LGB Decoder Fitting Guides - Stainz
- Introduction
- Step1: Removing the Body
- Step2: Removing the Chimney
- Step3: Separating the Cab
- Step4: Detaching the Boiler
- Step5: Fittng the Decoder
Step 2: Removing the Chimney
Next, the chimney needs to be removed. As can been seen from beneath, it is attached with a nut, with the wires to the smoke generated being fed through it. A pair of pliers need to be used to grip the nut, and give it a twist in the normal anti-clockwise direction to loosen it off. Once released a little, it is fairly easy to simply flick it with a finger to unscrew it completely (if you prefer you can continue to use the pliers, but it should spin fairly freely after a couple of turns).
To remove the chimney stack, the smoke generator needs to be disconnected from the loco. Following the wires across the main red base plate, the wires, (grey and black on our loco) are equipped with push connectors at the ends, and simply unplug from the circuit board. By holding each wire as close to the end as possible with your fingers, twisting the connector left and right as you pull, the connector should come off easily, without too much force. If you can't get your fingers into the small hole, you may use a pair of pliers once again, but try to grip the connector directly, to avoid stressing the wire.
Remove the tape from over the wires to allow them to hang below the chimney. At this point, you can take the nut off the wires and put it to one side. The chimney will now pull vertically upwards from the boiler of the loco, together with the lamp cover which can also be removed.
Also at this end of the loco, from where you just unscrewed the nut, the piece of plastic which has four pipes coming into it from above needs to be removed. These pipes are a fairly tight fit, and by pushing them out from below you pop them off, to take this piece out.
Placing the body the right way up once again, on the left hand side of the boiler, the water filler tube connects the red baseplate to the boiler. This is simply pushed in, and although a tight fit can be simply pulled off.
Now, only 4 more screws and the red base plate is no longer attached to the cab or boiler. These 4 screws are at the rear of the loco, and are ringed in this next picture. Remove these, and put them in a safe place.
