body mount MT couplers

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Is there somewhere I can get information on body mounting MT couplers. The MT homepage mainly has info on truck mounting. Specifically, I want to body mount couplers on a bunch of LL E7s and E8s, but the rear seems too short. I would really rather body mount the couplers if possible, the trains do seem to look and operate better. Thanks for any information! Frank

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The MT website has a table of coupler conversions. Most Locos do use a body mount conversion. The URL is www.micro-trains.com/convmain.htm For the E7 rear it recommends 1128,1129 or 1130. For the E8 rear it recommends 1129. For the pilot conversion for both engines it recommends 1021.

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thanks for the response, but the 1128-1130 are adaptors for the truck mounted couplers. The problem is that there is not enough room behind the truck to body mount a 1015/1016, which is what I usually do. FAS