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Pictures and text by Robert Lewis of
Tilehust, Reading, United Kingdom
Picture DD40-1 Pry away the body at the the 4 mounting points, and
carefully lift away, sliding forwards to clear the front coupling.
Picture DD40-2 Remove the filament bulb and the top mounted busbar, it
lifts away from the motors quite easily. The motors can then be gently prised
out of the chassis, one of the motor holders will also come away with each
motor. I used a pieces of electrical insulating tape over the bared metal of
the chassis (both motors) just to be sure there would be no contact after
re-assembly.
Picture DD40-3 Instead of cutting away the chassis contacts under each
motor I swapped the brass strips over, top to bottom this will enable restoring
to DC running in the future if required. Care should be taken when removing the
strips to avoid the brush springs jumping out. The strips come away easily if
levered away at the brush end first.
Picture DD40-4 The contact points can be soldered after a little rub
with abrasive paper and pre-tinning. Join the 2 bogie contact strips together
with some spare wire (3), and also join the decoder red wire to the front bogie
contact. Join the black wire to the chassis contact Solder the grey wire to the
lower motor terminal (1), ensuring routing keeps clear of flywheel and motor
armature. Join both lower motor brass strips together with a short length of
wire (2). It is very important to make sure that the lower brass strips and the
new wiring are insulated from the chassis which is "live". Solder the orange
decoder wire to the top brass strip of the front motor, and use a short piece
of wire to join the front motor to the rear. I have insulated all the unused
wires. Test installation. I have used double sided tape to stick the decoder
to a piece or rubber foam, which in turn is stuck to the top of the rear motor,
a small cable tie passed under the top brass motor terminal is also used just to
make sure the decoder stays in place. Refit the body.
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