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RailKing 2-8-0 Steam Engine
• When storing the unit for long periods of time, you may want to add about 15
drops of fluid to prevent the wick from drying out.
• After removing the engine from storage, add another 25 drops of fluid, letting
the wick soak up the fluid for 15 minutes prior to operation.
If you experience poor or no smoke output when the smoke unit is on and has
fluid, check the wick to see if it has become hard, blackened, and unabsorbent
around the heating element. Remove the smoke unit inspection cover from the
smoke unit’s body (see Fig. 6). After removing the chassis and inspection
cover screws, lift the inspection plate away and inspect the wick. If it is darkly
discolored and hard, it should be replaced.
You can obtain replacement wicks and instructions from the M.T.H. Parts
Department.
Locomotive Light Bulb Replacement
To replace the light bulb in the locomotive, follow these instructions and see
the diagrams below:
Remove the locomotive boiler from its chassis as shown in Figure 3 on pg. 8
.
Once the body has been removed, rotate the headlight bulb counter-clockwise
as seen in Figure
7
to remove.
You can obtain replacement bulbs directly from the M.T.H. Parts Department.
Headlight
Figure 7. Replacing the Headlight
