Running the engine without a primed
smoke unit may cause damage
ProtoSmoke™ Fluid
ProtoSmoke is the recommended fluid for
M.T.H. products and can be used in other
manufacturers products as well. Choose from 12 different scents:
Christmas, Coal, Diesel, Wood Burning, Coffee, Eggs & Bacon,
Vanilla, Candy Cane, Barbeque, Pipe Smoke, Cinnamon Roll, and
Apple Pie
LED Lighting (Engine Only)
Gone are the incandescent bulbs. Your new PS3.0-equipped engine has LED
lighting. MTH uses various colored LED's to simulate the correct lighting on
your engines from the warm, yellow-orange colored light coming out of an old
lantern on your favorite steam engine to the high-intensity halogen lamp on the
latest modern diesels, LED's allow for various, correct colors. Also, they require
less power and do not emit as much heat as incandescent bulbs.
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 boiler shown on Page 33 “Removing
the Boiler”. Remove the smoke unit inspection cover from the locomotive's
body. 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. When priming new wick add 40 drops.
! After removing the engine from storage, add another 25 drops of fluid,
letting the wickdiminish, add another 10-15 drops of smoke fluid or turn the
smoke unit off.
! 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.
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