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I have laid all my track and was adding some uncouplers that I didn't have the money for previously when I noticed that on the #308 uncoupler, the steel plate is absolutely necessary for delayed action uncoupling. Unfortunately I only had five usable plates for ten uncouplers. I used the ones I had on the three uncouplers I had not installed yet but found that the uncoupling assembly was a little taller than the cork, raising the track a little. Then I hit on an idea: why not just make my own? I had some .02" sheet steel lying around from another project so I cut some plates the right size and then flattened them out (I used tin snips to cut the metal so there was a little distortion.) I removed one of the new magnet assemblies and replaced the Kadee plate with my own ad tried it out. It worked fine and was .02" shorter that the stock assembly, leveling it with the cork. <br />In short, I replaced the stock steel plates on the #308 magnets with some .02" sheet steel and it worked great. Sorry for the blab, but I felt the need to tell the whole story. <br />Reed
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