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I have the Coors Light Silver Bullet set and I have a problem with the cars. When closing the doors, one car works great, the other two however, the LED's stay on and there is a clicking noise for about 10 seconds or so after the doors close. Sounds like the motor is still running. My question is, can the door close switch be adjusted? And if so, how?
 
Location: Az | Registered:: January 30, 2008Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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Darryl, hopefully someone here has an answer.

I have the set and one of my reefers makes the clicking noise when power is applied to the track. I took the shell off and applied power hoping to see something rubbing or being impeded that I could try to fix. The sound seemed to come from the circuit board. I saw nothing moving or attempting to move and haven't pursued it because it only happens for a few seconds when the power is applied.


Bill O
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Location: LI, NY and Indian Shores, Fl. | Registered:: August 23, 2001Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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Bill O

I have 7 of those cars, they all do that on power up.

Johnny
 
Location: Tucson Az | Registered:: November 01, 2000Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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Originally posted by cajun:
Bill O

I have 7 of those cars, they all do that on power up.

Johnny


Thank you for responding.
Very interesting. I only have the one making the noise, the others are all silent when power is applied. LOL if you get one that's quiet we can trade.


Bill O
TCA 90-31312
LCCA 6746
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Location: LI, NY and Indian Shores, Fl. | Registered:: August 23, 2001Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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Bill

Did you ever get your car fixed?

Johnny
 
Location: Tucson Az | Registered:: November 01, 2000Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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i recently refilled the smoke fluid in mine i have 5 cars
they all opened correctly 20 times prior
per manual i refilled them and went to sequence them and 2 would work next time 4 nest time 3 next time 4 checked the load the doors ran the train 1 loop tried again no luck

i did an emergency stop shut down all power removed 1 battery from controller did a reboot

now everything is good i think its a program glitch

try that i would not try to repair myself send it to a pro

**** bell gates


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Bill

Did you ever get your car fixed?

Johnny


No, I never did. I learned to live with it.


Bill O
TCA 90-31312
LCCA 6746
www.nloe.org
 
Location: LI, NY and Indian Shores, Fl. | Registered:: August 23, 2001Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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Originally posted by cajun:
Bill

Did you ever get your car fixed?

Johnny


No, I never did. I learned to live with it.

That is until Cajun johnny told me how to fix the car.

You need to have the door open, then take the shell off. On the right side of the open door you'll see a black switch with red and yellow wires going into it. You have to remove the switch, it has two screws holding it to the side of the door. I needed my glasses and a lot of light to do this. The black switch has a metal piece on it. Underneath the metal piece, about an 1/8 of an inch from the top, if you look real hard, you will see a small "thingy" :-)--(micro switch?) that the metal piece presses against. You have to bend the metal piece away from the switch, Johnny says, "very carefully." I bent the piece 3-4 times (very slightly and carefully) before I got it right. Screw the switch back into place. I didn't put the shell back on until the 4th time I tested the car and finally no more clicking on power up.

Perhaps Johnny, or someone else who knows the correct names of the parts I tried to describe can clarify what I wrote.


Bill O
TCA 90-31312
LCCA 6746
www.nloe.org
 
Location: LI, NY and Indian Shores, Fl. | Registered:: August 23, 2001Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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