Ok just piked up a broadway limited paragon2 4-6-4 that needs some work. It is missing all the guts to the tender. First off does anyone have the directions that go along with this engine? Second is how can I get this engine to work without haveing to buy the guts to the engine. I have no problem buying the guts because I got the engine for 29.00 so I have some room to spend on the guts. I was wondering If I could hook up a tsunami decoder and be able to run it or no. I am also missing the wiring between the tender and cab quick connect. I have written bli about parts but i have no part numbers to reference to tell them.
Parts I need are tender truck assembly, truck screw and spring, electrical guts and wire hookup to cab. Any help would be appreciated.
thanks
Mike
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For parts ID, is this what you have?
http://www.broadway-limited.com/support/explodedview/Paragon2-Hudson-Loco-Expl-View.pdf
http://www.broadway-limited.com/support/explodedview/Paragon2-Hudson-Tender-Expl-View.pdf
Yes maxman that is what I have. Thanks for the exploded view. Now I have something to go on.
Ok so broadway limited said they do not have replacement parts for the hudson available anymore. How can I get this thing to run again. It has a plug in the engine that the tender has to plug into. If I had a plug I could wire my own decoder in it. Any thoughts or recommendations on this.
Thanks
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Finding those plugs is proving elusive.
I believe the form factor is "JST", but the pitch, or distance between pins is smaller than I can find anywhere.
I'd love to find some myself.
Problem with replacing them with something else is how do you get one small enough with enough connectors?
Closest I can get is whatever the CD audio connector is (IDC form factor, I think), and that's only 4.
Everyone so far has simply answered "Mouser, Jameco, etc", but not provided any part numbers.
I have three or four of those style catalogs and can't find them.
tbdannyIf you can't find a replacement tender plug, couldn't you replace the plug from the engine with another (easier to find) one?
What would you suggest. I got word from bli today that they could find a truck assembly that would work. They also gave me the wiring diagram for the engine as track motor light light motor track. I could hard wire it I guess but I don't want all those wires hanging around. Any suggestions?