I picked up a HAMO 3829 [ BR 191 ] a few years ago on EPay & have not given it a run till this morning . It had been converted to 3 rail & supposably digital . When placed on the programme track for the CS1 upgraded it was not a goer . Worked out how to remove the top body , 5 screws in hidden places & then removed the brushes to see what was stuck , still no go & then took off the brush plate which is a major operation having to remove the coupling rods & external transfer case to get enough room to get the brush plate off to access the anker , wheels now turned ok , counted the teeth on the anker ,7, & looking at the exploded view on the web there is no teeth shown, Part #245480 . I let off the 2 mounting screws a fraction & the motor will buzz but not rotate, but with no anker fitted wheels turn with no excessive friction I am concerned that a wrong anker has been fitted prior to me buying this engine . Can anyone advise which anker part # should be fitted & also advise what sort of Decoder ? is fitted to the engine please . See picture below .

Cheers Tom in Oz

Other side of decoder.

Cheers Tom in Oz.

Well that's not a good shot, try this one .


Just a bit better, taken with a cheap Fuji camera with poor zoom /macro

I have the same one from Hamo digital 2-rail loco. I think it is from 6082 c82 decoder for 2-rail digital.

It work with Marklin 6027 2-rail Central unit= only, Changing coding with Marklin 6032 programmes.