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Life Like Proto 1000 RDC 10 years 4 months ago #2367

Rob OFFLINE Road Foreman of Engines Posts: 393 Thank you received: 57	Has anyone figured out how to make these things run as decent as they look. I have one that is noisier than a Hoover vacuum cleaner, and one that can't get out of it's own road 0 In fact if it has to deal with a grade, you better take Trailways. Guess I will be tearing them down and reworking, I just don't feel like re-inventing the wheel if someone has already addressed them. Rob
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Life Like Proto 1000 RDC 10 years 4 months ago #2368

MrBill OFFLINE Conductor Posts: 169 Thank you received: 31	Never reworked one, but I thought about getting some of those powered trucks (whoever makes them these days), for my old athearn rdc's that had those funky rubber band systems. You'd probably want to talk to Green Elite Cab. That guy knows everything about commuter equipment.
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Life Like Proto 1000 RDC 10 years 4 months ago #2370

Mitch from Maine OFFLINE Engineer Posts: 136 Thank you received: 17	would more weight help with the tractive effort? I have an original run from about whenever LL came out with them (7-8 years ago?) Mine wasn't noisy, but didn't like grades too much ..added some self -sticky tire weights from the auto parts store and it worked out well...but the PRSL didn't have much for grades!
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Life Like Proto 1000 RDC 10 years 4 months ago #2382

MarkFJ OFFLINE Conductor Posts: 227 Thank you received: 39	NWSL makes a regearing kit for the Proto/Lifelike RDC, part number 2692-6. It’s available here for $24.95 (scroll to bottom of the page for listing). PWRS
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Life Like Proto 1000 RDC 10 years 4 months ago #2384

Rob OFFLINE Road Foreman of Engines Posts: 393 Thank you received: 57	Good one Mark, I think I'll check that one out... Somewhere around here In think I have a SPUD or two that was destined for an Athearn RDC....... just never got a round tuit.
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Life Like Proto 1000 RDC 10 years 4 months ago #2393

rdg-barry OFFLINE Road Foreman of Engines Posts: 378 Thank you received: 44	HI Guys... I repowered an Athearn with a NWSL spud truck many years ago. Worked well and was even able to pull a second dummy RDC for a two car train. Still have them, but need to re-decoder them and add sound for the East DCC system.
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