Joe,

I have a picture of the circuit board but I do not know how to upload the picture.

Any help would be appreciated.

Mike

Thanks 671 and Joe.

I checked the powered E7 and it appears the motors are wired in parallel since each motor has a plug that goes to the reverser board.

There are 2 more circuit boards in the powered unit. I assume one of them is for sound since it connects to what looks like a speaker. It's mounted to the top of the reverser board. I am using an old Lionel ZW transformer. How do I activate the sound? I didn't know it had sound, so I guess it was good that I opened it up. The second board is much smaller and is mounted in front of the front motor. It has two plugs that go to two lights mounted up in the cab. Not sure why a circuit board is needed for the lighting. So, all together there are three lights in the powered E7.

Mike

Thank you for the feedback.

I recently bought this set at a local train show. The dummy had a broken 'truck mount' so I thought I would install the upgrade kit to help the powered E7 pull the 5 passenger cars and the dummy E7. But I guess the 2 motors in the powered E7 should be sufficient.

I had hoped they would be closer to running the same speed but since they do not, I think I will just go back and make it a non-powered E7 dummy. So, now I just need to order the 'truck mount'. It's too bad the upgrade kit doesn't have some type of adjustment built into the circuit to adjust the speed so that it could be adjusted to closely match the powered E7 . At least that way it would be closer to running the same speed as the powered E7.

Mike

Lee, Thanks for the advice.

I finally finished installing the 00243 into the E7 dummy. But before attaching the body to the frame I ran it on a test track with my powered E7. I found the newly powered E7 dummy is much faster then the powered E7. Is this going to be a problem for them to run connected to each other? Or is there a way I can slow down the E7 dummy?

Mike

I am installing the 00243 kit into a E7 dummy A unit. I am not sure how best to mount the circuit board to the frame. Does anyone have a picture of one installed that could be posted?

thanks,
Mike

Thanks Loco Bill.
It is one of the new ones, white in color. Too bad it has a poor record of running well. IMHO, it's one of the best looking Christmas hand cars out there.

Thank you,
Mike

Thanks for your reply.
The car is new so I didn't lubricating would be necessary. The wheels are still clean. This is my first Bachmann so I wasn't sure what the power requirements were for the hand car.

Thank you,
Mike

I have the Christmas Hand Car, Product Code: 96241. I just now set it up under the tree and it doesn't run very smooth using the LGB 50081 transformer. Is it ok to use this transformer to operate this car? I believe the max output of the transformer is 24 VDC @ 1 amp. My LGB loco runs very smooth on the same track and power.

Thank you,
Mike