Converting a Powered Unit to a Dummy

You can physically remove the motors and then use the motor mount to hold the trucks in place.  You can't just disconnect the motors, they'll lock the wheels.  It's dirt simple to remove the motors, one screw under the truck, then two screws to remove the motor mount from the motors and put the single screw back in from the bottom to hold the truck on using the motor mount.

gunrunnerjohn posted:

You can physically remove the motors and then use the motor mount to hold the trucks in place.  You can't just disconnect the motors, they'll lock the wheels.  It's dirt simple to remove the motors, one screw under the truck, then two screws to remove the motor mount from the motors and put the single screw back in from the bottom to hold the truck on using the motor mount.

Good information thanks John.

What exactly is sparking and smoking? What system is installed? There is a good chance that you will have to pull the boards as well as the motors if one of them is fried and smoking when you apply power. The wiring to the motors and bad board has to be removed or capped. Lights and smoke are possible depending on set up. Not sure about sound. If you don't know anything about electronics or wiring, then you would be better off to remove everything in the unit so you don't cause problems for your other equipment.

They are primitive TMCC boards. Looks like everything will be ripped out. Not like any of the electronics features were any good anyway.