I have one more issue with the Pennsylvania Flyer RTR set I own. When I turn the smoke unit on, the transformer's green light blinks and the engine slows down and stalls after a while. The light which I believe is wired in parallel with the smoke unit works fine. The smoke unit my loco has is the black plastic one (I believe part # 236-54) which gets actuated by the wheel rod (pumping air). Are those units repairable or should I just get a new one?
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Not repairable, just replace. Note that the Pennsylvania Flyer takes a current rendition of the old 236-54 smoke unit that is wired in parallel with the motor.
Update: I got the replacement unit, installed it and it works great. I was able to buy NOS smoke unit on Ebay. It came with one wire and my old unit has two wires (one for smoker and the other one for the bulb). I am handy with soldering iron so conversion to two wires was a piece of cake.
Thanks Chuck!
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