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Kanga		#1 Posted : 27 July 2017 15:10:27(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/07/2017(UTC) Posts: 31 Location: Northern Territory, Australia		Well, enough of me just lurking about here reading good advice for the past 18 months or so. I decided to join up and apart from some offerings of running a Marklin layout complete with catenary in a tropical environment, I've got a bit of a problem with a 37796 TGV. I have an MS2 on a small layout and the last couple of days each end of the TGV has decided it is just going to do what it feels, and one runs flat chat, the other stops in correct response to the MS2 control. I tried factory resetting my MS2 to no avail. Am I taking my TGV back to Paris? Karl


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kiwiAlan		#2 Posted : 27 July 2017 18:34:21(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 23/07/2014(UTC) Posts: 8,107 Location: ENGLAND, Didcot		Hmm, I think I would double check all the connections between coaches. That is about the only thing I can think of. Look for bent pins or connectors not properly mated. The motor that goes full chat, does it reverse when the other one does?

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H0		#3 Posted : 27 July 2017 19:13:22(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 16/02/2004(UTC) Posts: 15,266 Location: DE-NW		The train has one decoder and two motors wired in series. So unless something went wrong with the wiring (e.g. plug between coaches) the two motors should get power at the same time.
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Kanga		#4 Posted : 28 July 2017 10:15:20(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 27/07/2017(UTC) Posts: 31 Location: Northern Territory, Australia		Thanks for those replies. The fault indeed seems to be in the plug between the two train halves although visually the contacts all look ok and the spring action of the pins check out. The locos do both reverse and when they do, the opposite (and always the rear end) becomes the one running flat chat. Manipulating the coach coupling fixes it temporarily. Might be a warranty job.


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Drongo		#5 Posted : 29 July 2017 05:44:42(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 03/06/2008(UTC) Posts: 1,225 Location: Sydney, NSW		Hi Kanga, Have a look in the review section about what I said about the Marklin TGV. After returning 4 times to Marklin service they decided to exchange it for another model made in China, which is a little better than the TGV. My advice is to ask for an exchange - do both about getting it repaired. That's my opinion. Regards Greg
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