I have a Legacy Steamer from 2009. It constantly shuts down the sounds no matter what button I push on the remote. Sometimes it does it at a random time. The engine will run and respond to commands, and button no.3 start the sound back up, but the sounds will just play the shut down again (as if I’m hitting 5 and I am not).
Already tried new ID and factory reset via book
what does this behavior mean?
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I would suspect something is wrong with your remote. Do you have a different remote?
J Daddy posted:I would suspect something is wrong with your remote. Do you have a different remote?
I’ll check that.
What is intermittent loss of smoker fan while in motion a sign of ?? ....New symptom tonight 🙄
Do you have the lionel engine part number ?
I think your remote is causing this
J Daddy posted:Do you have the lionel engine part number ?
I think your remote is causing this
6-11131
running with Legacy Cab 1L
seems to happen when I stop the loco and the hit the smoke on or off buttons, or any button on the numeric pad and with then it never returns to normal until power down and power up
Sounds to me either dirty rollers, wheels on the tender, or track. The tender is losing power intermittently causing the sound drop out. If you are able to put a 9 volt battery in it, this will prevent the small power interruptions from dropping the sounds. If there is no battery connection, Gunrunnerjohn sells the YLB (Your Last Battery) with the proper connectivity. The board should support this.
In later Legacy engines Lionel enabled the sounds to recover on their own.
This engine has early modular Legacy much like the Odyssey engines that preceded it. Loss of sound is likely pick up rollers in the tender. It should also have a battery connector in the tender. Smoke fan problems would be in the engine. It could be a dirty switch, radio board needs to be reseated, fan motor wearing out, or any of the connectors between the motherboard in the engine and the smoke unit.
Cleaning all the rollers is a good place to start along with adding a battery and also making sure the optical devices on the drawbars are lined up.
Pete
DdotCdot posted:J Daddy posted:I would suspect something is wrong with your remote. Do you have a different remote?
I’ll check that.
What is intermittent loss of smoker fan while in motion a sign of ?? ....New symptom tonight 🙄
Are you sure that the fluid isn't clogging the hole. Gently blow down the stack when this happens. Otherwise do as pete suggested and check the connections.
Versions for older modular boards as well as the new RS-Lite board.
I’ll consider that powered battery option, but in 25 years of owning / operating many generations of tmcc locomotives - not one has ever needed a battery to function correctly on a simple loop....then again this is only my second early legacy loco - and the other does just fine w/o one. Maybe this one is just a special one.
Here is what I am experiencing:
the smoke issue started after I shot this
I could barely hear any audio there, so I'm not sure what to tell you.
Had one behave in a very similar way.
As was mentioned previously here.....check the optical devices on the drawbars.
You may have to bend the bar back to alignment.
DdotCdot posted:I’ll consider that powered battery option, but in 25 years of owning / operating many generations of tmcc locomotives - not one has ever needed a battery to function correctly on a simple loop....then again this is only my second early legacy loco - and the other does just fine w/o one. Maybe this one is just a special one.
Here is what I am experiencing:
the smoke issue started after I shot this
If your rollers are able to maintain constant contact with the track then you don't need a battery. The battery is useful when you don't have good contact. It might be caused by oxidation but also weak roller springs or cheap steel that rusts used in the roller bearing. Clean them with contact cleaner or something like Atlas conducta lube.
Pete
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