Thanks to Don and others for the suggestions on the coupler change out. I did in fact discover that the corner needs to be snipped off to clear the brake lever. I had not seen mention of this on any of the lists, and as Don point out, it was not mentioned in the instructions; but I could not see any other way that the coupler would have complete range of motion. My problem may be just the fact that I did not get the coupler seated properly. I guess my excuses are that I need a more powerful magnifier and that these back pain pills make me more woozy than normal. Cheers :) Roy Inman
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 07:51:56 -0400 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [email protected], [email protected] > Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: SHS 2-8-0 rear KD style coupler > > Dear Roy, > Sitting in a hotel room waiting to set up for York and I saw your e-mail. I > wonder if you replaced the AF coupler with the spacer provided? This will > bring the tender coupler to the correct height. One more thing on the spacer > that is not in the instructions (Yikes, 42 pages and somehow we missed this!). > If you look at the AF coupler, the mount has one corner clipped off to clear > the brake lever. This was missed on the spacer. If you look at the AF > coupler and hold the spacer in the same orientation, you can see which corner > needs to be clipped. This is a bit of a challange to put the spacer on the > truck bolster due to the tender wires prevent the truck from lifting off > completly. I guess you could take the tender shell off and unplug the tender > wires to give a bit more length of wire. > Best regards from York, > Don > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
