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Starting my second LL S-1 today.  Summary of what has been learned:  Nylon screws are not needed.  Test locomotive on DC before starting tear down to check for correct L/R pick up wiring, orange/gray wire on correct side of motor. Remove motor from frame and flip over (corrects the incorrect LL wiring scheme), Solder orange wire to the newly exposed unwired clip (remove clip before soldering) CAUTION: small spring and motor brush under nut that holds clip, do not lose this. Apply kapton tape to area around gray wire, bottom motor contact. File out the notches that held the light bulbs in place, 3mm LEDs do not exactly fit in same location.  Use golden white LEDs for 1st Gen Diesel Switchers. TCS MC2 decoder fits well.  Remove the 8pin plug entirely and hardwire, saves critical space when re-installing shell. Replace couplers (plastic spring Kadee clones are what came on this).
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