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Reply to "SD40-2 Weak to no smoke?"

Thank you all gentlemen for you replies. I am in the process of figuring out which way my motor is spinning. Even with a AA (1.5V) battery it spins just too fast for my eyes to see. Admittedly my 26 year old eyes have been crap since about day one, but wow the motor just stops immediately. I'm going to just ever so lightly put a touch of white out on the top of one of the impeller blades to use as a timing mark and it should be easier to see the direction of rotation. White out comes off easily too, I have used this trick many times before. If the rotation is correct, then I'm going to assume that my problem is the dry batting. I only have the dropper that came with my engine so any ideas on how much of that I should use? 

 

Unfortunately, I don't have a Command remote at my disposal. This is our first legacy engine the rest are conventional, so we haven't upgraded our control system yet. We are doing a layout overhaul and with track and building expenses command is a ways down the road, since only one engine can really take advantage of it. So I won't be able to make adjustments and check the smoke level setting. If it was set very low from lionel then I'll just have to wait I suppose.

 

John, on your advice I checked the screws for the resistor and they are tight. I made a note in my manual about it should I ever encounter problems again! 

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