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Does anyone have any experience with the operating water tower? I recently purchased Lionel 14086 water tower on ebay from Trainz and connected it last night and to my disappointment, the spout lowers but the water does not transfer to hidden tank (no pumping sounds, nothing). I'm using postwar ZW. Just wanted to know if anyone had any suggestions on something I should try before sending back to Trainz for repair/refund. Thanks.
The 14086 Water tower does not have sound. The water level should lower. If it doesn't, a call to Trainz is in order.
They are a very reputable company, and should return or replace the iitem if it's defective.
Kurt
I opened a "ticket" to them and they asked if I wanted to send it back for repair. I just was curious if anyone had suggestions before I make trip to post office. I tried increasing voltage but still no movement in water level. Does it normally take a long time to begin to lower?
The water level should begin to drop as soon as the spout lowers. Haven't run mine in a while so can't tell you how long it takes, but probably no more than 45 seconds to 1 minute.