NSDTrains posted:Hey Alex, nice video. How did you take the shell off this engine? When I went to open up mine there was a tiny metal piece connecting the side rods to the shell. Is there a way that you disattached this? Also, would you recommend that someone like myself without much experience try to take an engine like this apart or send it to an expert?
The piece there is the lubricator lever, and you just have to unscrew it with a small socket wrench to fully remove the shell. I’ve had many Lionel Hudson’s, and this is crucial to know. Lionel did improve this over the old way of putting the lever in on the older 700E’s which had to be carefully placed in a slot. For me, this was always tedious.
