C&O M1 Various issues (20-21056-1)

SirCaptain,  : 🤔

Wheels ........................clean and shiny.                                 Pickup rollers....................clean and shiny and rotate and their mounting screws tight.                                           Track ...........................clean and shiny.   Good power.      Pickup wires and screws .............................tight.               Internal wires................................no evidence of pinching or loose connections.       

  Any evidence of hot spots on the boards ?

This appears to be a ps3 engine  ( 20-21056 ) there shouldn't be any batteries to worry about.    Also it would be a newer speaker , probably no flaking of the metal finish to cause problems.

NO bell, whistle or other sounds?  Can be bad speaker, bad 2 pin connector to speaker (the later wiring is suspect), bad audio amp (need a new board), bad soundfile load.

So swap a speaker to see, test the connector continuity, try a reload of the Sound file.  Otherwise send it back.  G

Hey @GGG ,

Audio does work (I'll upload another video once I get a chance). Once track power is applied, regardless if engine sounds are on or not, the static starts after about 45s to a minute

@Dallas Joseph

I'll double check connections on it, has me scratching my head as it's 4 sets of connections to the wheels / rollers that go through the frame, and none of them are pinched. Will do some wiring checks to validate the condition of them (lots of tiny wires bundled together is a nightmare to deal with)