Wiz, I Will take you at your word that the thicker mega steam fluid clogged up your pump....maybe I got lucky, but I have been running mega steam fluid through mine since I have had it with no problem...even after my tube had an issue and I inserted my modified shrink tube nipple (see my above post) the unit works well. I tried it again tonight and put it in program mode to expel the mega steam fluid in the tank and that worked successfully.....you say you are having problems connecting the hoses back to the pump....are you sure the nipple at the end of the tube is still intact....just a thought..... Can you elaborate why you cannot insert the tubes back into the pump? If the nipple is intact it should easily fit into the pump.....at this point I feel this is the "Achilles heel"(as nmtrains stated") of this product. At this point I am inclined not to send my loader back to Lionel and leave it alone with my mod since it is working well.
-Pete
Final thought, why is Lionel insisting on sending the whole unit back for a faulty tube....why not just mail out another tube instead of scrapping the whole product.....just cannot wrap my head around that one....
