Everyone,
Benefit of being local; both engines just arrived via FedEx and luckily (for me) I am working from home today.
The Lionel technician did not install the replacement nose cones out of concern they could be broken again in shipping but provided instructions to perform the installation myself. While it's fairly simple the 2021 engine was a breeze and I struggled a bit with the 2024 engine because it's a very tight fit (same as the roof cover). They also reapplied the "piston" which had fallen off the rear truck of the 2024 engine.
Pictures of the install:
Step 1 - Insert the tabs into the holes so the cone is flush with the front but "dropped" (see below)
Step 2 - With the nose cone flush to the body, using both hands (at least for me) slide the nose cone upward being careful to slide both side together
Step 3 - There is no step three, just a picture of the finished install...
Hopefully for everyone else who has experienced the problem you can just request OR they will simply send you the nose cone parts and avoid all of the shipping.
- Jeff
