I received a Lenz Compact for my birthday and bought a batch of decoders from Mr Turner (best price of anywhere I looked, postage at cost and next day delivery, you really can't complain!!) and I have been spending evenings fitting chips to locos.
I have so far done Bachmann classes 24, 25, 40, Warship, 46 (old type), Heljan Hymek and 47 and Hornby West Country and Merchant Navy (neither with sockets).
I have two locos that are giving me real difficulties in that I cannot get the bodies off either! One is my second Heljan 47 and the other is a Bachmann 08.
On my first 47 the body just lifted of when the tabs where released but I cannot persuade this one to part at all. I have put card between the body and the tabs but it will not shift and there is nothing really on the chassis to apply any force to. The fuel tanks/ battery boxes detach and i really don't want to pull on the bogies.
With the 08, I have removed the 2 screws under the couplers and tried to relese the tab at the rear with a screw driver, but again the body shows no sign of movement at all and I worried about breaking something with the amount of force that seems to be necessary. The body still seems to be held in vicinity of the tab so I am not sure I releasing this correctly.
If anyone can offer any advice or tips to get me inside these locos I would be very grateful!
ROB