Bud, You’ve got the assembly of the 802/808 down! I use them exclusively, and strip the old HO couplers off of any cars I acquire that might have them. I’ll have to remember the soldering iron trick next time.
While the 802/808 and the #5 (or whatever HO coupler) will couple up, and perhaps uncouple with a magnet (I don’t use magnets), the combination is nearly impossible to uncouple with a pick, the method that I and all the operators that I know use. Roger Nulton From: Bud Rindfleisch Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 2:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: {S-Scale List} Re: Walthers Couplers boB sent me a couple pair of Protomax to try out. I do like them and ya can't beat the price, its just that I had stocked up on Kadee 802/808's (the "8's being the brown ones)and have more than enough for a lot more rolling stock than I currently own. As for the finicky assembly, I usually do several pair at once and this rhythm helps make the whole process easier. I also add a short length of brass rod and sometimes styrene rod inside the draft gear spring as Kadee had recommended. I end up with minimal spring travel and I do mean minimal. I've been "sealing the lids" on the box by a quick touch of a hot soldering gun to the rear of the box across the lid and the top of the box. Bud Rindfleisch --- In mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com, "shabbona_rr" <user141771@...> wrote: > > Dave: > > I find that the ProtoMax is equal in all respects to the Kadee #5, and have > used it with the various Kadee mounting systems with good results. The last > time they were on sale, I stocked up, but even now, the price is attractive > > boB Nicholson -______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > >
