TMCC H10 6-38036 question

Service Manual   

The locomotive should run without the tender, the tender just has the sound components.

You shouldn't have to remove anything to get this running.  When you say "didn't respond", does it make any sounds?  Does the lighting come on?  Maybe you're not getting power to anything.

Pull the 4-pin black connector off the Cruise board and then you can test the motor with a DC supply.  In the simplest form, a couple of batteries to provide 3V DC should be plenty to spin the motor on the bench.  Try it in both directions.  If that works, you're left with the Cruise board or the R2LC.  Did the R2LC you removed work in another locomotive?

Here is what I know:

• we have track power at J3 on the CCM
• we have track power at pin 1-2 and 3-4 on the R2LC
• the motor works smoothly both ways with a battery
• swapped the R2LC with a working locomotive - no success

This leaves me thinking it might be the CCM.  There is no obvious physical damage to the CCM and I don't have a spare to swap.

Is there anyway I can test the CCM before ordering a new one?

Do you happen to have a left-over DCDR (DC Motor driver) board?  It will plug right into the two plugs on the CCM and run the motor.  That's a quick test of the CCM function.

I did, but I didn't think I would need them so, I sent them to someone who could use them.