I picked up a new in the box aquarium car and went to run it this morning. First I added a little grease to the gears and around the tree it went.
After a short time I noticed the banner wasn't turning. Popped the shell off and the banner was crooked. Reset it straight and then noticed a couple things.
1) I have a screw with a broken piece of post, no idea where it came from.
2) The truck with the gears to turn the banner is extremely loose and not making contact.
Suggestions??
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What is the item number on the box?
Larry
1998 Chicagoland Lionel Railroad Club Car 6-52120.
Plastic trucks like this?
Larry/Bobby, schematics are helpful but I still can't find that missing screw... It just appears the truck are so loose its not allowing the gears to mesh...
Picture of it?
Sounds like you've got to firm up the position of that truck to allow the worm and pinion gears to mesh. The flathead screws hold the body on while the round head screws hold the mechanism in place. On a separate note there really was a prototype aquarium car. The Chicago Shedd Aquarium ran one.
Does your car look like this?
https://www.lionelsupport.com/...80-b0ae-d7e3685701b2
Take an image of your car?
Dennis - Thank You! Looks like the broken screw and post is one of the two screws holding the the bearing/spindle assembly in place.
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