Hi gang, I have already had Bachmann replace a mogul with a drive train problem with another mogul..The new one runs OK..I didn't realize until after purchase that it wasn't Spectrum as is my Ten Wheeler...A few questions: 1) on mogul right side crosshead ( sliding part at end of piston rod) jiggles top to bottom when rolling/piston moving in and out..It behaves like a teensy mirror and reflects room light off it. Is there any way short of another return to Bachmann, to firm this up ? Can rivet be crimped tighter without ruining the valve gear ? 2) Can I assume brake squeal can not be added by say, changing bit and byte values/CVs/forfeiting some other sound function  in decoder ? 3) Can whistle in Ten Wheeler be made more staccato , more boop boop than whooo whooo as it now is ? 4) While lubing axles and rods, is it required to lube motor shaft bearings which would require shell removal ? Worm and gear I'm assuming are self lubing delrin or such..  
Thanks for your help,  
Mark in L. A.    

Hi, I was under the impression that a momentum value can be added while loco is rolling or not..Of course I have done both..But I don't understand why, when idling-loco receives a momentum value/change, it lurches/jerks forward a few scale feet...I could swear my first HO DCC loco, Bachmann Ten Wheeler never moved a scale inch when adding momentum at idle..Now, having added Bachmann Mogul, both lurch forward when adding/changing momentum ( I don't mean at same time)..I think Mogul is not a Spectrum..If so, has she possibly affected Spectrum Ten Wheeler ? I know this sounds crazy...But ,again, I could swear Ten Wheeler didn't jerk at idle...I realize, too I can add momentum while under way with no lurch and or leave loco this way..But the jerking action at idle is so unrealistic; a loco jumping forward on the rails...I've even coupled on to cars I was not meaning to couple to due to lurch...Well, fellas in NCE/DCC forum say the lurch is normal as it is a programming action , seperate from F1-F0 function keys...What's the bottom line ?? ...In a related topic, is Mogul capable of having a CV/ binary-code changed in order to add brake squeal, which is so nice on Ten Wheeler ? ...Thanks much,   Mark In L.A.

Hi .. I recently went digital with an NCE Power Cab..I own only one digital loco, a Bachmann Spectrum ten wheeler.. As I have a hearing deficit I got bold and made an attempt to go into the CVs and got up CV 128  'overall volume control '.I raised some numbers a little , hit ' enter ' and returned to cab home base..Well not only did this not raise volume, but, due to making umpteen feeble attempts to regain original sounds, have now lost the chuffs , hitting bell-button sounds non-stopping whistle, headlight gone, and even ' system refresh' doesn't correct and put all back in order .
Please, if possible , can you write a step by step course of instruction to get me out of this horror I've created..All I wanted was to make sounds louder and hopfully brighten headlight..The NCE manual is quite thorough but assumes too much that we all savvy all the tech talk ; CMGS, Packets, hexadecimal/ binary codes,  what/where F0 thru F10 is, etc. I know I must have opened these variables blindly and should have studied up more before leaping in..But CV 128 looked so easy and inocent a persuit..Doh !!
Thank you,
Mark In LA

Sorry if this has been delt with before...I saw an Ad for an HO Bachmann 2-6-0 which states : brand new, DCC with Tsunami sound..Why then is this NOT of Spectrum statis ? Is motor not 5 pole/skewed ? Or maybe no fly wheel ? Is it that detail is low ? Or to put it another way, what DOES constitute a loco as Spectrum more than what I just described in first sentence ?  Thank you...Mark

I am considering buying a E-Z Command throttle as my very first digital control system. But I am not sure if E-Z offers a walk around throttle in the set up. I.E. I wish to both run trains from a fixed position and/or be able to plug into outlets along the layout edge to walk along with a train..Does E-Z offer this ?? Also, in a related question, I own a Tsunami HO 10 Wheeler and as it is dual-mode I run it on my still analog layout. Problem is it hesitates at low start throttle and thus won't creep  . I am presently using my old MRC Tech II analog power pack. Will this jerky hesitation disappear once I go digital with the E-Z Command ?   Thanks, Mark