Hornby Ruston Terrier 'Dead' - Possibly a Loose Black Wire?

[latestarter]

My Hornby R3847 Ruston Terrier had a problem due to a missing pickup and Hornby kindly sent me a replacement lower chassis piece. it then ran erratically, with a squeak.

 

After I have oiled it, the loco doesn't run at all - no motor noise, and it seems completely 'dead'. I took the body off and can see a loose black wire from the motor. There's not much bare wire at the end, so I'm not sure if it was previously attached.

 

Can someone please have a look at the photos and suggest where it should be attached to the decoder, if at all?

 

I'll have a go a re-soldering it, if that's the reason for the fault.

 

Thanks for any assistance.

 

[Nick C]

Does this help:

 

It looks like the two wires from the motor go to the nearest two pads on the socket, and the two from the pickups go to the furthest two. My phone's macro capabilities aren't good enough to go any closer!

[latestarter]

5 hours ago, Nick C said:

Does this help:

It looks like the two wires from the motor go to the nearest two pads on the socket, and the two from the pickups go to the furthest two. My phone's macro capabilities aren't good enough to go any closer!

 

Thanks for the help @Nick C. I did manage to find where I think it should re-attach (see photo) and even managed to solder it back. Then, two more wires detached themselves, and I decided to give up trying to restore the Terrier.

To be honest, even though I only have 7 locos, this one is my most regretted purchase. It's been nothing but trouble since I bought it, and now will make a nice, but fairly expensive ornament on the layout.

[Nick C]

I would have offered to take a look at it for you - but international postage these days makes that difficult...

[latestarter]

2 hours ago, Nick C said:

I would have offered to take a look at it for you - but international postage these days makes that difficult...

Thanks for the kind offer @Nick C. To be honest, the postage would be the least of my worries, and I'd happily cover it both ways. However, An Post (Irish Post Office) have been holding parcels for an inordinately long time, while they try to impose as much import and export duty on the goods - which can be excessive. Packages by post from Hattons, Hornby etc, can take 4 weeks to reach me.

Last year, I sent a €3K saxophone to the UK for servicing, and the repairer was asked for €400 import duty, even though it was coming back to me. I decided to just have it returned to me - and it went missing and it's still missing 12 months later! 

I've taken the decoder out of the Terrier and I'm looking for a budget-price loco to use it in, at the moment.

Edited April 25, 2022 by latestarter