Lionel 675 smoke unit

More information than you'll ever want:

675 Locomotive: http://olsenstoy.com/675-52.htm

Smoke Units: http://olsenstoy.com/searchcd31.htm?itm=629

Thank you, but the drawings do not show how the smoke is orientated in the locomotive.  I need a picture of how the smoke unit attaches to the steam chest.  

Thanks again for the quick reply.

One single screw with a star washer screws into the hole at the bottom of the smoke unit.

 Looks like this in person:

They were always a bit of a bear to reassemble!  😐

I never thought they were any harder than any other Pre or Postwar steamer.

Big Hoss posted:

Thank you, but the drawings do not show how the smoke is orientated in the locomotive.  I need a picture of how the smoke unit attaches to the steam chest.  

Thanks again for the quick reply.

Hello Hoss!  Here are 2 photos I took of one of my 675 locomotives, which I restored from a rusted piece of junk.

The bracket securing the smoke unit is just behind the boiler front attached by a screw underneath. This particular bracket shows the level of rust originally found on the loco. The smoke unit is just aft the bracket. This photo was taken with the steam chest partially detached so the angles appear deceptive, e.g. the cam to the left is really beneath the bellows of the smoke unit.

This gives you a better view of the cam beneath the smoke unit seated in the space above the steam chest just  abaft the boiler front.

Hope this helps.

Tinplate Art posted:

They were always a bit of a bear to reassemble!  😐

I'll second that.  All the other PW steamers I own were fairly simple and straightforward, but the 675 was a real PITA to put back together.

As an aside, does anyone know a good method for making the 675 boiler front fit tightly?

Balshis posted:

Tinplate Art posted:

They were always a bit of a bear to reassemble!  😐

I'll second that.  All the other PW steamers I own were fairly simple and straightforward, but the 675 was a real PITA to put back together.

As an aside, does anyone know a good method for making the 675 boiler front fit tightly?

use a bigger hammer...

Thanks! I appreciate the pictures and replies. Still having problems though.  When I put the smoke unit in the position shown in the pictures, the steam chest will not seat against the boiler.  It seems like the smoke unit support bracket is too long.  Did Lionel make this bracket in different lengths?  I am also not sure if the screw and washer screw into the horizontal or vertical hole on the bracket. 

I have only ever rebuilt two 675's and both smoke units were a PITA! Everything in that front end is really crammed in there!  😐