I recently purchased 2 Proto 2000 SP E7As. They both have horn-hook couplers. I want to change the couplers to Kadee for use with my SP Daylight passenger cars. Can someone please tell me which Kadee coupler is best for coupling the 2 A units to each other and then to the passenger cars. The passenger cars are Broadway Limited with knuckle style couplers. Thank you.
Radius comes into play…
If LifeLike Proto2000:
I think Paul is pointing to the Kadee Swing Bracket # 453. I have installed many of these on my early production Proto 2000 E units. They take a bit of patience when installing but perform flawlessly once you have them done. Unfortunately, they are discontinued at Kadee so you will have to search the “secondary” market, AKA eBay!
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This link will show you a simplified instruction sheet.
http://www.kadee.com/conv/pdf/l172.pdf
I don’t know if the recent kits include it but the ones I bought 15 years ago also included a thin plastic “buffer” that snaps over the diaphragm to keep them from catching on each other! Kadee products are worth every penny!
Good Luck, Ed