switch motor modification thread

24th December 2004

I mount my switch motors upside down but in some locations it is not possible to get at the motor from below to manually switch the turnout. So I have had the idea of tying a small length of thread to the manual switch lever. The thread can lie on the layout surface and the ideas is I can pull eithre end to switch the turnout

open the cover and tie the thread around the manual slider. I added a bit of glue to hold the thread in place

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thread the thread out through the holes at either end. This will be at surface level when the switch motor in mounted upside down in the layout.

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