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Reply to "Lionel 773 1950 Smoke Lever Operation Question"

You need the service manual for the 773. It illustrates the locomotive fairly well.  It has been published in a number of the service manual reprints.

Another potential issue with 773 smoke is that there is a recess cast into the steam chest for the smoke lever.  Many of the smoke levers were not well formed and do not interface with the steam chest well.  This results in the smoke lever having very short travel, which produces very little smoke piston travel.   A proper smoke lever was sold for many years, but I have not seen one recently.

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