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I finally got around to installing couplers.  I used the +.100" Sergents and I made them SBE type (lower shelf, pretty easy to do, its a one-for-one swap of a single part during assembly process).  I figure the lower shelf coupler should prevent uncoupling (as long as its coupled to another lower shelf coupler). I have considered applying heat to the cars and applying weight in attempt to straighten them out.  I added a kadee red shim under each truck to raise the height to prevent wheel rub and to bring the coupler up to the correct height.  It might need a grey shim in addtion to the one red. I also figured out that the reamer that Sergent Engineering sells for couplers also happens to work on Kadee shims.
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