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    HO shay Coupler conversion

    thank you Don7 I appreciate you help,I looked into the other couplers and the shank was the same on all of them as far as thickness and the hole same diameter.On another forum a guy agreed with my finding and I also checked with Kadee.The answer is to grind off existing coupler pocket and...
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    HO shay Coupler conversion

    Hi, I recently converted a bachmann HO shay to Kadee #158 wisker couplers.The problem is the coupler pocket is too shallow and the centre protusion is to large for the hole in the coupler.I was able to file the coupler shank thinner and bore out the centre hole in the coupler just a hair and it...
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    Micro-Tsunami in a HO Bachmann Climax

    I am about to purchase a HO Bachman climax and would like to install a micro-tsunami 750 in it. This will be my frst attempt and any help would be a appreciated. Any special tools or materials required? Diagrams, pictures would help. Thanks Dale