quote:Looking at the brush plate, count from left to right and number the left solder contact as #1, the center contact as #2, and the right side as contact #3. What you need to do is strap the center contact #2 to #1 (shorting the two together). Take a wire from the roller pick ups, that was originally connected to the e unit, (your power pick up point). You want to connect that wire to the unused contact #3. If I remember correctly, this connection will get the loco to run in forward only. If it runs in reverse, then switch the strap from #2 & #3, and connect the pickup wire to #1. This should get you working.
If it's a 1946 model, the brushplate will have five terminals. Ignore the outermost terminals, which are connected to the jacks on the back of the brushplate, and are used to control the E-unit. Here is the service manual page.
