Looking for jumper for Lionel ZW Transformer

I have one I will let go of...

Marty

Lionel has them at $6.00 each.  But 10 bucks for shipping so you better order some parts that you need.

Martin Derouin posted:

I have one I will let go of...

Marty

 

Thanks Marty,

Can you email me at rleseberg@yahoo.com?

You can make them...

On the bottom of the page, the part numbers for the pins and plugs are listed. The jumper plug is just a short for the top two pins. The bottom two pins are used for the 180 Watt power input.

Martin Derouin posted:

I have one I will let go of...

Marty

 

Hi Marty,

Thanks again for your offer to "let one of these go".

I responded to your offer with my email address, but never heard back.

So, today I purchased the digital membership so that I could PM you, but received a message that I did not have permission to send you a private message.

So now I am back with my email address:

rleseberg@yahoo.com

Roger

Just curious if anyone here might know Marty, and could maybe get a message to him that I am interested in the ZW jumper that he offered. I have tried to PM him but get the "You do not have permition to send a private message to this recipient." mesage. I do have a digital subscription, so I can send PM's.

I have also posted my email twice, and have not heard back from him.

He may just have gotten busy, and not gotten back in here to see my responses, but he did post his offer the same day that I posted the question.

Thanks for any help,

Roger

laz1957 posted:

Lionel has them at $6.00 each.  But 10 bucks for shipping so you better order some parts that you need.

 

Where do you see that lionel has these? I looked on there "lionelsupport.com" site, and did not come up with anything. If I don't hear back from Martym, or someone else, I will have to go ahead and buy one uf at all possible.

Gunrunner John suggested just buying the Molex plug and making one, and I asked for a part number, but have not heard back het.

Thanks,

Roger

Here's the receptacle and pins you need for the ZW-C

Molex 1396 Receptacle

Female pins for Molex 1396

For the matching plug for building other cables for these transformers and bricks...

Molex 1396 Plug

Male pins for Molex 1396

They are unavailable from Lionel as listed on their parts page.  Just make one or if Martin comes through for you.

Seventy cents each for the parts in small quantities with my links above, and Digikey charges very reasonable shipping for small orders, probably around $3 or less for a couple of these and some contacts.  If you don't have a crimp tool, you can fold the contacts over and solder them, works fine for pins this large.

gunrunnerjohn posted:

Seventy cents each for the parts in small quantities with my links above, and Digikey charges very reasonable shipping for small orders, probably around $3 or less for a couple of these and some contacts.  If you don't have a crimp tool, you can fold the contacts over and solder them, works fine for pins this large.

Thanks John,

Much appreciated, as always.

I sent you a PM with a question.

Roger

OOPS!  I'll go back and fix the link for the proper female pins for this application.

I added the matching connectors while I was there, that's the whole set for the transformer bricks and the ZW-C.

I have the plugs in stock if interested. Email in profile.

 Chuck

Sent you a email...

Marty

Martin Derouin posted:

Sent you a email...

Marty

Hay Marty,

There you are!

I will go and check my email.

Thanks,

Roger

Chuck Sartor posted:

I have the plugs in stock if interested. Email in profile.

 Chuck

Thanks Chuck,

However, I believe that I may have one lined up with Marty.

If not I will let you know.

Roger

I sent Marty a check today, so I should have that 2nd jumper as soon as it clears.

Thanks all,

Roger

Marty came through.

I just received a second jumper from him.

Thanks Marty,

Roger