I have two 2420 work cabooses. Both have broken smoke stacks. I have replacements but am wondering how to pop out the old stacks without cracking the shell. Thanks for any help. Don
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Take a punch and a hammer. A smart wack and 99% of the time the stack will pop out with no damage to the body. Not for plastic stacks, just die cast.
Have you tried a pair of needle nose pliers and squeeze the plastic part together some and then pull it out?
If you are extremely careful sometimes you can drill out the old smoke stack, may need a very sharp drill(mainly a new drill bit) bit so it goes through the plastic easier.
Lee Fritz
I think that the last time I cracked one of those shells, it was while trying to insert the replacement smokestack. Be careful!
Why not heat the old smoke stack a bit with your soldering iron? If the new one is a bit loose just super glue it in. They are metal, right?
Rob
I put some WD40 on it and hope that will make it easier to pull or tap our. Thanks everyone. Don
