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Hello John, The decoder should have come with a set of instructions indicating which wire goes to which pin or solder point. However, if it didn't here's the sequence. The National Model Railroad Association's Digital Command Control (DCC) socket is configured this way: 1 8 2 7 3 6 4 5 Orange wire (motor feed from right-rail pickup)goes to pin 1. Gray wire (motor feed from left-rail pickup) goes to pin 5. Red wire (right-rail power pickup) to pin 8. Black wire (left-rail power pickup) to pin 4. White wire (forward headlight) to pin 6. Yellow wire (rear headlight) to pin 2. Blue wire (function common) as the return from the yellow and white wires. I recommend using a 25-watt soldering iron, thin-diameter 60/40 rosin-core solder, and rosin flux for soldering decoders. Make sure the tip of the iron is clean and shiny with solder, without a blob of solder built up on it, and apply the flux with the tip of a toothpick. A little solder ought to do the trick. I drill a hole at the "X" with a no. 60 drill bit, then widen the hole with the tip of a new no. 11 hobby knife blade until I'm satisfied that the copper circuitry has been severed where needed. I suggest conecting only the first four wires, then testing the installation. The decoder is pre-set from the factory to address 03, so dial that address into your throttle. Make sure the remaining decoder wires are isolated from one another, and give the locomotive a try. It should move smoothly in forward and reverse. If not, check the decoder connections, look for any "Xs" you might have missed or ones that aren't completely cut through, make sure the track has power, and try again. Hope this helps, Paul Schmidt Contributing Editor Trains.com
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