I bought an Alco FB2 DCC ready locomotive. Removed body to install a decoder but could not find plug. Saw something which looked like it had 8 connections but was not a plug and appears to be permanently soldered to circuit board. Any ideas on how to install decoder in this locomotive? Thanks
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Your circuit board should look like this one. In the center is a jumper plug made from PCB material. Remove that jumper plug by pulling straight up.
Your decoder will plug into the 8 pin socket underneath.
Sid
Any dcc decoder with 8 pin will work. Just remember to install correctly. Pin 1 is orange. There should be a 1 on the top of the board. Joe
Many thanks. I was afraid if I removed that part, I would destroy the circuit board