Belt slipping/stretched on modern Lionel aquarium car

Try stretching a couple of small rubber bands over the drive roller to improve its grip.

Good luck! 

Mitch

M. Mitchell Marmel posted:

Try stretching a couple of small rubber bands over the drive roller to improve its grip.

Good luck! 

Mitch

Good suggestion, Mitch.   I will try it!  I must have nearly 20 aquarium cars - both Lionel & MTH - & this is the only one with which I have had such an issue.   Thank you!

My pleasure!  I recommend small rubber hair bands like these:  

Mitch

M. Mitchell Marmel posted:

My pleasure!  I recommend small rubber hair bands like these:  

Mitch

Wow, I have seen plenty of rubber bands in my time, but none like these.   They look like those "scrunchies" girls use to bunch up their hair.  Where do you find those? 

The first page of LIONEL's replacement parts website shows two different replacement belts for aquarium cars for sale at $2 ea.:

https://www.lionelsupport.com/ReplacementParts/

Pingman posted:

The first page of LIONEL's replacement parts website shows two different replacement belts for aquarium cars for sale at $2 ea.:

 

Thats interesting Carl.   Thanks.  Its good that Lionel offers those for the typical fish-related cars, but they have made dozens of of aquarium car variants, &I need the one for the Casper the Friendly Ghost car from 2009.   I know they can't cant continue to offer them all.

RadioRon posted:

Pingman posted:

The first page of LIONEL's replacement parts website shows two different replacement belts for aquarium cars for sale at $2 ea.:

 

Thats interesting Carl.   Thanks.  Its good that Lionel offers those for the typical fish-related cars, but they have made dozens of of aquarium car variants, &I need the one for the Casper the Friendly Ghost car from 2009.   I know they can't cant continue to offer them all.

Interestingly, LIONEL states for each belt that it can be used for ANY aquarium car.

Also, if you have the product number for your car, you can enter the 6-xxxxx number in the search box on the site and receive a parts breakdown for your car, including a p/n for the belt assembly.

Pingman posted:

RadioRon posted:

Pingman posted:

The first page of LIONEL's replacement parts website shows two different replacement belts for aquarium cars for sale at $2 ea.:

 

Thats interesting Carl.   Thanks.  Its good that Lionel offers those for the typical fish-related cars, but they have made dozens of of aquarium car variants, &I need the one for the Casper the Friendly Ghost car from 2009.   I know they can't cant continue to offer them all.

Interestingly, LIONEL states for each belt that it can be used for ANY aquarium car.

Also, if you have the product number for your car, you can enter the 6-xxxx number in the search box on the site and receive a parts breakdown for your car, including a p/n for the belt assembly.

Well, it can be used for ANY aquarium car, but why would I want to put a belt with fish graphics into a Casper the Ghost car?  That would kinda defeat my purpose of getting the Casper car.   

Well, there might be value in matching what you have to a factory fresh item and identify the problem with yours.

Did you check to see if LIONEL has the belt for your car?

Lionel has belts for close to a dozen of the specialty aquarium cars, but not this one.

Speaking of belts, who silkscreens the belts for the custom cars Lionel produces for the TCA, etc?  

Slightly off topic but I've never seen or heard of Lionel Aquarium cars but wow, they are pretty cool!!  Watched videos of them in action, those are very cool!