Comments by "John D" (@johnd8892) on "DRIVETRIBE" channel.

  1. Possibly the last is up for auction now. A Holden Maloo Ute in highest performance W1 spec, one of four made, is at auction online currently. Current bid $1,040,000 with nine days to go. HSV build date 29/12/2017. Already a record for an Australian built car.
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  2. A Holden Maloo Ute in highest performance W1 spec, one of four made, is at auction online currently. Current bid $1,040,000 with nine days to go. HSV build date 29/12/2017. Already a record for an Australian built car.
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  3. A Holden Maloo Ute in highest performance W1 spec, one of four made, is at auction online currently. Current bid $1,040,000 with nine days to go. HSV build date 29/12/2017. Already a record for an Australian built car.
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  4. Yes some are really big money. A Holden Maloo Ute in highest performance W1 spec, one of four made, is at auction online currently. Current bid $1,040,000 with nine days to go. HSV build date 29/12/2017. Already a record for an Australian built car. Who would have thought.
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  5. At 1:17 from the service sheet you should be able to see a tiny ball bearing that should be located at the end of the motor shaft. Should be one at each end of the motor shaft. In disassembly it is easy to lose these bearings if not careful. Has James lost these or not put them back where they should be with the right amount of play? If not the motor will be far to noisy and or tight and not work with near sewing machine smoothness as they should. Useful to use the multimeter to test the current draw of the motor when running in on its own for a few minutes at about 6 volts. Should draw around 200mA or less from memory. If much more current is drawn then there are some problems still to be addressed. Useful for each assembly step is to check the current draw is not increasing too much indicating more problems from that step. Never heard of any model train recommending grease to be used as motor shaft bearing lubrication. In the Hornby Dublo and Wrenn locos you should see a felt oil retaining pad at the end of the motor shaft to retain the recommended light oil. Grease is for the sliding spinning nature of the worm and worm wheel gears.
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  6. Some of the motor ball bearing issues are covered here with better photography to see what is going on from Ronald Dodd covering several motor types : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdXQ54RHQuU&t=619s Or Mikes Movies concentrating on the ball bearings : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2jpmQPOkq4 Mike does this for the near identical Wrenn version of the Ringfield motor. Wrenn made these motors for about 25 years compared to Hornby Dublo making Ringfields for just 3 or 4 years before they went broke trying to compete with Tri-and and Scalextric. I find these videos very informative.
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  7. The Opel Insignia was built and designed by Opel. Just badged as a Buick for US and China sales and badged as a Holden Commodore to replace the Australian designed and built rear wheel drive Holden Commodore seen here. Not one part of the car driven here id interchangeable with a Buick. The front wheel drive Opel imported model was so poorly received and hated in Australia that it sent Holden rapidly down hill in Australia, such that the Holden brand is now dead with no new car sales or dealers. No GM replacement either. Australia's top selling brand from 1949 to 2006 to defunct is some achievement by GM. RIP Holden 1856-2020.
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  8. Not as quiet as most Hornby Dublo and Wrenn locomotives that I have or experienced. I wonder if James has made the easily made mistake of losing the tiny ball bearings that should be on each end of the motor shaft. This is as per the service sheet. The bearings also have screw adjustment at the brush holder end to get the bearings right ie not too tight or loose. The aspects are a common source of noisy running leading to premature wear.
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  9. Built in Australia not Europe.
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