{"id":5653,"date":"2022-08-04T11:01:15","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T10:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5653"},"modified":"2022-08-04T11:06:28","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T10:06:28","slug":"gladator-j6-motor-mount-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5653","title":{"rendered":"Gladiator J6 Motor Mount Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contrary to my last post I decided to see if I could make the motor mount removable. It proved not too difficult to add a screw and retaining nut to the adjacent frame&nbsp;spacer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0001-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"882\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0001-1-1024x882.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5654\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0001-1-1024x882.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0001-1-300x258.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0001-1-768x661.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0001-1-348x300.jpg 348w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0001-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Motor Mount Screwed in and wiring harness stuck to it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"666\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0002-666x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5655\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0002-666x1024.jpg 666w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0002-195x300.jpg 195w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0002-768x1180.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0002.jpg 833w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Motor Mount Screwed in.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The motor mount also made a convenient place to mount a piece of Vero board which means that I can now remove both the motor and mount together without having&nbsp;to unsolder any wires which I count as an unexpected win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The hole in the tender plate which supports the bottom end of the pivot pin was much bigger than the screw itself (8BA) and after fiddling around for about 10 minutes trying to get the screw to engage in the nut I decided to turn a small bush to centre it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"667\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0004-667x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5656\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0004-667x1024.jpg 667w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0004-195x300.jpg 195w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0004-768x1179.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0004.jpg 834w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 667px) 100vw, 667px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The hole was too big for the screw<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0003-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"984\" height=\"855\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0003-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5657\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0003-1.jpg 984w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0003-1-300x261.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0003-1-768x667.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0003-1-345x300.jpg 345w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 984px) 100vw, 984px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Custom turned drawbar bush.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0005-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"478\" src=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0005-1024x478.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5660\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0005-1024x478.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0005-300x140.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0005-768x359.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0005-1536x718.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0005-2048x957.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/www.railway-models-and-art.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/IMG_0005-500x234.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Drawbar held in by custom bush which helps locate the screw in the hole.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am getting dangerously near to painting the chassis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contrary to my last post I decided to see if I could make the motor mount removable. It proved not too difficult to add a screw and retaining nut to the adjacent frame&nbsp;spacer. 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