Don't know if I should be asking multiple thread questions in the same section, but here goes.
I purchased during the Summer via eBay a Lionel 6-16777 Cola Car, which worked perfectly, then in October an old Lionel 3462 Milk Car, which was stated as working. My plans for the 3462 Milk Car was to try my initial “kitbash” and repaint to imitate the Lionel Witches Brew Car, without spending the $150. Now the problems. The Milk Car never worked from the beginning, and then soon after the Cola Car stopped working, which lead me to believe that maybe something happened to the Operating Track. But that wasn’t the case as my Log Dump and Coal Cars worked on the same track. The cost to repair the Milk Car was more than I paid for it, so I wasn’t going to have it repaired. I didn’t bother contacting the eBay seller about the non working item and just moved on.
Either way, what would happen after the Unload button was depressed, the lights on the other accessories on the track would dim and then would hear the motor of the car buzzing but the figure would not come out. After about a week, only the lights dimmed but there was no buzzing on either of the cars. Please note that all of these attempts were done using the transformer at all voltage levels.
I gave up trying to get both cars working for the past month as I was concentrating on Christmas. So now with Christmas over, the two cars have come back to the forefront of what to do. Any ideas on what is wrong with the cars?
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