Wiring a DZ1008 Relay to a soldered DZ1000 Switch Machine

The DZ1008 instructions will tell you which DZ1008 wires go back to the DZ1000. No soldering needed, I use wire nuts.

So wait, does that mean the DZ1008 does not clip directly into the DZ1000?
I understand the concept of wiring the DZ1000 leads to the prongs of the DZ1008, but it seems based on the instructions that the DZ1008 should slot into the DZ1000 with screw terminals (albeit ones that seem absent on mine) and then it essentially is clipped on.

I wouldn’t  unscrew anything, just use wires on dz1000 and connect them to dz 1008. They tell what color wires go where. I did a Ross double cross over with dz 2500 hundreds. I just used wire nuts. Be sure you solder rails one and two correctly and when wiring be sure don’t get mixed up.

I agree, just attach the wires to the appropriate leads on the dz-1000, you can solder the wire to the leads.

Old DZ-1000s came with screw terminals. New ones come with pig tails. The screw terminals were a problem source; the pigtails are an improvement. The DZ-1008 instructions are old. The wire colors match, though: green to green, yellow to yellow, red to red, black to ground. The DZ-1002 controllers need the same ground as the DZ-1008.

If you are wiring any of them for non-derailing, the ground for the relay must be the same as the ground for the switch machines and the rail ground.

I've been down a long road with a Ross 11 1/2 degree crossing...