Lionel Building Set Owner's Manual page 18

Maintaining and servicing your locomotive
Tire-Traction™
Y our locomotive is equipped with Tire-
Traction. This means that two of the
drive wheels are fitted with rubber traction
tires to enhance tractive effort so your loco-
motive can pull many cars at once.
Lionel has provided extra traction tires to
replace the installed traction tires if they
Adding fluid to your locomotive smoke generator
Y our locomotive is equipped with a smoke
generator that produces safe, clean,
white smoke during operation.
The smoke generator requires the periodic
addition of Lionel smoke fluid in order to
function. Pierce the fluid tube's end with a
pin, then add 8 to 10 drops of fluid directly
into the smoke stack. Smoke production will
commence momentarily, faster if you run
your locomotive at speed. When smoke pro-
duction wanes, add more fluid (8 to 10
drops).
In Command Control, when the locomotive
Always keep smoke fluid in your locomotive smoke generator. If not, turn it off when
Note!
smoke is not desired using the switch shown on page 4 or the AUX1-8 command if
you are running in Command mode. Using Smoke Boost with depleted fluid can
damage the generator's element.
wear out. Simply unscrew the drive rod nut
from the wheel using a 3/16" nut driver, slip
off the old traction tire and remove it from
under the drive rod. Place the traction tire on
the wheel and re-tighten the drive rod nut.
You're now ready to pull that long freight
back to the yard.
is first placed on the track and powered up,
the smoke generator will be in a default
"OFF" position. Using any function key on
your CAB-1 remote will turn the smoke gener-
ator on. Turning off the sound (AUX1-5) or
resetting the engine (AUX1-0) will return the
smoke unit to the initial "OFF" position.
Always keep a small amount of smoke fluid
in the locomotive smoke generator; the gener-
ator's element can become damaged if operat-
ed without fluid. Smoke production is greater
at higher voltages and when the locomotive is
pulling a heavy load or long consist.
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