How do you put a DCC Chip in a Roco 43353 Glaskasten?

[Peter749]

I have had a Roco Glaskasten on my shelf for some time and I want to fit it with a DCC chip.

https://www.roco.cc/ren/products/locomotives/steam-locomotives/43353-br-983-steam-locomotive-of-drg.html

 

From the info on the website and the box its fitted with a NEM 652 plug - the standard 8 pin socket.

The loco was second hand and did not have any instructions but it runs ok in DC mode.

 

There is a pdf download of the parts but I cannot work out where the socket is or how to get to it?

 

Has anyone fitted this loco with a chip?

 

Thanks

 

Peter

 

 

 

43353_8979.pdf

[Ian Morgan]

It looks like it is a pre-DCC Ready version of the model, if connector (9) is not a standard 6 pin socket (the scan resolution is not good enough to see). It might be possible to get a replacement PCB (item 22) that has the decoder socket, but there is no guarantee that there weren't other design changes made to enable fitting a decoder.

 

You may have to resort to fitting a wired decoder

 

[Peter749]

7 hours ago, Ian Morgan said:

It looks like it is a pre-DCC Ready version of the model, if connector (9) is not a standard 6 pin socket (the scan resolution is not good enough to see). It might be possible to get a replacement PCB (item 22) that has the decoder socket, but there is no guarantee that there weren't other design changes made to enable fitting a decoder.

 

You may have to resort to fitting a wired decoder

 

Thanks Ian,

 

I was just looking at running it as a special so its not worth the bother.

Not even worked out how to get to the body off to look inside.

 

Peter

[friscopete]

I think you have to do it the hard way and even machine a  space tor it unless you want it sticking up into the cab ..there is an article out there somewhere but I took the easy way out and sold it .

[michl080]

Hi there,

 

Hans-Peter Pfeiffer has a web site that describes how to put Decoders into pre-DCC-locos.

 

See here for details about the  Glaskasten.

 

VERY valuable source of information, not only for the Glaskasten.

 

Michael

[Peter749]

19 hours ago, michl080 said:

Hi there,

 

Hans-Peter Pfeiffer has a web site that describes how to put Decoders into pre-DCC-locos.

 

See here for details about the  Glaskasten.

 

VERY valuable source of information, not only for the Glaskasten.

 

Michael

Thanks Michael.

 

A very helpful webpage - I can see how to get in to the loco now.

 

Peter