
Mark.
Benn wrote:Has anyone managed to get their hands on any of these couplers yet and have a mess about?
Grahame wrote:Yep, odd that no-one has got some and reported on them yet. Although they do seem to be quite expensive. Are they readily available?
Deltic1981 wrote:Apparently MT and dapols kuckles arent compatible with each other any suggestions on how i can use my MT stock without butchering a loco.
Karhedron wrote:http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee199/Karhedronuk/DSCF4295.jpg
The problem was that I could not get the delayed action to work. My guess is that the magnets are not strong enough to provide sufficient deflection to operate this feature.
HappyDays wrote:Karhedron wrote:http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee199/Karhedronuk/DSCF4295.jpg
The problem was that I could not get the delayed action to work. My guess is that the magnets are not strong enough to provide sufficient deflection to operate this feature.
Like you, I have had problems with delayed uncoupling.
Perhaps it is less about how strong the magnets are as those little beasts are amazingly powerful. I suspect it is more about the position relative to the centre-line of the track. 9mm track does not appear to allow the magnets to be spaced far enough apart to move the knuckles beyond the fixed projecting part of the opposite coupling. Your 4th photo, (above), shows this and it is obvious that as soon as the train clears the magnets the knuckles will re-couple as they have not moved far enough off centre to be behind the projecting part of the opposing coupling.
You could try moving the metal trip pins ever so slightly towards the centre-line of the track so the knuckles wll be displaced further out from the centre and hopefully end up behind the opposite coupling's fixed projection.
Karhedron wrote:HappyDays wrote:Karhedron wrote:quote]
Simple but brilliant! I moved the trip pins in towards the centre-line as you suggested and the delayed-action now works fine.
See below.
http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee19 ... CF4298.jpg
mikeharvey23 wrote:I have lost a spring from one of my couplers so no Easi-Shunting now until the bulk packs arrive. They will be getting a dab of varnish on each end of the spring before installation in wagons to improve the security. Even if I ever find the spring I have my doubts about whether I could reinstall it.
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