Pendalino chasis screws

[DaveH]

Purchased a DCC ready Pendalino set R1134. Reading instructions supplied to fit a decoder, "Remove the chasis screws as shown. The body will lift off easily". Problem, I can't see any screws to remove as show in the diagram. Anybody with any infomation?

 

I've checked the service which does not show the screws.

[Rog RJ]

There are no screws that need removing. What you need to do is ease the body work away from the chassis with a thumbnail and insert small pieces of card to prevent the body slipping back into place and then lift the body off the chassis.

[DaveH]

Thanks, wasn't sure if there was any little tricks to the Pendalino. Body eased off with out any problems but raised a new question. As this is my first decoder fitting I expected to find the 8 pin socket which is described, nothing was found. So either

 

they have put the wrong motor unit in a DCC Ready box or I have to splice the wires into the original. Hornby support will be contacted Monday.

[Rog RJ]

The 8 pin socket will have a blanking plug fitted to allow the model to run on a dc (analogue) system. You will need to remove the blanking plug (1 in the powered car and 1 in the dummy power car) to allow a decoder to be fitted.

This service sheet

 

https://www.hornby.com/FileLibrary/Files/Download/?FileID=85 shows the blanking plug as part number 12.

[DaveH]

Got it, the in box infomation sheet is totally different to the actual model.

I located the 8 pin socket on opening up the first time but was not sure if that was meant to be like that.

 

Now having fun fitting it.