Recently purchase a 352 icing station and it works great...... I have cubes flying all over but in the ice car. If I lower track power they will land it the ice car. Is there a way to give it reduced power without using track power or a separate transformer to power the unit.
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The postwar icing station does not have any electrical connection to the track, you can use any power source desired. I always ran mine on separate voltage.
There is a plunger in a cylinder. Originally there was lubricant in the cylinder. The plunger acts as a cushion. I would clean the cylinder...and and grease. I'm not sure what is recommended.
The lubricant in the cylinder was a mixture of oil and "molycoat".
In my experience, if too much is applied, or you use something that is too viscus, the piece won't operate because the solenoid will not be able to overcome the resistance.
See this page on the 3662 milk car, it has a very similar mechanism.
Also see the pages on the icing station.
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