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converting life-like couplers?

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Posted by MAbruce on Wednesday, July 16, 2003 7:01 AM
The MT conversion chart indicates that the 1135 is the one, but there seems to be other options. If the unit came with "pre-1995 Bloomberg truck sideframes" (whatever that is), then 1135 is it. If it came with "post 1995 Bloomberg truck side frames", then it seems you have a choice of 1128, 1129, & 1130.

If you are ambitious and want to convert the unit to body mount couplers, then the 1116 is what you need.

I don't own any GP18's, only a LL SD7 & a couple of GP20's. These units come with body mounts and the conversion (if you get the pre-assembled MT couplers) is a breeze.

Sounds like you picked up one of those Model Expo specials? [:D] I was tempted to myself. I model N&W, and that LL geep looks pretty nice to match my N&W SD7.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 15, 2003 9:42 PM
HI MY NAME IS LARRY
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION NO THE 1135 COUPLERS ARE FOR THE BACHMANN UNITS THE WAY I WOULD GO IS TO FIND A MICRO TRAINS COUPLER CONVERSION LIST IT TELLS YOU WHAT COUPLER FOR WHAT LOCO OR ROLLING STOCK
SECONDLY BODY MOUNT IS THE ONLY WAY TO GO I AM ASSUMING THIS IS N SCALE YOU WOULD NEED A NUMBER 60 DRILL BIT A 00-90 TAP AND A FEW 00-90 SCREWS ONCE THERE ON THEY WORK FLAWLESSLY THIS IS FROM OWN EXPERIENCE AS I HAVE DANG NEAR TWO DOZEN LOCOMOTIVES ATLAS/KATO

HOPE THIS HELPS YA

RESPECTFULLY,
LARRY

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, July 14, 2003 6:46 PM
hi from new zealand ! i personally would recommend going with BODY mount couplers, rather than truck mount. try mtl #1166. truck mount can be fiddly to replace and popular opinion,i think, is that body mount is always preferable. newer generation locos have body mount.
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converting life-like couplers?
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 5, 2003 5:11 PM
I was recently given a Life-Like GP18 diesel locomotive but the couplers don't match the ones on my Micro-Trains cars. Will the "1135 truck mount couplers for Life-like" fix this problem?
Are they difficult to convert?

Thanks, I'm new to all of this.

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