I recently did a couple of upgrades to a Weaver SD40 and a Williams F3 using the Electric Railroad commander upgrade kit. I had good luck with the Williams upgrade but I am having problems with the Weaver engine. Its seems that the engine will not maintain a steady speed especially around curves. I have checked to make sure I have the engine set in the cruise mode. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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Did you use a CRUISE Commander or a DC Commander? The DC Commander does not have the cruise function.
I was unaware that the cruise function could be turned off in the Cruise Commander.
Have you checked the locomotive for binding, binding when swiveling the trucks, wheels out of gauge, wires caught between moving surfaces, wires too short, and things like that? How did the loco run before you converted it?
I actually took the engine completely apart and cleaned and greased all of the gears everything seem to be smooth. When I swivel the trucks on the engine I do not feel any binding.
Did you use a CRUISE Commander or a DC Commander? The DC Commander does not have the cruise function.
I was unaware that the cruise function could be turned off in the Cruise Commander.
Have you checked the locomotive for binding, binding when swiveling the trucks, wheels out of gauge, wires caught between moving surfaces, wires too short, and things like that? How did the loco run before you converted it?
The cruise can be turned off and on with CAB commands,
AUX1, 0, AUX1, BRAKE, 7, BRAKE for off and
AUX1, 0, AUX1, BRAKE, 9, BRAKE for on and is stored and survives power cycling.
Cool. Thanks for the info.
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