MTH Diesel Engine stuck in Neutral

Try taking the throttle up to 16 volts are so, and then back down to around 9.

Another trick is to do what I mentioned, and have a lighted car directly behind the engine.

Good luck !

Ken

Is this a premier or railking model, what is the manufacture number...20-xxxx or 30-xxxx.

Run the voltage up a bit, depress and hold the whistle/horn button and then turn off power.  Release the whistle/horn button.

It is RailKing and the model number of the set is 30-2009LP. I am running a Z1000 transformer if that helps any.

I tried a few times but still stuck but thanks for the input

stop rooting for the mets, and all your problems will disappear.

Was the battery weak or dead when you first ran it?  If, you can not get the engine to advance past reset #1 then it sounds like an ID fault.  Your engine was susceptible to this condition.

Getting a new chip from MTH resolves the software issue that allows this condition to occur when the engine is shut down on a low battery. 

It can also be rest with the proper chip by clearing EEPROM ID conditions in reset position #3 and #17.  The problem is it can occur again if you use the same chip and have a weak battery.  G

I have a Z1000 transformer on my test area, and sometimes Protosounds locos do not respond to it. I would try a postwar transformer, or find someone with a Z4000, and do the reset, and the other recommended procedures on this thread, you will probably have better success.

 The Train Doctor has a point in that some early PS1 engines did not play well unless you had a pure sine wave transformer like a Z4000 or a ZW.  Did your Z1000 always run this engine before?  If you want to order a new chip, you need part number AI-0000037.  You would also give the 30-2009LP so they would know what engine information to burn on the chip. The chip is in the center of circuit board, about the size of your thumb nail.  You use a chip puller to remove it and push in the new chip.  Watch the orientation of the chip, it is angled on one corner to go in a specific way.

FWIW, I was testing a PS/1 locomotive here using the MTH Z750 and their IR remote module.  The operation was AWFUL, and it would repeatedly do things I didn't want it to do, and several times it just sat there when I'd try to get it moving.  I thought I had a bad PS/1 board.

I connected an old KW and there was instant response, everything worked as expected.

Change the transformer, then see if you still have a problem.

I have an old Lionel type KW transformer and hooked it up to my track but it is still not responding. When I first bought the engine several years ago I ran it using the Z1000 transformer with no problems. At the time the battery probably had a good charge on it. It was not until I shut off the engine and then tried to run it again when the battery was almost dead that the problem started.

I am ordering the chip today from MTH and will let you guys know the outcome.

THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE VALUABLE AND DETAILED INFORMATION!!!

I am in AWE of your knowledge and eagerness to help others!!!

If the battery was dead, you probably are onto the issue.

If you read his first post in detail he was able to run the engine and move through reset positions initially, so it was not a transformer compatibility issue.  Additionally, he could get from Reset 0 to reset #1, but no further.  That is a clear indicator of an ID fault.  The second being an engine on the ID fault list.

Remember to get a chip puller from Radio Shack.

You order the chip as AI-0000037 then order a sound file as:

AE-3020091  (This is AE- followed by your engine stock number without hypens).

G

MRmet,  Good job.  The PS-1 dialogue alway gets confusing because of the variables.  I have restored over 20 of these ID conflict issues for folks.  It has some distinctive characteristics that some folks are not aware off.

G