Reply to "My tiny O gauge layout"

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Originally posted by strummer31:
BTW, as I'm here on a US forum, if someone could help me with my Lionel 494 not-so-smoothy-rotating beacon tower, I'll be grateful ;-) But perhaps should I start another topic for that.

Pierre:

When these beacons won't operate smoothly, it can usually be easily addressed by installing a new washer where the rotating beacon sets on top of the tower. These are small rubber washers that have tiny "fingers" on them and the beacon itself rotates by essentially vibrating along atop these little fingers.

Something else that will ordinarily improve the operation of these beasons, (although it won't work if the washer is bad) is to apply some powdered graphite to the bottom of the rotating beacon. This makes it easier for the beacon itself to vibrate atop the fingers of the washer.

Curt

1/6/1210:49 AM

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