I got several good suggestions when I posted this question earlier, but in hopes that the person who has the great idea did not see my previous post, here goes again.
For those of you who saw the earlier post, I have added the responses I got to the end. If you are interested in what they say skip over my message to them. Isn't this is a great bunch of to share their ideas! Thanks in advance, Lance McCold Knoxville, Tennessee My original post: >I am trying to correct three issues with operation of the MTH loader. > >First, the carriage that rolls up and down the track to move the bucket in and out >sometimes comes off the track. Based on my observations, the main problem is that the >wheels are loose and wobbly. As on real and model train trucks, they should be >affixed to the axle so they do not wobble and so they stay in gauge. Have any of you >figured out how to fix them? > >Second and third, I am trying to make my coal loader child proof. Not so it cannot be >broken--just so pushing the buttons cannot make it malfunction. When my young nephew >was playing with it, he did two things that caused problems. He kept pushing the >down-button after the bucket was on the coal, and then when the bucket was all the >way up, he kept pushing the up-button. The first caused too much slack so the line >got off the rollers. The second tends to pull the carriage off the track and seems >likely to damage the drive belt if allowed to go on too long. Have any of you figured >out how to install limit switches to make it child proof? Tim Brown said: >It could probably be worked out using a couple little micro-switches from Radio Shack >with a whole lot of tedious trail and error experimentation. My sawmill could easily >be broken, as could my crane and even my oil drum loader. May I respectfully >suggest, however, that it's about impossible to child-proof an entire Flyer layout. >IMHO, close supervision is the most practical approach. By the time we get >everything child-proofed, they'll be in college! :) :) I don't recall seeing any of >those kinds of accessories set up in an inter-active way on any public layouts I've >had the pleasure of pushing buttons on. I believe the reason is because a lot of >action accessories, except maybe air chime whistles, beacons, etc. require too >frequent help from the "big hand in the sky". Mark Koeing said: >I had the same problem with my coal loader, the carriage would come off the track. >What I did was narrow the gauge of "rails" that the carriage rides on. I did this by >gently squeezing them together at about the midpoint. Sorry, but I don't have any >suggestions for you other two issues. Chris said: >I have the same problems at the train shows with #2and3. I'm looking forward to the >replies you get. I hope you'll share them with me Howard Sheffield said: >I cured my loader's problem by buying an HO 6 wheel truck and fixing it to run on the >rails. I didn't use the middle axle, only the end ones. I haven't had any problems >since. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] S-Trains list sponsor: http://www.americanflyertrains.com All the Flyer you desire...books and accessories too! To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list send a note to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
