As promised, I finally got around to installing the Rail4You C-sine motor in my venerable 3054 E103.
Here is the lok before starting:


Here is is opened up and ready to go: (This had been my first digital conversion. About to pull out the 5* high efficiency motor!)


Here is the motor frame ready for the new motor:


Here is the motor frame with the motor installed:


And here it is ready to hook up the wires and test it:


I then made sure that the mechanism turned freely and put it on the track. This is where things went bad. It ran about 1/2 meter forward and stopped. I reversed it and gave it a little push and it ran about 1/4 meter in reverse an then the little interface board left it's smoke out. It is now dead. The HE motor is going back in until I can decide what I want to do next.

Best of luck to work on it,keep posted soon when running smooth.

I've got one of those (3054 E103) fitted it with a 60901 conversion, it ran great, but I then had a change of heart and put it back to standard analogue, call me mad if you want, the lok seems happier that way - rattling around with it's 24cm coaches! anyway good luck with your new conversion, as a fellow tinkerer I am curious to see the outcome.

Kev

Francisco. I have sent an e-mail to Herr Iten about this. We'll see what happens. I thought the drivetrain was operating freely before the test, but after the test I noticed a slight binding at one point in the rotation. Perhaps that was the cause.

Looking forward to reading Mr Iten's response.... If it's just a small circuit board, it shouldn't be all that expensive to replace - hopefully.