@Arnold D. Cribari posted:I just solved my MTH Proto 3 B-6 steam switcher smoke unit problem. This simple fix can be regarded as a tip-n-trick.
Last night the smoke did not work after adding a few drops of smoke fluid. The layout and engine were shut down overnight so the engine had plenty of time to cool down.
This morning, before starting up the engine, I added 8 smoke fluid drops and blew down the smoke stack. When I started up the engine using DCS, still no smoke.
Then, using DCS I shut off and started up the smoke unit. Voila, the B-6 switcher (currently my favorite locomotive) filled the basement with smoke. Hallelujah!
Here's the $64,000 question (1950s TV show): why did the smoke unit stop working before?
Do some new locomotives have an automatic shut off of the smoke unit when the smoke fluid gets to be low? If so, is the problem solved by shutting off and starting up the smoke feature using DCS, which apparently worked for me?
Arnold
The wonderful Marty Fitz taught me to blow into the stack anytime my engines stop smoking. This has cleared up my non smoking issue on many occasions with several different engines.
Glad yours is working again - that's a nice engine.
Paul
