Can you put a MTH ps1 tether on a Kline TMCC Hudson

Yes, you can so long as you also replace the engine end of it to match.  Also, the four wire TETHER used by Williams and Weaver can also function as needed, so long as the "complete tether" is used, tender and engine receptacle, together.  As for plugging an MTH tether into a K-Line engine mounted plug, the pin spacings are different.  I have performed many change outs of tethers/plugs and upgraded numerous of my PS-1 to ERR TMCC/RS products.

Jesse    TCA 

What is a the complete part number for this engine? K-Line did a 5343 in conventional, TMCC without cruise, and TMCC with cruise. The TMCC engines have their motor control in the engine so the tether would not have any effect on speed only sound.

Pete

This locomotive is the one without the cruise control

If has TMCC, the tether is not the problem. Its normal for a TMCC engine that does not have cruise control to slow down on hills and curves. Cruise compensates for that but you are saying it does not have cruise.

Your engine will run without the tender attached. Try lubricating all of the moving parts and see if that helps.

Pete

You can pick up the ERR Cruise Commander M and upgrade to cruise easily for that K-Line.

All my K-Line steamers have a 10 pin tether, so the 4 pin from PS-1 would not work.  Most guys actually convert the PS-1 tether to the MTH PS-2/3 10 pin tether when they convert to TMCC since 4 wires is not enough in most cases.

rugsy3 posted:

I went to go find one after a month of searching and no luck

an email by you to one of the techs here on the OGR would take a day or two at most to find one. (probably an hour).

I even have them (not for sale, I need them.)

A month? WOW.

Of course you can email Midge at MTH parts and get one too.

So long as the wires on both ends of the tether (M/F) go to the same places on the boards, pickups and so forth, any tether can be used anywhere, if you get desperate. Tethers are available on eBay and elsewhere. ERR used to sell them. These required "some assembly" (easy soldering), but you traced your original wires and paired them up the some way on the new tethers. Just a thought. 

Obviously you can replace a 4-pin tether with most any other 4-pin tether.  That presumes the gauge of the wires is sufficient for the task.  Like stated, when I do a TMCC upgrade, I use the 10-pin MTH tether, either straight or right angle, depending on the locomotive.  I typically use either 7 or 8 wires for the conversion, depending on if the chuff switch happens to be in the tender, or is in the locomotive, which is more normal.

FWIW, I have tons of the 4-pin tethers if you need a couple.