Hey guys,
Just received my new Vision line Niagra Friday and got it lubed and smoke fluid in it last night. I only got to run it for about 20 minutes last night but I did notice that everything except the tender smoke unit was working fine. Today I pulled the tender apart and took the top off the smoke unit to see if there was something obvious that was causing the problem. The batting was wet with fluid and it had two yellowish/brown spots in it from the two heat coils getting hot. The little fans turned freely by hand also so nothing obvious. Put everything back together and still no joy. I even turned the sound completely down so I could hear if the smoke unit was running and it makes no sound whatsoever. I checked the manual to see if there was something I had missed and it said the locomotive had to be moving when you pushed and held the water key for the smoke effect to operate. Tried forward, reverse, slow, fast..........I'm out of options.
Any ideas or suggestions before I call Lionel and send this thing back for service? I have dozens of Lionel Legacy locomotives but his is my very first Vision line locomotive. I just can't believe something is DOA on it!!
Thanks for the replies in advance!!
Rick