sd-45 electrical pickup

[rustycoupler]

 I was wondering has anyone modified the copper contacts that touch the bottom of the frame halves? I was thinking i could solder a wire to that and tap into the bottom of the frame, any suggestions would be appreciated.

[gatrhumpy]

You could do that very easily and provide bulletproof electrical contact.

[rustycoupler]

 Soldered the wires directly to the pickups then tapped screws into the frame halves and connected the pickup wires to the screws. Still does not work properly, looks like another junker from Bachmann going into the parts box. I also have a new f-3, the motor seems to be dragging at full throttle on my dcc controller, barely pulling eight cars. Any ideas, suggestions.