@AmFlyer posted:Right, the original Seuthe smoke units barely functioned with the Seuthe smoke fluid and not at all with any other brand. All my Mikado's and light Pacific's have undergone a Seuthectomy. They now have MTH fan driven smoke units. No issues at all now, they smoke as well as any Lionel Legacy steam engine. A Cruise Commander board was also installed so they run far better than original.
For details of all the work involved look at the tuveson.com website. All mine are the updated conversion shown on the site. With just minor feature variations these engines are now as good as the Y3.
I converted my Mike to DCC with the intent that I would add a fan driven smoke unit. However, I could not find a unit small enough to fit in that tiny space between the motor and the front of the boiler. They probably exist for the HO market, but I came up empty. I'd love to know what Carl used. His website shows an upgrade to the seuthe unit but not the upgrade to fan driven. I ended up just putting in a much better seuthe unit, but it is still a far cry from a smoke driven unit.
