I have 30 locomotives that currently have Tsunami board-replacement-style decoders installed.  I'm in the process of converting all to Loksound, and I have a great opportunity to trade most for a like number of new Loksound Selects.  However, most of the Loksounds are of the 8-pin plug variety.  

Would the installation of such a decoder as a replacement for a factory board-style Tsunami be feasible (i.e. clipping off the plug and soldering the various wires on the locomotive to those on the decoder)?

This weekend I started a powering project and thought it would interest fellow modelers on this site, so I will post the steps here as I go along.

Hi everyone,

I bought a P2K SD9 that runs and looks great, but when I bought it, all of the plastic tabs on the shell that held it in place were broke. The shell slides on just fine but is not attached to the frame at all. Have any of you run into this issue with P2K locomotives and if so, what were your solutions to it? Is there a way to keep the shell on while maintaining access to the motor?

Thanks.

I've long been a vocal proponent of Tsunami decoders, and especially their ability to be configured with a working independent brake and coast/idle function.  I even went so far as to remove and sell the Loksound decoders from four Intermountain factory-equipped SD40-2s and use the proceeds to buy replacement Tsunamis.  I'd heard that ESU was working on adding support of similar braking and coast functions, but Tsunamis already had it, so I foolishly thought the best ESU would do was to "catch up".