lee drennen posted:Thanks like I said I got this from eBay who knows what the guy did to it just to get it out the door. It doesn’t smoke now and fluid leaks out the right side thanks for posting this I’ll try what you said
Similar to the experiences listed above, a) my original smoke unit had a bad burned-plastic stank to it, so I tried some Mega Steam also - helped some, but still smelled burned every time. I believe the resistor was touching the plastic interior, cuz eventually mine developed a hole in it, and the juice was running out similar to what @lee drennen experienced. So I replaced it with a new one I ordered from Lionel or Train Tender, don't recall which. Part number you ask? Oddly, I can't find the receipt (and I keep 'em all!) for the smoke unit, so I looked it up (see PDF attachment below), and from Lionel's own documentation, it says 600-8041-050 but sadly Lionel says unavailable, but lists an alternate - 610-8738-200 - so I looked that up, but there's no joy in Mudville tonight!
So unless Brasseur/Hennings/whoever else has one, replacement of the whole unit may not be an option. Note that the last two smoke units listed talk about (and picture) an LED as a headlight - mine had an incandescent bulb, so those two don't seem to be a match anyway.
I remember peeking down the hole to see if I thought this one could be opened and repaired, but I think the smoke chamber is sonically welded, so splitting it might be the only way!
PS, the bad news: My new smoke unit had the same burned plastic smell!! That's when I decided I needed a switch.
