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Hello

I am new in TMCC, I started 3 months ago and feel very happy with it, I have a problem with lash-up, I have 2 Lionel 6-28541 SP SD40T-2 Cab number 8239, I followed all instructions and both engines respond fine, but one runs faster that the other. They start at a very similar speed, but when I accelerate them one responds faster, the other one makes a sound like an accelerating sound, but responds slower, therefore they pull against e/o, and finally trip-out somehow, somebody told me to check if both engines wiring were in paralell or series, but both are the same, Does anybody know what my problem may be? Any help will be very much apreciated

BTW My layout (in Mexico) is in Youtube just type Oscar Nenninger

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If both engines are indeed TMCC and no speed control. Reset the momentum of both to the same.  That is done with the three keys on the bottom of the Cab1 under the small removable plate. Eng ## L, M, or H, set.  Set both units to the same momentum.   

 

You may also want to uncouple the two engines and let them run as if in a consist.  Determine which is the slower one and do maintenance (oil) to improve performance.

Hello Mike

OK, I disassembled the slower engine, cleaned old grease, regreased and lubricated, setted both engines with same momentum (M), and still have the same problem. I could see, that though both engines are same product and cab Numbers, motors are mounted in differen way, in slower one, you dismount truck and motor stays in engine, in faster one, you take off truck with motor, in this case motor has 2 bracket holes on sides, and in slower one, motor is bolted from underneath, What do you think?

Well, I did all I beleive could be done, I even checked with another engine, and it was almost the same speed as the faster one, but again one small fail in responding to CAB1, and they trip out, so I removed gears from one of them ( slower one) and left it like a dummy, so problem resolved, thanks a lot to all who advised me. In the near future I will try Legacy, but will try to sell my TMCC first. Thanks again

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