TWIN BIN DUMP CAR WIRING QUESTION

Is this your diagram? One coil wire goes to the chassis ground, the other coil wire is connected to both shoes.

Thank you ADCXRob.  That is the diagram I have.  I am electrically challenged and have no idea what I am looking at.  Is the chassis ground the solder lug?  How do I get one fine copper wire to both sliding shoes?

The coil ground is connected to the metal chassis.

There is a flexible hook-up wire from each sliding shoe that gets soldered to the coil wire near the coil. A piece of heat shrink tubing slipped over the wires before soldering, and slid down over the soldered joint helps keep the wires from shorting out to the metal frame.

Larry

Thank you, TrainLarry.  My problem seems to be that there is no wire on either sliding shoe.  I have a few other operating cars.  Is there one I can look at to see where said wires should be on the sliding shoes?  No wonder the diagram made little sense to me.  I am missing critical parts!

I'm going by memory here, there should be two solder lugs on one rivet, each connected to one end of the coil winding - the bottom one(against frame) is chassis ground, the top one(insulated) is a connection point for the coil and two super-flex black wires, each one extending through the undercarriage to the trucks where each is soldered to the pin/rivet which extends into the shoe to contact the activation rails.

Just found a photo:

Here is the truck detail - the wires are soldered to the top of the 480-20 rivet. You may actually see some evidence of wire & solder on your rivets(red circles).

@POTRZBE posted:

I cannot understand wiring schematics.  I have a Lionel twin bin dump car 3359 with loose parts and a "wiring" diagram.  I do have all the parts.  Which wire goes where?  Thanks in advance.

Don't feel bad. I suck with diagrams as well. And wiring in general

A big thank you to all who responded.