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[quote user="BMMECNYC"] The speaker box fit above the light tube for the headlights in the long hood.  I used an MRC speaker with box. Fits exactly. [/quote] MRC 16mmx35mm speaker. Also figured out why the locomotive needed CV adjustment for lighting and direction.  My first clue should have been they were both wrong.  Mr <a title="davidmbedard">davidmbedard</a> did in fact come close with the suggestion to swap the motor leads.  I bought a second Kato 9043Mac (INRD 9005) and the same decoder yesterday.  This morning I took a close look at the decoder and installed it with the tabs for fx5 and fx6 facing up.   I then popped the shell off of 9002 and realized the solder points were facing down.   Then the light bulb came on (or LED) came on in my brain and I realized if you swap the track power and the motor leads then the locomotive will run backwards with opposite lighting.  Insert facepalm.  So I desoldered it, flipped the decoder over, factory reset it by setting CV 8 to 8, cycled power and reprogrammed the address.  No issues, locomotive responds correctly.
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