Hi All,
New member here. I'm fairly new to the hobby. I have bought just a few MTH and Lionel trains now, but the Lionel Pennsylvania Flyer set, given to me as a kid about 15 years ago, was what got me into it. It's not worth anything monetarily, but it has a lot of nostalgic value to me.
The smoke unit on this engine (6-31936) has been a problem waiting to happen; I'm sure I abused it when I was younger, not knowing it needed fluid to be switched on. Anyway, I finally did it in recently, making the whole house smell like burning plastic. I pried it open, and it is melted and burned to a crisp beyond repair.
I cannot find a direct replacement anywhere, as I suspected. S&W got back to me and even they don't have it. The closest thing I can find is the plunger-type unit from the Lionchief loco (2023120). This engine appears to have the same basic design as mine, so I'm thinking fitment won't be a huge issue. Do y'all think this unit will work? I know a little modification will be necessary, but my main concern is that the new unit is 18 ohms and the original is 16 ohms. The Lionchief runs at constant full voltage, so I'm thinking the smoke unit is designed accordingly in comparison to the old unit meant for conventional running. I'm thinking the 18 ohm unit won't produce much smoke running conventional at low voltages. I cut the lightbulb receiver off my old smoke unit so I can glue it to the new unit (which doesn't have a socket) and solder in the wires.
Much thanks in advance
