I have the Creepy Caretaker animated prop (it's from Tekky, but bought it years ago at Spirit). If you don't recognize him from his pic, he basically raises up from behind the tombstone, talks a bit, then drops back down to his hiding place. He's worked like a charm for years, until last night when I took him out of storage (inside the original box).
He still talks and everything lights up, but he raised up once...and then stayed there. Despite repeated restarts and a thorough check of all the wires, etc. he just stays there. When it gets to the point where he should start dropping, I can hear the motor, so I'm thinking maybe one of the gears is broken (the teeth long the raise bar are clearly visible and look to be intact). Also, there is what looks to be original tape wrapped around the motor/speaker box (I'm the only owner and I didn't put it there) which looks like it was put there to keep everything tight, so maybe something slipped off.
Anyway, thought I'd check with my fellow haunters to see if anyone else had experienced this problem before I go tearing this guy apart! Like I said, other than the raising and lowering, everything else works as it should.
He still talks and everything lights up, but he raised up once...and then stayed there. Despite repeated restarts and a thorough check of all the wires, etc. he just stays there. When it gets to the point where he should start dropping, I can hear the motor, so I'm thinking maybe one of the gears is broken (the teeth long the raise bar are clearly visible and look to be intact). Also, there is what looks to be original tape wrapped around the motor/speaker box (I'm the only owner and I didn't put it there) which looks like it was put there to keep everything tight, so maybe something slipped off.
Anyway, thought I'd check with my fellow haunters to see if anyone else had experienced this problem before I go tearing this guy apart! Like I said, other than the raising and lowering, everything else works as it should.