Weights placement Steam along Thomas

Dear all, I was trying to fix my son's steam along thomas tender and was dismantling the rear engine when a weight (cylinder) fell out.

Can anyone advise me where is the location of the weight? I cant seem to find a place to slot it in.

Thanks again.

my educated guess will be the spots on the side between the wheels

[Super]

Hello Kamchuan and welcome to BluePlasticTracks.

If anyone would know for sure it probably would be Mr Ripley802. Myself, I have not had a Steam Along opened up yet...at least I don't remember opening one up. Hopefully he will be by soon to help out.

[ripley802]

Hello there.. are you for sure that came from the coach (Motorized portion). I just took a spare one apart and did not see a cylinder weight in there. Could it have come from the engine part?

PS, welcome to BPT.. :-)

[Super]

Isn't this the weight for the motor?

[ripley802]

Yep, that one sits right behind the motor. By engine I was referring to the Thomas (non-Motorized) engine.

Hello there.. are you for sure that came from the coach (Motorized portion). I just took a spare one apart and did not see a cylinder weight in there.  Could it have come from the engine part?  

PS, welcome to BPT.. :-)

Thanks for the help. I was busy fixing up James as well before fixing Thomas. I don’t think it was from Thomas as I have not opened it yet. The steam is working fine so I have not taken it apart yet. The problem was the rubber tracks had melted in the coach wheels so I dismantled it first.


For James, can I verify 2 cylinder weights in the front compartments? I was fixing that before Steam along James.  Sheesh, I should really be more careful dismantling the trains.

[Super]

If I remember correctly, I think James uses 2 weights between the front axle but we should wait for someone who knows for sure as its been quite a while since I had a James apart.

Can anyone tell me what is wrong with the wiring? It was working when i took it apart to fix the rubber tracks.