When buying an SD24 Tyco engine be careful that it has it's front and rear pilots are complete. I have seen two recently that I was interested in at the auction site and each had the anti-climber missing on the front or rear. I just got an DR&G SD24 and didn't notice Until I opened it that one of the anti-climbers was bent at about 45 degrees. Alco Fan
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Yup, I learned this as well with the C430. I didn't realize until I got it that a previous owner had cut the pilots off. It is always worth paying close attention to the auctions photos.
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Are the SD24 pilots like the C636 pilots, where the lower piece under the coupler snaps in? If so, I may have some of these as spares. I can send you one if you can use it.
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Are the SD24 pilots like the C636 pilots, where the lower piece under the coupler snaps in? If so, I may have some of these as spares. I can send you one if you can use it.
Originally posted by newhudson - August 07 2012 : 11:19:22 PM
That's a nice offer NH but they are very different and are a molded-on part of the shell and based on auction photos must be easily broken off, because a lot of them are missing, and the sellers don't notice it. I have three SDs that have missing or damaged anti-climbers. I have thought about trying to rebuilding them to look close to original. Alco Fan
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