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    Tortoise and bicolor LED wiring question

    Thinking about it you will need two leg LEDs as the cathode is the common on three leg LED.
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    Tower 55 ES44AC?

    Send the broke gear to Northwest Shortline and see if they will make it. If we can show there is a need, Dave may cut them for us. I have two T55 and suppose they will fail eventually due to poor choice of plastics. Too many engines out there with split gears, Protos, Athearns even most older...
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    KATO SD90/43MAC help!

    I have run into this on several of the Kato engines I have worked on. The ones I have seen use a self threading screw. I have busted one off and you really dont what to go there. Without a mill and spotting bits it is very difficult to keep the drill from wandering into the soft frame. I have...
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