Wiring:
1.
Utilising the LifeLike walkway CAREFULLY remove a phosphor bronze pickup
2.
Lay a scrap piece of the chassis floor over the donor phosphor bronze pickup (P33) and bend the small arm back over the
scrap piece forming a little “U” shape. Repeat for the other 3 pickups
3.
Attach the pickups using the four 14BA screws supplied to the underside of the chassis deck and bend the vertical tabs over
so that they form a soldering point for the motor. See photo
Cab end designator(older chassis shown here but the new chassis has the same process)
4.
Note these instructions apply to wiring the chassis for DC operation only. Should a DCC decoder be desired to
be fitted the manufacturer’s instructions are to be adhered to. The holes in the locking plate (P27) are to allow
you to feed decoder wire along and also allow for wiring of lights.
Using decoder wire run a length of 27mm
between the two pickups on each side so that they are linked electrically together. Use red on RHS (driver’s side) and black
on the fireman’s side using the parts list diagram. (DC wiring)
5.
Solder 18mm (long phosphor bronze tab) and 12mm (short phosphor bronze tab) decoder wire to the pickups near the
screw head and then feed the wires back up in the two narrow slots provided in the base (long hood end) (Note DCC wiring)
6.
Position the motor into the cradle with the flywheel at the long hood end and ensure the motor orientation is correct with a
hole in the motor casing to the top. Push the motor down into the cradle until snaps into the forks paying attention so that
the decoder wires sit in the rear slots provided in the chassis
7.
Solder the 18mm decoder wire to the long phosphor bronze tab
8.
Solder the 12mm decoder wire to the long phosphor bronze tab
9.
Make sure the pickups are at about 30 degrees
10.
Glue (P36) coupler spacers at each end of the chassis so that the holes and orientation of the unit matches the chassis
profile holes
11.
Insert each bogie in and rotate 90 degrees.
Note as you turn the bogie a wheel will catch a pickup. Don’t keep
turning until you use a small screwdriver to hold the wiper down as you continue to rotate the bogie into its
correct alignment. Beware at times until you have finished construction that this may happen again
12.
Test run the chassis and if necessary fit the motor locking plate assembly into the top of the forks above the motor as this
will squeeze the motor hard up into the chassis. If the chassis stalls or jumps a bit up and down, adjust the angle on the
pickup tabs and fine-tune as necessary. Remember to grease/oil the chassis as per normal practice
DC version of the completed chassis with a motor locking plate, air tanks after testing and oiling
Air Tanks:
1.
Trim the two smaller rectangles attached to (P31) and glue them across the narrow ends in line with the edge
2.
Cut the remaining tag so that (P32) becomes two pieces and glue these into the holes on the opposite side of (P31), i.e
not the face that has the two smaller bits from step 1
3.
Glue (P33) face to face
4.
Pull the original air tanks off the side of the LifeLike loco mech fuel tank
