gunrunnerjohn posted:It's not uncommon for wires in the tether to break right at the connector in the tether to break, I keep a bunch of those in stock for that very reason. FWIW, I don't recall ever having the break any other place in the tether. Typically, I can diagnose these on the rollers by wiggling the wire back and forth at the connector.
The locomotive connector will occasionally have a pin break free from the solder as well, normally those can just be resoldered.
Do you remember what part number the one you keep is (with the 90* bend)? I forgot to ask my LHS what the part number was when I picked it up yesterday. It was a universal one so I had to cut the connector that connected to the PS2 board off the old tether and connect it to the new tether. Not hard, just time consuming soldering and heat shrinking 10 wires. I'd like to pick up a couple spares from MTH in case this happens again with one of my other Premier PS2 steam locomotives.
