motor, the orange wire will go to the M+ pad and the gray wire
to the M-pad.
If you are at all unsure as to whether you got the motor polar-
ity right, leave the wires long and just tack solder them into the
motor pads. After you test the loco, you can cut them to length
and dress them.
10.3 Wire speaker
Make sure the speaker wires are dressed such that they won’t
interfere with the swing of the front truck. I like to hook them
around the boss that previously held the copper contact strip
for the right side of the trucks. If the wires are a bit stubborn, I
will even put a dab of caulk between the wires and the enclo-
sure and clamp them in place to keep them out of the way of
the wheels.
Solder the speaker wires to the speaker terminals on the
decoder. The polarity makes no difference, since this is a single
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26: TSU-GN1000 decoder held temporarily in place with
blue tape.
