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    Push button timer control for trolley

    go here it's the next to last image on the left shows push button setup https://www.ebay.com/itm/264578599317?itmmeta=01J3SHZ5E5D6JE3E9JKRJ5T7FC&hash=item3d9a1d0995:g:T48AAOSw93xeAyGD&var=564343613135
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    Rivarossi and Kadee couplers

    that may be a Rivarossi boxcar but that is a E-Z Mate coupler from Bachmann Model: 78105
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    Yup. Another track cleaning thread:-)

    list of solvents
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    Running Bear's June 2024 Coffee Shop

    Swal I am so sorry for your lose I know how you feel my wife passed on 4-10-2011 after I don't remember how many doctors and a trip to the mayo clinic and a list of medications half a page long situation similar to yours except she passed at home in her sleep she just gave up mike
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    Rubberbands for Athearn BB Rotary Snow Plow

    That rotary snow plow uses the standard athearn rubber band belts part number 90101 they look like this
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    Substitute for Homasote

    Don't know your location but a Menards close to me has 31 sheets in stock and they also have something they call Fiberboard sound board for about 1/3 the price If it's like the stuff I remember it would work for your use They show two different ones one with a asphalt coating it's a...
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    Running Bear's May 2024 Coffee Shop

    John also you did check your filters ? and the blower motor could be failing running to slow or dust and crude have got on the inside of the A coil If the guy with the R22 has a endoscope camera he can see the inside of the coil to make sure its clear just a couple things to think about
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    Running Bear's May 2024 Coffee Shop

    I've never seen a completely sealed system Anyway yes it can be repaired if the leaking spot can be accessed and yes you are correct the A coil is inside normally above the furnace unless it's a downdraft That second picture is the A coil so you can see what a pain it would be to fix it...
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    Running Bear's May 2024 Coffee Shop

    I forgot but here's what those valves look like they might be behind a cover
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    Running Bear's May 2024 Coffee Shop

    John I have been reading this about your AC and it is not a sealed line there should be a valve on the outside unit IE compressor I have never seen one without that it's there so the tech can put Freon into it and test it for the proper charge and technically if you have a leak the...
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    Ballast Options

    As for the Rit dye you have to heat it till it's dry or it won' work as well And I did run a large magnet thru it several times and found nothing the pict I showed the ballest was not glued down and never had any problems with it So that's my opinion take it for what it's worth
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    How to install LED headlight in a Athearn DC diesel to eliminate the bulb

    So my earlier post about the exact same thing you must have missed plus the link on how they work and how to use them So maybe I should just delete my post
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    Running Bear's May 2024 Coffee Shop

    This is for Bill I have the rest of it somewhere in a box
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    How to install LED headlight in a Athearn DC diesel to eliminate the bulb

    Chris here's the site I mentioned and I did work with this kind of stuff for 30 some years http://www.trainelectronics.com/LED_Articles_2007/LED_104/index.htm I forgot here's a resister unit we used at the RR on some battery setups
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    How to install LED headlight in a Athearn DC diesel to eliminate the bulb

    some of these answers give me pause led's will light using AC or DC however they should be on DC AC they are pulsing very fast and seem to be lit harder to control 12 volt leds yes but expensive for true ones not for model rr and yes just a resister with the led will give you...
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