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       #Post#: 572--------------------------------------------------
       Where does this wire go?
       By: nrandel Date: February 24, 2014, 8:15 pm
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       The picture is a chassis of a Sante Fe F3 engine No. 200.
       Engine color is blue with yellow on the nose and cabin top.
       Oh boy, if I would have only took a picture!  I've got two wires
       (or more) which I don't know where they go.  I hope the picture
       goes through so you can see the screw terminal lug near the back
       motor in the picture.  The lug has two black wires going to it.
       One of these wires goes to the motor mount screw to one motor
       and the other one to the other motor mount screw but where does
       the screw termnal lug go to?
       The other two wire(s) are yellow (just twisted together for no
       reason), one comes from the truck pickup and the other one goes
       to the E-unit (reverse relay).  There is a bundle of yellow
       wires (three to be exact) with a wire nut on them but it doesn't
       have enough slack in it to reach the one pickup yellow wire.
       When I was putting everything back together these two yellow
       wires and the screw lug with the two black wires were the only
       wires that were lose.  Can you tell me where these wires go?
       
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       #Post#: 578--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Where does this wire go?
       By: TrainLarry Date: March 1, 2014, 10:34 am
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       The black wire with the spade lug goes to chassis ground under a
       screw, most likely the screw that holds the e-unit in place.
       Your picture is unclear about the yellow wires, but if your loco
       has 2 roller pickups, and the wires are yellow coming from both
       of them, then all the yellow wires should be connected together
       with the wire nut. Here is a schematic
 (HTM) http://pictures.olsenstoy.com/cd/locos%5Cloc2300a.pdf
       of a
       similar postwar loco; just ignore the horn, battery and relay.
       Larry
       #Post#: 619--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Where does this wire go?
       By: nrandel Date: April 3, 2014, 12:04 pm
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       Thank you TrainLarry.  That got me thinking outside the box and
       with a few rearranging of wires, they got to be long enough to
       connect.
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