OK, I tried the TMCC reset but i wasn't sure if that applied since I was running conventional when it failed. Anyway....
-All lights and other TMCC functions work.
-When I hit the direction button on the remote. The lights turn off on one end of the loco and come on on the other end. This happens each time i hit the direction button so that seems fine.
-Horn works
-Other railsounds work
-RPM sounds change as I turn the throttle wheel.
-Power. I have power on the track. I can run a conventional loco just fine.
As I said before. I was was running this loco last night and this morning. Then it just stop the instant I hooked it up to a set of six cars. And that brings up questions about the electro-couplers but they are working too. (just to be sure, the coupler buttons only open the couplers right? They don't toggle between a opening and closing action?)
So if the next step is to remove the trucks or take the shell off, I need help. I pulled the 8 body mount screws but the shell doesn't seem to want to budge. And the trucks do not seem to be able to turn 90degrees like AcelaNYP suggested. It feels like I'm going to break it if I twist much harder. Perhaps this isn't a liondrive? I don't know.
Tim
