Now I'm aggravated.
In taking off the little bolt at each wheel in order to avoid messing with the rivet at the shell...both rivets popped off anyway while removing the shell. The smoke unit looked nearly perfect; no gunk and no blockage anywhere once I removed the "donut" cover and wicking. Rotating the wheels manually I confirmed that the cantilever piece is functioning as it should. I put everything back together including the two rivets--one of which was bent and wouldn't push back in all the way--and there was no difference in the non-smoking. Two laps around the track and I noted a) the headlamp was now not working, and b) one of the rivets had fallen off. I inspected the bulb and found it to be screwed in all the way with the filament looking perfect...but not working. I wasted 20 minutes looking for the rivet but it's nowhere to be found.
Model railroading is such fun!
