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3.0 Preliminary Assembly
My next step is to install the new lights in the shell. This way,
the glue can be setting up while you are doing other tasks. If
you send the frame halves to George for machining, it will be
a few days to a couple of weeks before you have them back to
reassemble the loco. If you machine the frame yourself, count
on a few hours work in the shop, see section 4.
3.1 Rear light
Find the rear light assembly you removed from the cab. The
rear light assembly comes apart by pulling the circuit board out
from the gray plastic housing.
Remove the copper strips, the 270-ohm resistor and the yel-
low LED from the board. Install a 750-ohm 1/4-watt or 1/8-
watt resistor and a Golden White 3 mm LED from Richmond
Controls. Don’t worry about polarity on either item at this
point. The resistor has no polarity issues and we’ll determine
the LED’s polarity later.
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11: The frame halves split before drive train removal.
MRH-Jan 2013
