I just purchased a BR 64 Epoch 3 locomotive (my first real locomotive). When I first got it I could swear the front lights were much brighter then they are now. This one came with a smoke unit installed and the first thing I did was try to get it smoking which seems like a lot of trial an error. During the process I spilled a moderate amount of smoker fluid on the engine and the lights definitely got dimmer. A friend of mine disassembled the engine for me and we found a lot of liquid spilt over the innards and I did a lot of cleaning which brightened the two lower lights but they are still a yellowish color. The third light at the top is much dimmer. When I take the top off the engine and turn on the one LED visible it is as bright as the three for the backup lights. But when I put the cover of the engine back on the lights are just as dull. I can't figure out how to remove the light transfer plastic bar to see if cleaning it would help. I can't see a connection to the lower lights in front and can't figure out how to remove them to clean the contacts. Unless that is a bad idea.

Any help to get nice bright lights would help.

Thanks

Zev

Thanks for the info. Do you know where I can find instructions on how to remove the transfer bars?