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Kit: MX648F hard-wired with SugarCube7

Carefully remove the plastic coal detailing and area.

Example 1

Remove the 6pin DCC socket and strip the tender base down. Hard-wire in the MX648 and position flat along the floor.

Example 1 Example 1

Example 1

Put the tender body back on, ensuring that the decoder is low down.

Example 1

Speaker on top, insulated of course, and a new stage created to place a custom coal load.

Example 1 Example 1

Photos courtesy of Mick Storey

Example 2: MX648 with SugarCube6 - fewer modifications

Tender top pops off to reveal 6pin DCC socket.

Example 2

Remove the socket and clean up the wires ready to hard-wire the MX648.

Example 2 Example 2

Chop off the PCB screw mounts.

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Remove unwanted AUX wires from the decoder and re-cover with Kapton tape.

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Connect pickups and motor wires.

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Connect the SugarCube6 speaker.

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Sit the speaker and decoder on thin double-sided tape. This kit fits in without needing to modify any of the tender body - only the screw mounts from the original 6pin socket PCB, so is a really easy installation.

Example 2 Example 2

Tender body should clip back on totally flush.

Example 2 Example 2

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