How to attach smoke stack cover on Lionel caboose

It just perches on the stack and swivels when you want to put fluid in.

@gunrunnerjohn

John, thanks and that's how my other 6 or so caboose stacks work, BUT on this one (that I recently purchased used), the little "nubs" must have worn or broken off the inside sides of the cap.

Maybe something as simple as a drop of glue left to harden on either side of the inside of the cap will create enough friction to replicate the little "dimples" that were on the cap originally and allow it to move as originally intended.

Any other ideas will be appreciated.

While I don't plan to have smoke "on", I like to keep these things as original as possible. I'd rather not glue it in place if I don't have to.

I will report back after I try my above plan.

Thanks!

Stan

I don't turn the smoke on so I glue them in place. Next guy that gets it some day can complain about the guy that glued it on.

I had the same problem with the Lionel PRR N5 caboose.  My solution was to drill a very small hole through the cap and the stack.  I pressed small piece of round brass stock into the hole and painted the assembly flat black.

While the cap can be rotated, I don’t add smoke fluid down the stack.  Instead I remove the stack from the roof.  On my caboose the stack comes out easily and has a key to line it up with the roof.  

I like Dan's solution, that should work and keep the functionality desired.

Mine did the same and would not stay in place. I used a small dot of super glue. I do not run smoke in it but if I do the whole stack pops right off so it can be filled. It's a good thing because the stack does not line up with the smoke unit. I would have to go in at an angle to get fluid in the unit.

Brad