Sorry but I can't find the original thread but some of you might remember I purchased a brand new Weaver engine direct from Weaver at the April York show. Right off the bat is was having issues with TMCC signal reception. Being a brass engine the tender shell is the TMCC antenna, the tender frame is insulated from the trucks/wheels. On the bench I could not find any shorts to ground but on the track I continued to have intermittent signal issues. Engine wouldn't respond to commands, loss of chuffing as the engine kept losing signal, blinking headlight, etc, etc.
Well since I couldn't find the short I decided to use an old trick when one installs TMCC in a brass engine for the first time. Use electrical tape to insulate the frame from the shell and use nylon screws. Eureka engine works normally.
The only thing I need is those very nylon screws as the tender shell is not permanently attached to the frame. I've ask HighrailJohn this before but where is a good place to get plastic screws and what's your best guess on the size most often used in a brass engine?
Another note I just got done installing a super chuffer board.
