Cox Jerobee #501

Jason_WI Tue Dec 03, 2013 11:42 pm

Here are some pictures of a Cox Jerobee #501 engine that was in pieces in a lot I bought a few months back. This engine dates to '71. Needed a new recoil cable and was missing the starter dogs inside. The clutch looks the same as the Cox GTP engine. I wish it was the later Jerobee #508A with the cooling holes drilled in the tank.

Not sure how many of these were made.

Cox Jerobee #501 CFF99F95-1094-41C8-9856-800EC31409CE_zpsq5hmftxn

Cox Jerobee #501 CFF99F95-1094-41C8-9856-800EC31409CE_zpsq5hmftxn

Cox Jerobee #501 9CB3CF38-82E4-4656-A3CF-6CB1FC9CFDE2_zpsqlfxesbw

Cox Jerobee #501 96BF5D5D-6169-442E-935C-79A22AEF7B6A_zpstnerhq72

ian1954 Wed Dec 04, 2013 4:22 am

I don't know how many Jerobees were produced but there was a dedicated production line for them

http://classic-rc-car.com/vintage/classicrccar/jerobee/jerobee.html

I have not seen one of the versions with the modified tank. I haven' found any pictures on the Interweb but there are a few articles describing them.

WingingIt74 Wed Dec 04, 2013 8:50 am

I think I have a new cable, I'll look tonight. What do the dog legs look like?

Jason_WI Wed Dec 04, 2013 8:33 pm

I have a new cable installed and made the dogs on the lathe already. They are small disks that catch the flywheel.

**Cribbs74** Wed Dec 04, 2013 9:16 pm

You need to grab a whole Jerobee car to put that in. Very cool bit of RC history.

They also have a Jerobee TD .049......

Jason_WI Fri Jan 15, 2016 1:53 am

Managed to collect all 3 Jerobee engine types.

Cox Jerobee #501 9bc1056b67aa37c9b966dce0854ca4e5_zpsifufroco

Cox Jerobee #501 33393b496216bba1c271d6003276e376_zps3rnxqilc

Cox Jerobee #501 145f692b28a793ff25d34e01dd975f91_zpsf0cszazh

Cox Jerobee #501 177a8fdbc5492e4b3cbbbe887af4d812_zpssfrivvvh

Cox Jerobee #501 5e40ca045b6b04a087d0771abeee94fa_zpswiq4uvo6

OVERLORD Fri Jan 15, 2016 2:47 am

Hi Jason, That looks great!! Are there différences in the number of pinion teeth? The perforated-tank-engine on my Jerobee has a pinion with 10 teeth but there are also pinions with 8, 9 and 11 teeth.

Lieven

getback Fri Jan 15, 2016 8:35 am

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OVERLORD Sat Jan 16, 2016 6:12 am

Looking at the pictures, I could count the 11 teeth on the TD pinion. Jason, can you count the 2 others?

Thanks.

OVERLORD Sun Jan 17, 2016 12:21 pm

OVERLORD wrote:Looking at the pictures, I could count the 11 teeth on the TD pinion. Jason, can you count the 2 others?

Thanks.

Any idea??

Jason_WI Sun Jan 17, 2016 11:07 pm

9 teeth on the perforated tank and 10 on the non perforated tank. As stated the TD had 11 teeth.

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