American Flyer Wick replacement

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American Flyer Wick replacement - Post war 4-4-2 . Others could be similar. Can be replaced for a couple of bucks (2018 prices) - important **you must have patience and steady hands to do this operation.

 

remove the 2 center screws between the drive wheels and 2 screws at the steam pistons for actuator arms

 

Remove smoke box from engine. Remove covers on smoke box and remove old wick and wires. Clean out smoke box.

Wind wire around wick and leave 1/2" ends. before you wrap the wick, measure the width of the smoke box. The windings should be smaller so that the wires at the end dont touch metal housing.

oil the ends of the wick and twist to a point. Poke thru holes with a toothpick and pull thru with tweezers. Put smoke oil on wire wrapped wick.

Pack wick in bottom chamber and oil with smoke oil and attach bottom cover.

Flip smoke box over to top. Using a long nose tweezers, wrap the ends of the wires to the electrical posts. As you wind, there should be a small gap between smoke box cover lid and housing so when you close the lid the wires will NOT touch the housing. This is the hardest part. Screw top cover down and assemble engine. Add 6 drops of oil thru smoke stack and you are ready to run.