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Posted - April 19 2012 : 11:48:56 PM
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I have a quetion. I finally aquired a parts supplier for my mantua shifter. My still needs a smokebox door, and the shifter parts supplier i bought is a metal version and mine is a plastic version so can i remove the smokebox door off the older version and put it on my version?
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Posted - April 19 2012 : 11:58:04 PM
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On the older metal boilers, the smokebox front is part of the boiler casting. It's not a separate part.
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Posted - April 19 2012 : 11:59:42 PM
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crap! Dang it! is there any way to get it off?
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Posted - April 20 2012 : 12:30:23 AM
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Modellers hacksaw should woek fine. Work from the side and file to clean up the mating surface...
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Posted - April 20 2012 : 01:13:42 AM
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I havent the time if I want my goal of completion to be before my birthday may 1st il figure something out
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Posted - April 20 2012 : 01:14:30 AM
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Honestly, if you got the metal boiler, I'd simply swap out one for the other as the metal boiler will pull much better then the plastic one and to cut them, well you'll go through a few teeth of that razor saw to say the least.......As they are 100% interchangable......
I wouldn't tempt to ruin the metal version, HELL if you want to get that together on the plastic version, I'll give you a boiler front for it as I have alot of them!
Then again, thats just me, I wouldn't ruin a good metal boiler to put the parts on a plastic boiler!
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Posted - April 20 2012 : 12:34:37 PM
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Oh they are interchangeable?! Sweet!! Il hate myself a little for now using the original boiler but il swap both periodically. I found out that my mehano 2-6-0s smokebox door fits great, although it's silver and my boiler for the shifter is black. It gives the SP style headlight position which I love so if I ever come across another Ihc 2-6-0 I'll use it's smokebox door.
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