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hello all,

I have another issue with one of my MTH engines. It is the subject PS2 gg1. I was having problems with all kinds of derailment so I decided to take the front truck off and check it . I thought I was pretty careful and replaced the chassis back on a cab. I tried to run it and it keeps telling me that the engine is unavailable and not active. I tried everything like reading, adding a new engine and so on but it still won't start up. I'm afraid I might have blown something but I don't know how has there was no power sent to it when it was on the bench. Any ideas?

Much thanks as usual, Jerry 

 

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Any Ideas?   sure....  The engines is in the inactive list and you can't get it out no matter what.

I would try the engine in conventional mode just to see if it powers up.  Something may have come disconnected while you had the front truck off.  I hope this is  not a case of something shorting out, so when trying conventional raise the throttle gently.

If it runs in conventional delete the engine from the remote and add it back again to the DCS remote.

Thanks guys, I will try running into conventional mode. I already did delete the engine. I tried to recover the engine and still nothing. Other engines run fine. How could I have shorted something out when the engine was on a bench and come into no contact with electricity. The only thing that did happen was the pin that holds the front truck on did fall into  the  body  front  and so did the washer . Could that have caused a short ? 

 

Tank you very much for your help,jerry 

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