Help! I installed a new smoke unit (from Train Tender) on a 8100 (611) Norfolk & Western loco and cant get it to smoke.
The in-line fuse is OK as track voltage is getting to the smoke unit and the top of the smoke unit is warm / hot. I put in 12 drops of liquid smoke and both ran the loco and let it sit in neutral for a minute at track voltage and the slowly run with no smoke.
The puff piston from below is working correctly I believe.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks Much
Ken
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12 drops doesn't sound like much for a new unit. I'd try about 30 (another 20) and see if you have any luck.
No luck to get smoke with another 20 drops of liquid smoke.
I assume I should see smoke after a minute or 2.
Thanks
Thank you for the advice...for this Lionel 611 loco from the 1980's, how much liquid smoke should I use ?
On postwar smoke units I use 3 to 5 drops. This smoke unit has a resistance of about 28 ohms.
Thanks
Ken
Here is a photo of the smoke unit before replacement
Ken
I would think being a puffer style smoke unit you have put too much fluid in it. Even with the initial 12 drops before you added 20 more. I could be wrong but I thought the puffer style units only took a few drops of fluid.
Brad
It may need a new resistor and batting in the smoke unit. I use the 27ohm from Lionel.
I think you flooded the unit. It is a piston pumping style and needs about 6 drops. Not sure if there is any wicking in there to soak the fluid but probably has a sleeve over the resistor which I cut off and add a small amount of wicking near the resistor.
Your unit is almost the same as the SP daylight steamer from that time period with the tubing off the smoke unit to force smoke out by the drivers.
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