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Does anyone on here do repair work on an R2LC board ? I am on a fixed income and could pay a reasonble fee for parts and labor as well as inbound -outbound shipping. I have tried the unit in another Locomotive , and it exhibits no response. 

 

Please let me know. 

 

Thanks

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They do fail. I have few dead ones. If its the processor or related I am pretty sure its not repairable at least at a figure that makes sense. I can tell you even Lionel techs don't make component level repair and specifically told not to. If you put it aside you can get them half price next fall when they have their open house. Even if it turns out to be a virtual open house I suspect the half price parts deal will still be offered.

Pete

Last edited by Norton

Obviously, mine was the other way.  The magic smoke curled out and it was toast!  On the bright side, it didn't take anything with it, so I just replaced it and moved on.  That's the kind of stuff that happens when you've had the shell off half a dozen times and you're getting a little annoyed that there's still a problem!  I should walk away for a spell when those things happen, live and learn.

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Ryan "S",

This is the ( 5th) time in some 18 years since I have been involved in this T.M.C.C stuff, and each time I swore " I'm never going to get back into it because of this very reason". But , I always do. This is the 2nd time I've owned this particular locomotive ( 6-38616), and both times it started with a smoke resistor issue. Yet, here I am. there's just something fun about being " retro" with the old TMCC. 

@Norton posted:

If you plug R2LC pins 1-2 into the connector 3-4 it will likely be OK but not the other way around. Ahem....speaking from experience.

Pete

 

Good to know I am not alone! Embarrassingly I once plugged one in off by a whole row of pins. When I discovered that, I thought "there goes that R2LC" But surprisingly all I had to do was reprogram the engine ID. All was good. Now I am real careful to make sure they are plugged in right!

Rod

 

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