Heart Transplant, MTH guts to Williams diesel

Dan,  I tried this swap with an early RK Dash 8 and a Williams E7. The motors actually screwed right into the other company's trucks but they don't quite mesh correctly. Mine ran fine most of the time but occasionally, under load they will 'jump gears' or something. 

It would be better to just swap the electronics and add a MTH tach strip to the Williams flywheel...

It's not likely that the worm gear on the Williams and the MTH are the same, that's the sticking point.  It's very likely this will be a problem.

If I were going to do this transplant, I'd be inclined to use the Williams motors and rig up the tach encoder next to the flywheel.  The tach tapes are readily available, and you can make custom versions for exact speed matches.

Remember, NOTHING on the PS/3 board shares frame ground except the single power connection.  If you ground any other leads from the PS/3 board, the project may grind to a hasty halt with a dead board!

Thanks,

the worm gear ratio was what I was wondering about. I will take the shell off the BL2 just to see what I might mount the tach reader on.

Dan