Walthers 0-8-0

Scale:
N Scale


This installation uses the following decoder:


This installation is for the N Scale Walther 0-8-0 and uses a TCS Z2P-VO digital decoder and was performed by A.G.

First remove the shell by squeezing it on either side of the tender and gently rocking it back and forth until it slips off the frame.
First remove the shell by squeezing it on either side of the tender and gently rocking it back and forth until it slips off the frame.
Now remove the shell from the tender and remove the plug (marked in red) by gently pulling it off.
Now remove the shell from the tender and remove the plug (marked in red) by gently pulling it off.
Here is a picture of tender's board with the plug removed. Plug in our Z2P-VO decoder. If the NMRA plug is sticking out of the socket more than 1/16" unplug it from the locomotive and carefully clip each of the pins so it can sit lower in the socket. Unscrew the screw and remove the "front weight."
Here is a picture of tender's board with the plug removed. Plug in our Z2P-VO decoder. If the NMRA plug is sticking out of the socket more than 1/16" unplug it from the locomotive and carefully clip each of the pins so it can sit lower in the socket. Unscrew the screw and remove the "front weight."
Here is how the installed decoder should look.
Here is how the installed decoder should look.
Gently place tender's shell on its chassis.
Gently place tender's shell on its chassis.

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