Bachmann Consolidation - am I missing something

[Anonymous]

Hi guys,

Spent a couple of hours last night putting hook & loops back onto my stock so I can run without cars coming adrift on uneven track. When I get the track down permanently i'll look at where i'm going in this minefield. Anyway, everything was going well until I came to the tender of the connie, off came the knuckle, on went the loop and yes, you've guessed it, the darn things at track height. Now all the Bachmann coaches swapped over ok, the loco is the same make and the coupler height is way out. Bachmann are you reading this??!!
Is it me? I ended up taking the coupler box mounting off the tender floor and packed it with a nut from the scrap box then refitted it. I fitted the shank of the loop into the coupler box after enlarging the fixing hole and filing the shank to take the box cover and screwed that to the mounting. It works, but it drops the coupler box low down between the back wheels, ok on track test though on 8' diameter.
I checked through the paperwork that came with the loco and found nothing on this. I might be Mr. Thickie here when you tell me that all I had to do was...............
Any thoughts guys?
Cheers,
Kim
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[bman36]

Kim,
Have a "Connie" here in the house for cleaning and tune up. Just had a look. If you remove the knuckle coupler and directly replace with the loop, it is the same height. Are you using the Backmann loops??? This one here is just fine. We're talking about a 2-8-0 Consolidation? Sorry I don't know what else to tell you other than this one works fine. Best suggestion I can make is to go to www.bachmanntrains.com and click on their forum "Ask the Bachmann". A post there will yield quick results. Might already be something posted. You can do a topic search there also. Hope this helps. Later eh...Brian.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for that Brian, I'll check this out & see what's happening. Most strange??!! I must be Mr Thickie!!
Cheers,
Kim
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[bman36]

kimbrit,
Let me know if there is anything else you need to know. Later eh...Brian.

[Anonymous]

Hi Brian,
Had another look and I have still had to do a bit of filing etc. Rather than have the coupler shank direct into the coupler spring box I have fitted the loop to the knuckle arm and missed off the back of the spring box when fitting to the spacer block. The filing was done on the coupler shank to fit it onto the coupler arm. Any way, it works ok and is a good solid job.
Cheers,
Kim
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[bman36]

kimbrit,
Glad to hear that it all worked out for ya'. Now put that loco to work! Later eh...Brian.