Hello all,
My Lionel 497 coal loader works very well except when dumping coal with a 3459 or 3469 ore car. Other Lionel dump cars seem to work okay but the aforementioned just sit there and Buzz. When I try to hold the track down so it makes contact with the clips and touch the coal elevator dump lever and the negative part of the truck I get a small shock through the dump controller arm please advise of what you think and how I can correct it.
Much thanks, Jerry
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First thing I would check is the trucks on that car. If other cars work okay there must be a problem with those trucks shorting and sending feedback to the controller which I've never heard of before but with these old trains you never know
Or maybe when you're pressing down on the track you're causing a short through the rails somehow do you notice an overload on the Transformer when you do that.
Dumb me did not have the track seated properly. Once I secured it cars dump fine. Thank you very much for your input.
Best, Jerry
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