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The McHenry has no separate spring, it has a molded-in slippery plastic spring on both sides of the shank."Slide right into" would be way too easy.** There are several styles of coupler pockets with minot variations, between , say, Model Power, Bachmann, Mehano, for holding the horn-hook coupler in place. Some have a kind of plastic finger-tab to hold it. You just gently pry up on this tab with a small screwdriver, pull out the X2f, and slide in the McHenry, and let the tab snap back in.Other types have a kind of cover plate held in by tension, which can be pried up with same effect as above.Still others have a small screw that can be removed to lift off the cover plate. Just go at these tasks gently...remember, someone put those horn hooks on, so you can take 'em off and replace them. <br />Removing the trucks from the cars is best start for this job. <br />Good Luck / Mike <br /> (**McHenry makes slide-in couplers to fit Rivarossi freight & passenger cars, & also locomotives.These number 15 & 16 are not for Rivarossi cars.)
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