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I recently purchased a Lionel 6-12862 oil drum loader.  I power it at 12v.  The fork truck moves back and forth too fast, thus making the barrels fall onto the platform.  If I reduce the voltage, the action becomes sluggish and sporadic.  Is this just the way with this type of accessory, or does anyone know of a way to slow the movement of the fork truck?  Thanks.
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1A037435-E035-4E35-AE40-830427E094B8I have one of these, I bought it as ‘new old stock’. As it sat unused for years before I acquired it, the drive belt inside the gearbox was a little stiff and because of the memory of the rubber, it would slip on the pulley wheels. I’m guessing your drive belt might have some memory baked into it.  I removed the belt (picture a flat rubber band), flipped it so the outer side of the band became the inner side of the band. Works great now. 

You have to remove the house to get to the gearbox. The gearbox was a little tricky to open, but if I remember correctly, it just had some tabs to release to open it up. 

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I picked one of the Lionel remake version a couple of years ago NIB and it did the same thing,  the motor ran but nothing happened. 

I had to strip it down and found the belt had set itself to the shape it went around the motor pulley. I put the belt in some warm to hot water and managed to bring the belt back to its original oval shape and it ran fine again.

if it is used on a frequent basis then the belt won’t get an opportunity to set it self to the curvature of the pulley again.

Thanks Arnold.  Like you just mentioned, the animated newstand is another one that I have on it's own transformer.  And just to clarify:  I'm using very old, very tiny Marx type transformers.  

I also have the 264 forklift platform.  I always loved it, bought one many years ago, just don't have anywhere to put it!

For anyone that's interested:  It took some adjustments to get the barrels to load and unload properly.  I detailed those in another post on OGR somewhere.  

I wired my Lionel Oil Drum Loader to 14v, the traditional voltage I provide to most accessories on my layout.  The moving forklift would consistently not "catch" oil barrels rolling down the ramp; the barrels would fall off forklift and onto the platform. I fussed with the tipping mechanism and adjusted the "prongs" on the forklift - to no avail.  I didn't think of changing the voltage; with 20/20 hindsight, that might have been an easy fix.  Instead, I set it aside and bought and installed the original AF version, which worked perfectly and consistently from the get-go with 14v.

Based on this thread, I'll bring my "retired" Lionel Oil Drum Loader to the work bench and apply various lower voltages to it from my 1033 transformer. Also inspect its belt. If it can perform reliably, I'll either keep it as a back-up to the AF model or offer it to another hobbyist via eBay.

Mike Mottler    LCCA 12394

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