I had to fiddle with mine for weeks before it works satisfactory. When the corral is turned on I would lift it up ever so slightly and noticed they would work better that way. So I used either double sided tape or some balsa wood to lift the side farthest from the car up. That helped a great deal. I also had to jack up the volts to the upper end.. 15 or so and that helped. My only problem was the horses would get stuck at the end of the car before exiting. I would say it works about 80-85 percent of the time correctly. But it's like everyone has has stated ... you really have to mess with it. Now the log loader is money!
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sir james I Looks good but doesn't work. The horses go through the car ok but won't stay standing and won't climb the ramp..I've tried every thing ever said to make it work.. Finally gave up. looks good at the end of a siding though. I have another that's never been out of the box, why bother. One of old Lionel's fun ideas but not well done.
Looks good but doesn't work. The horses go through the car ok but won't stay standing and won't climb the ramp..I've tried every thing ever said to make it work.. Finally gave up. looks good at the end of a siding though. I have another that's never been out of the box, why bother. One of old Lionel's fun ideas but not well done.
Sir james,
I have the cattle, but not the horses. Just something more to do - besides being conductor, brakeman, fireman, engineer, etc. I also have to be a cowboy/wrangler!!
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good grief! i better learn to read a little better.
mikeberry I just wanted to point out one more thing that I did not see mentioned. There are four (I think) rubber vibration pads on the corral and three or four on the car. These are almost for sure dry rotted. Make sure you replace all of these on the corral and the car if they are bad or questionable. The service manual shows where they are located. It took some work, but mine is working pretty well. I hope this helps.
I just wanted to point out one more thing that I did not see mentioned. There are four (I think) rubber vibration pads on the corral and three or four on the car. These are almost for sure dry rotted. Make sure you replace all of these on the corral and the car if they are bad or questionable. The service manual shows where they are located. It took some work, but mine is working pretty well. I hope this helps.
Mike,
That is true for the 1950-55 3656 cattle car and corral, but the 3356/3366 uses flat springs to mount the corral platform and car runway.
Thank you so much for help!
Are you using original or reproduction horses? Originals are the only way to go because of the terrible quality of the repros IMHO.
Adjusting the vibration rate of the 3356/3366 horse car and corral is as follows:
Corral: The corral's vibration rate can be adjusted by turning the screw on the bottom of the base. Fine adjustment is made by adjusting the four cap nuts that hold the platform. Be sure the platform is clean, dry, and smooth.
Car: To adjust the car's vibration, remove the two screws holding the body and remove it. Be very careful with the operating doors, because they break easily. Locate the sliding stop on the backside of the runway and remove it. At this point, the armature plate above the coil can be adjusted by loosening the screw holding it to the runway and moving it up or down accordingly. As with the corral's platform, be sure that the car's runway is clean, dry, and smooth.
When adjusting a horse car and corral, I try to get them working on 11-14 volts. Hope this helps.
Thanks for your reply but I don't see any way of adjusting the vibratoin in the car.
Actually, the fibers under the horses are fine. i think it has to do with the surface. I placed a self stick strip of paper on the ramp going up into the car and they go up the paper fine.
Someone mentioned that the vibration can be adjusted in the car itself. I don't see any way of doing that.
I've seen them work flawless one thing to make sure as like the cows under the base of the animal are tiny little fibers if there pushed down or not straight that can affect them in moving also as stated there a very precise item to run and get run correctly. I think the cow set up actually works easier but have seen both work well
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Both the car and the ramp have separate vibrating mechanisms. The position of the door on the opposite side of the car determines whether the horses stay in the car or advance through the car.
The horse corral is a very temperamental accessory and requires a lot of trial and error to get the horses to advance satisfactorily. Voltage to the car and corral can be varied and there are screws on the corral and the car to adjust the amount of vibration. Good luck with your horse corral.
Earl
Horse corral and train car - The car doors drop down and the corral vibrates...but the horses don't advance. It doesn't matter what the voltage is, that is, if the corral vibrates fast or slow. The horses don't make it up to the car...either they don't move or they fall down (too much voltage). The horses don't advance in the car either. Does the car have its own vibrating mechanism? Everything seems to be working but nothing happens.
Maybe the service needs to be sticky in the corral, or not smooth?
--tom
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