Hornby 0-4-0 Pug

Scale:
HO Scale


This installation uses the following decoder:

M1



TCS M1 Decoder Installation for HO-Scale Hornby 0-4-0 Pug. It was performed by Robert Lewis of Tilehust, Reading, United Kingdom.

Following are installation pictures of a TCS-M1 installed in a Hornby (UK)  0-4-0 Pug. (note driver is non-standard addition)

Just remove the cab. Dismantling the locomotive any further is difficult and unnecessary.
Just remove the cab. Dismantling the locomotive any further is difficult and unnecessary.
Disconnect the black wires and the capacitor from the motor terminals.
Disconnect the black wires and the capacitor from the motor terminals.
Connect the decoder, making sure to insulate joints from pick up wires
Connect the decoder, making sure to insulate joints from pick up wires
Re-assemble cab, decoder is stuck with double sided tape to rear wall of cab, wires can be painted with matt black paint to hide them.
Re-assemble cab, decoder is stuck with double sided tape to rear wall of cab, wires can be painted with matt black paint to hide them.

Important Soldering Tip

Please do not use any flux either liquid or paste on the mother board. Over time, the acidic properties of liquid or paste flux will begin eating away at the fiberglass PCB and will damage it. Use only Rosin-core solder or no-clean flux approved for electronics use.

TCS recommends the use of Kester "44" Sn63 Pb37, .015" diameter Rosin-core solder. Kester part number 24-6337-0007.

You can order this solder from the following retailers:
Digikey - PN:KE1110-ND
Techni-Tool - PN:488SO6775

Other solder tips

When stripping wire, only strip a tiny little bit of the insulation. Strip no more than a 1/32 of an inch. When the wire gets tinned with solder, the insulation will shrink back more. Try to not expose any more wire than half the length of the solder pad at most. In no case should solder or exposed wire wire ever be outside the boundary of the the solder pad you are attaching a wire to.
Click here for important information on properly Stripping and Tinning wire