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KRM
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Am I the only one??
Posted by KRM on Thursday, January 8, 2015 5:22 PM

 Hi, I picked up the set of four flat cars Menards has out there for $7.99 each thinking they were a great deal for the price. When I got them home and tried to use them I found the couplers will not hook together because of plastic left over from the mold causing interference. I had to make clearanced with a dremel tool for them to work.

Am I the only one??

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Kev, From The North Bluff Above Marseilles IL. Whistling

 

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Posted by Buckeye Riveter on Thursday, January 8, 2015 5:34 PM

Kevin.....I have purchased cheap cars from other sources in the past and had several problems, one of which you have described.  I also have had trucks attached to the frame so tightly they would not pivot around a curve. 

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