of the of the shell seams to be hitting the decoder at the front.
Any one have one of these that would be willing to pop off the shell and take a photo?
You can PM me and I can give you my-mail to send the photo to
Thanks in advance.
To every one, have a MERRY CHRISTMAS  WITH LOTS OF TRAINS under the tree.
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Re: Help with an BLI F-7A unit
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2022, 05:02:45 PM »
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Re: Help with an BLI F-7A unit
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2022, 05:19:09 PM »
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Maybe send it back to BLI, it should be repaired to an operational condition I would think.
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Re: Help with an BLI F-7A unit
« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2022, 09:17:29 PM »
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Kentuckian, thanks.
Do not know why I forgot about the helpful information Spookshow has.
Bob, I do not think I can afford to do that, besides I got the hard part done- well maybe getting the shell IS the hard part.
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Re: Help with an BLI F-7A unit
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2022, 12:58:27 PM »
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Does this help? Took this pic some time ago...
Otto
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Re: Help with an BLI F-7A unit
« Reply #5 on: December 20, 2022, 03:08:59 PM »
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Thanks Otto.
With that and the Spookshow photos I have been able to get it all back together.
My problem was that I had the worm gear & bearing retainer turned 180% The seat & control part needed to have bearing retainer slots to the rear. I had them to the front.
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Re: Help with an BLI F-7A unit
« Reply #6 on: December 20, 2022, 04:51:56 PM »
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Ha! Another problem solved! If only it was all that easy...
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