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The Orange Box: Half-Life 2: Episode Two Hints
How can I fix this elevator?
1 of 13: Look on the lower floor near the elevator platform to find a large mechanism that seems to be running.
2 of 13: It has a big lever next to it, so try using that.
3 of 13: That didn't work. What seems to be missing?
4 of 13: Apparently, there's a cog missing from the middle part of the machine.
5 of 13: Look around for a spare cog that you can use.
6 of 13: There are none lying around loose, so look for another machine that's similar to this one.
7 of 13: There's one in the water near the wrecked wooden platform that's nearby.
8 of 13: Look near where the barnacle's tongue is dangling into the water.
9 of 13: The machine is a mess, but it still has one usable cog on it.
10 of 13: Pull the cog off the machine with the gravity gun, then return to the elevator's machine.
11 of 13: A pesky barnacle will have lowered its tongue right next to the cog socket, so look up and shoot the barnacle to kill it.
12 of 13: Then get the cog and move up to the empty socket to place it.
13 of 13: Use the machine's lever and then go press the button next to the elevator shaft to find that the elevator is indeed fixed now.
