I am in need of a kline smoke unit. It is going into a kline GS-4 Semi scale loco it can be a mechanical smoke unit or a fan driven look at the photos of what i need. The mechanical smoke unit i just need the PCB.
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It would be pretty easy to make one of the fiberglass boards that have the resistor on with a blank piece of fiberglass if you're stuck. The fan driven one appears to be totally different from wherever you got that board with the resistor.
You could probably use a Lionel fan driven smoke unit. I've put a number of MTH smoke units in K-Line locomotives when I install the Super-Chuffer.
It would be pretty easy to make one of the fiberglass boards that have the resistor on with a blank piece of fiberglass if you're stuck. The fan driven one appears to be totally different from wherever you got that board with the resistor.
You could probably use a Lionel fan driven smoke unit. I've put a number of MTH smoke units in K-Line locomotives when I install the Super-Chuffer.
the only reason why i said the fan driven smoke is because lionel remade this loco under the kline name. The lionel replacement part shows that smoke unit with a bracket that will fit. I did try a regular dum lionel smoke unit but the dimensions of the smoke unit will not fit in the boiler the kline smoke unit is skinny and short to allow the boiler to fit which is annoying. I also agree that it might be easy to make the fiber PCB the only concern with that it the pcb is on the bottom of the mechanical smoke unit so the smoke fluid sits on top of the pcb i am afraid that the smoke fluid deteriorate the fiber board quickly
Can you just buy the one from Lionel? Brasseur purchased the K-Line parts at one point, maybe they have it if Lionel doesn't.
Can you just buy the one from Lionel? Brasseur purchased the K-Line parts at one point, maybe they have it if Lionel doesn't.
lionel is out i did buy from Brasser about a week ago they just called me saying they do not have anymore. 
Bummer. How wide a smoke unit will fit? I have an assortment, I can check.
Bummer. How wide a smoke unit will fit? I have an assortment, I can check.
i am not home now but when i get home i will give you measurements this afternoon
Why not just replace the resistor? 27 ohm should work. When you install the new resistor put the leads through the board, then solder the wires directly to the leads rather than relying on the circuit which appears to be toast now. Then trim the leads.
Pete
Why not just replace the resistor? 27 ohm should work. When you install the new resistor put the leads through the board, then solder the wires directly to the leads rather than relying on the circuit which appears to be toast now. Then trim the leads.
Pete
traces are bad in the PCB there is no way to repair it
By soldering the wires directly to the resistor leads you bypass the circuit in the board. Bridging burnt or broken traces with wire is common repair technique.
Its up to you.
By soldering the wires directly to the resistor leads you bypass the circuit in the board. Bridging burnt or broken traces with wire is common repair technique.
Its up to you.
where the traces are bad is what holds the resister in place and keeps it form moving up and down. It will cause it to also leek because the smoke fluid sits on top of the pcb on this type of smoke unit. On one of my replies to gunrunnerjohn i included a photo of the smoke unit assembled and on the locomotive
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