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Looking for a good repair man who has done good work for anyone in the past and can be relied upon.  I sent a Legacy AFT to a well known dealer in the region for repair to address a smoking issue and now the whistle steam chuffs along with the main smoke stack!  Any help is greatly appreciated.  Thank you everyone in advance!

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AJ

     Alex M does all my Legacy repairs. He is a forum member so do a search for him to get his email. He lives in New Jersey. You can ship your engine to him. I live in Pennsylvania so I drive my stuff to Alex’s home about a 90 minute drive for me.

      He stands behind his work too. I would go back to the guy who repaired your engine see if he can do it right.

     Good luck

JohnB

HI AJ

There is a placed in Warwick RI where I get help with my engines. Grandpas Train Attic. Grandpa (aka Ray) is a real good guy and I have been pleased wtih the repairs they have done for me.

Reach out to me if you want more detail / info. Obviously there are some fine people (John and Alex already mentioned) on the forum that are quite excellent and can help your efforts.

Paul

Marty E when the engine is idling with a steady stream of smoke you will see it consistently protruding from he whistle steam as the smoke normally would have continuous flow from he main stack and once the engine gets going you will see both units chuff essentially.  I'll get a video ASAP.  Thanks again everyone!

I have found that the baffle #2 on the parts sheet, has to big of a opening in it. The fan pressure from the whistle steam side goes thru the opening in the baffle, and comes out of the stack. The same thing happens with the stack side fan, it blows thru the baffle and pushes smoke pass the whistle smoke fan and out the whistle vent. I have replaced the baffle with one that has a notch in it to allow only the smoke fluid to pass between the chambers, but not big enough to allow air to flow freely.

gunrunnerjohn posted:

I think the wick pads they use in the stock factory shipment block most of the airflow between the two chambers.  If you replace them with the braided wick, it probably allows more airflow.

Exactly! That original batting they used blocked a lot of air flow. Every time I see a smoke unit with that block of batting I get rid of it immediately. 

Alex 

I doubt much smoke is making it into the locomotive, much easier path through the whistle.

The baffle in those smoke units lifts right out, so some aluminum stock and a little time and you can probably fix it.  This is one place where a layer of the old Lionel pad wick in the bottom of the bowl might make sense, then put the shredded wick on top of it.

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