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Has anyone managed to get the Smoke Box Door off a Hornby Terrier, without totally destroying it?
The Hornby web site instructions for chipping the Terrier, tell you to put it in the Smoke Box in place of the weight.
I spent a long time trying to ease the Smoke Box Dorr off, in the end I broke it off, It took a lot of effort to remove the 'glued' section as so much glue had been used during manufacture.
On contacting Hornby requesting a replacement Smoke Box Door by email, I got a reply after 2 weeks, saying that they don't have spare Smoke Box Doors or complete bodies. What a situation, the manufacturer has no spare parts!
So I am left with a loco with no Smoke Box Door, with the decoder hanging out.
Cheers
Dave

The Hornby web site instructions for chipping the Terrier, tell you to put it in the Smoke Box in place of the weight.
I spent a long time trying to ease the Smoke Box Dorr off, in the end I broke it off, It took a lot of effort to remove the 'glued' section as so much glue had been used during manufacture.
On contacting Hornby requesting a replacement Smoke Box Door by email, I got a reply after 2 weeks, saying that they don't have spare Smoke Box Doors or complete bodies. What a situation, the manufacturer has no spare parts!

So I am left with a loco with no Smoke Box Door, with the decoder hanging out.
Cheers
Dave