Bachmann 32-500 BR Standard 5MT DCC fitting

Due to the numerous detailed fittings careful handing whilst removing the body is essential, starting with the rear left driving wheel remove the small slotted screw holding the speedo drive and gently ease away.

Moving forward to the front of the loco there is a cross headed screw under the bogie assembly that has to be removed

finally at the rear again there is another cross headed screw under the brake rodding. I could not find an easy way of removing all of the rodding so I unclipped the rear actuator trunnion and nudged it a bit to access the screw. 

Short countersunk is the front and long cheese head the rear.

Having removed the body, it is a tight fit you will see the blanking plug just forward of the gearbox, remove this and plug in your decoder I used a Hatton’s standard 8 pin which fits into the plastic cradle supplied.

Before I reassembled the loco I performed a quick check on the programming track to see if I could read the chip.

Reassembly is of course done in reverse order; check the body sits flush against the chassis you can see this from where the screws fit not forgetting to locate plate that sits on the rear screw pillar and the tender draw bar. 

Gently tighten the two mounting screws checking the alignment of the body as you go.Reattach the speedo drive to the rear driving wheel and finally the fiddly bit the rear actuator trunnion. A test run before reprogramming the CV’s that I job done.