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I've picked up a few British steamers in the same situation - mine had mangled valve gear that I replaced with parts from one with a dead motor. The tool you refer to in your first question is called a puller - it fits around the gear and pulls it gently off the motor shaft when you tighten a screw. I think North West Shortline have them, but others may also. Secondly, the important part to get right when reassembling the loco is the quartering - the right-hand cranks should be a quarter turn ahead of the left. It's possible to buy a gauge to set this accurately which might be a worthy investment. This adjustment is imperative to ensuring smooth running - my loco needed a few days of tweaking and adjusting before it would run smoothly, now it runs better than a brand new loco of the same type I bought later! As far as reassembling the valve gear is concerned, Bachmann UK have downloadable exploded diagrams of locos on their web site which proved of great help - they might well do the same with their US locos. Hope this is of help, and best of luck in fixing this - I find repairing supposed "non-runners" a very satisfying task, the secret is to put the loco down and do something else for a while if it's refusing to co-operate rather than damaging parts by getting frustrated. The loco I rebuilt took the best part of two weeks to get running how I wanted, but it was worth it.
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