Hi All,
Last weekend, I purchased a 6-38024 locomotive shell and frame from John of North Lima Trainworks. (Some of you may have seen the 2 pieces on his table) When I returned home, I tested the chassis in conventional mode and all is fine.
Here's the issue: when the shell was removed from the frame, wires were cut vs just unplugged. The wires in question are BLACK. 2 wires are still attached to the handrails on the shell - obviously antenna wires. 1 BLACK wire from a circuit board on the frame has also been cut. This wire terminates at a plug on the circuit board and where it plugs in; the board is screen printed 'Ant/Gnd'. This BLACK wire goes to through the connector to the pin labeled as 'ANT'. Here's the delemma, the cut BLACK wire on the female connector is THE ONLY WIRE in the connector; I would have expected that its 'mate' (the wire that would connect to the male pin on the circuit board marked 'GND' is just not present) I would have thought that the circuit board plug-in-connector would have had both wires (antenna AND ground) in it not just the antenna wire. Did this come from the factory this way or am I missing something here (like a wire)???
Second question - can I simply splice the 2 wires going to each hand rail with the single wire which goes into the small molex connector which plugs into the circuit board???
Could it be this simple???
... and don't ask why the wires were cut and just not unplugged. The only thing that I can think of is that there MAY be a problem with the TMCC system and this was someone's way of reminding themselves - heaven forbid they attach a note on a piece of paper inside the loco.
Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions!
Best,
Dave
