Just finished this job, and thought i would share it . It's quite interesting.
The complaint was coal load not moving most of the time we all think its electronic, and that's what i thought too. But this time it was mechanical, this coal load moves up and down with a strong wire tied to the rubber coal load at one end, and tied to a spinning shaft at the other end. The end that's tied to the rubber coal load is the weakest point and that's where the issue usually is, As you will see in my photos below the loop that the wire is fed through rips and then we lose the connection. Two choices here either order a new rubber coal load or repair the original one , i decided to repair it.
That's all i did was slip the wire back into the rubber coal load loop held it with a pliers and applied Gorilla glue, once the glue dried i applied hot glue for extra strength. It's actually stronger than the rubber loop was. Please understand the entire tender has to be dismantled to get to this mechanism, so it's quite involved.
Thanks, Alex
