I tried fitting Kadee #5 to the each end of 5 car well set I picked up from eBay as the couplers and such were missing. It did not work. Is there any where to get the original Con-Cor part? The car has "CSXT 620513 SEA LAND" on it and it's part of a set of 5. Couldn't find it on google. Thanks!
I would build a mounting pad for Kadee couplers and use them. I'm assuming the couplers are a truck mount of some kind? Truck mounted couplers are never very reliable and when pushing a car they tend to cause derailments.
Can you explain a little better why the Kadee #5 couplers would not work? And yes a picture would go a long way towards getting you a knowledgeable answer. There are about a million answers we could give you without seeing the car you are talking about. I have installed couplers on about a hundred cars in the past year - each one was just a little different from the other and required different approaches. Not rocket science but each car tends to be unique.
ok remove wheel file down the stub then drill and tap the hole and use a kadde top with spring and coupler.
Right, what southerntier said - only with a little more words if you don't have a lot of experience with Kadee coupler conversions :tb-wink: There is good info in those Kadee instructions too, and plenty more ways to do it. You can also file that entire area down flat and smooth, drill/tap a hole and use the complete #5 coupler assembly. Keep in mind that you may have to use shim(s) to make sure the coupler is at the correct height. Again - refer to the instructions that came with the coupler and the Kadee website has a lot more info as well. When I first started, the Kadee website was a bit overwhelming with all the many shank lengths, overset/underset options, etc., but be patient and stick with it.
