hey everyone,
so about a week ago, I bought an old MTH Proto-Sound 1 J1e Hudson #5344 (product number 20-3020-1)
when I got it, the smoke unit had completely seized to work, It wasn’t producing smoke. And i didn’t hear the fan motor either.
when I opened it up, the smoke units wires had been detached not just from the entire unit, but also the plug for the fan motor.
I ordered a replacement smoke unit just to be safe, but when I did order it, I noticed that the new smoke unit had a plug to connect it to the rest of the engine, whereas the old one just had soldered wires.
it also has too short of a stack to connect it to the actual smokestack on the shell.
So my main 2 questions are:
1: how do I connect the new smoke unit to the rest of the engine? (If there is a wiring diagram, that will do wonders for me)
2: is there a place I can get a new stack to put onto the new smoke unit so it has a straight path up? I tried salvaging the old units stack, but it’s too loose on the new one.
and also a side question:
I’ve seen people use a 9 volt battery to test smoke unit motors, while I’ve heard doing so can actually burn the motor out. Could someone tell me if this is actually safe to do?
I’ll send pictures if needed.
thank you all,
Jack
