Lionel 6-18959 New York Central NW-2 Switcher

Start with simple first. Did you flip the run/program switch back to run??

Jeff T posted:

Start with simple first. Did you flip the run/program switch back to run??

Yes I did, It also starts up in prog mode also. My other TMCC engines work ok.

It use an old LCRU2 so it may be failing with receiver sensitivity.  I guess the first step is do you have a good antenna connection with no grounding?  G

GGG posted:

It use an old LCRU2 so it may be failing with receiver sensitivity.  I guess the first step is do you have a good antenna connection with no grounding?  G

Hi G

I thought of adding a earth ground since it did work a couple of times since I created this post.  I forgot to say it runs and reverses fine with the remote but the horn and bell work with my Z4k buttons. 

Maybe the Harness is loose between the LCRU and RS board.

If this a AC motor? Check grease in gearbox. Regardless, if it is a electronic issue or not.

GGG posted:

Maybe the Harness is loose between the LCRU and RS board.

No everything seems secure, do you think grounding the outside rails to a earth ground will help? If not as seldom as I run it i'll just use the buttons on the transformer for the horn and bell.

shawn posted:

If this a AC motor? Check grease in gearbox. Regardless, if it is a electronic issue or not.

Hi Shawn

I did that a few days ago when I put it back into service.

If you haven't done so already, do a reset/restore on the LCRU2 board. The code on this loco technically doesn't matter because there isn't anything connected to the configurable pin, but I'd use a 6 on this loco.

https://www.lionelsupport.com/...oreTMCCfunctions.pdf

If that doesn't change things, then try pulling and re-seating the two chips on the RS2.5 board, but ONLY IF you have the proper PLCC-chip extractor. But my guess is that the above step will fix things.

TRW