Replacing Your F3 A-Unit's Lamps - Lionel F3 Owner's Manual

Maintaining and servicing your locomotive

Replacing your F3 A-unit's lamps

Press AUX2 on your CAB-1 Remote Controller to be sure that the lamps were not
Note!
turned off accidentally before replacing the lamps.
Y our locomotive is illuminated by two 14-volt lamps. One illuminates the headlamp and
the other illuminates the cab interior. During the course of normal operations, they may
require replacement.
As illustrated in Figure 4, start by removing the front screw on the underside of the frame,
and then lift the body up slightly, pulling it forward to release the two rear clips from the
frame slots.
Carefully pull the bulb and holder straight out of the socket to remove it. Replace the
expired lamp with Lionel part no. 610-4584-300, available from your local authorized Lionel
Service Center or Lionel Service. For more information, see Lionel Service on page 12.
Insert the replacement bulb and holder into the socket, making sure of a tight connection.
To reinstall the shell, first insert the rear tabs on the body into the slots on the frame. Line up
the screw holes on the frame and body shell, and reinsert the screw. Make sure all of the wires
are inside the body before you tighten the screw.
Make sure to insert the rear tabs on the body
into the slots on the frame before inserting the
front screw.
Figure 4. Lamp replacement
Lionel part no. 610-4584-300
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