2) Cut the copper strip off as close to the brush holder as you
possibly can and solder quickly to the brush cap. Advantage:
don’t have to chase a bunch of parts and rebuild the motor.
Disadvantage: good soldering technique is necessary to keep
from melting the motor frame. If you cannot solder feeder
wires to your track without melting ties, I suggest you don’t try
this at home.
Wire the orange wire to the top (marked) brush. Connect
the gray wire to the bottom brush. Cut the wires to about 2
inches long. Figure 15 shows the motor reassembled into the
frame so that you can get an idea of how the wires will even-
tually be routed. Note that the plastic frame clip is positioned
to help keep the wires and brush caps from contacting the
frame halves.
6.0 Assemble drive train
The next step in reassembling this loco is to put the drive train
back together. However, at this time we have all of the parts
out of the loco. It is a perfect time to clean and lube the loco.
15
15: Motor wired, sitting in
the left frame half.
