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If possible, I would like to replace a non-functioning marker light red LED on a Lionel PCB rather than purchase a replacement board.  However, I have been unable to find a direct replacement LED from either Digi-Key or Mouser.   The LED is clear with a rectangular base and has a dome lens.  The Vishay TLUO2400 LED, available from Mouser, looks similar but I am fairly certain it is not the exact LED Lionel uses.  Does anyone know either the correct LED manufacturer & item number or a workable substitute?

Lionel part# 680-2274-310 PCB W/ LED / REAR LIGHTING / SD40 / 6 LED

Thanks,

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Seems NelsonW nailed it:

2mm red clear round top LED

US seller and what you're going to do with 23 extras remains to be seen.

What you have going for you is the LEDs are near the edge of the board.  What I'd do is secure the board and place the soldering tip across both solder blobs on the bottom.  The blobs should melt within 2-3 seconds and LED should easily pull-out the top of the board.  Some solder flux applied to the blobs helps

Note that an LED is polarized and must be installed in correct orientation.  The white marking on the Lionel board indicates which terminal (the left one in your photo) is the so-called "ANODE" which will be the longer wire terminal on the new LEDs.

680-2274-310

Given the MSRP of the Lionel replacement board, I can see your motivation!

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The LEDs arrived in Saturdays mail but I didn't work on the board until today.  Long story short, the red marker light LEDs are working but it wasn't a simple replace of the nonfunctioning LED.  Once the replacement LED was soldered in place, the LED still would not light when 3 volts was applied to the pins in the connector.  When tested directly on the replaced LED it lit up but the second marker light LED did not light.  I had to solder a jumper wire between the two LEDs to make both LEDs light up properly.

Now before you tell me I should have checked for a bad trace on the board to begin with, back when I was diagnosing the problem, when power was applied to the nonfunctioning LED's leads, the other LED would light up.  So at that time, I am certain that the traces on the board were okay.  I most likely damaged the trace when installing the replacement LED onto the board as there was no visible damage to the board when the nonfunctioning LED was removed.  It didn't occur to me to test the board after the LED was removed but I did try applying power directly to the removed LED, still did not light up.

Here is a picture showing the two LEDs lit up after the repair.  LED2 was the replaced LED.

SD40 Marker LED Repaired I

Here is a picture showing the jumper wire.  The trace on the right below the jumper wire is okay, the damaged trace is on the other side of the board.

SD40 Marker LED Repaired II



Now all I need to do is put the repaired board back into the engine and then figure out what to do with the rest of the LEDs.

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