Lionel SD80MAC not accecting new ID ...HELP NEEDED

does your engine respond to "99"?  try wiggling the switch.

Sounds like the wires to the PROG/RUN switch are not attached.

I will try 99 tomorrow - what is different on #99

I thought that run program wire was switched around, not the case.

Will open and look at wires.

Thanks

Opened Shell

Found a lose board, 3 pins were not engaged.Snap right into place and its really hard to snap it off again

I think that would be an issue.

I will test tomorrow.

99 is a default number that is hard programed into the engines. 

Its was a loose board all is working.

I like the sounds of this engine. I very happy and I bought 3.

Steve

Billy,

Do a search for Lionel sd80mac photos.  Or just scroll down to late last week.   There is a thread in which Steve and I both posted pictures of our SD80MAC's.  The fuel tank is shallow.  But the sounds and paint job are great.

Mike.

Billy try this post.

The new SD80 has the shallow fuel tank. Very disappointing. I cancelled the 2 I had on order and the motor city express. Scale auto racks and a non scale locomotive. What the heck was Lionel thinking.

The fuel tank doesn't bother me, I will enjoy running mine.

I agree with you Jim.  It's a nice model and the fuel tank does not bother me at all.

I would imagine that the fuel tank was made a bit shallow so that the locomotive can handle sharp changes in gradient without grounding. It is a fairly long locomotive and this could occur otherwise.

It would be great if someone with the new  Legacy NS SD80 MAC could post some pics and video.  Thanks.  Jim

Anyone know if there is an easy light-kit to add to the dummy version of this?

Since there's no information on exactly what you have, I'm assuming you are talking about a bare dummy with no electronics, and that's what I base my answer on.

If you are running under Legacy control, I don't think you'll find an add-on kit for a dummy.  There are no Legacy upgrade kits like the TMCC stuff that is available.  A TMCC one won't work if you're running in Legacy mode, the TMCC receiver won't recognize the commands.