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 Posted - September 21 2012 : 8:03:17 PM
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Hi train fans
I need the 2 screws that hold the weight/fuel tank to the bottom of an F unit...
Any got a couple for sale??
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Posted - September 21 2012 : 9:21:48 PM
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I don't have any. I think the plastic would hold a 2-56 if propperly tapped. Not sure.
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Posted - September 22 2012 : 01:42:59 AM
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Ted,
You have a 3/32nds drill bit? Alittle 60 second epoxy?
Take, the epoxy, fill the factory holes..... 100% full, buy stabbing a tooth pick into the opening after the epoxy was poured into it...
Pull it out BEFORE the epoxy sets as you won't get it out afterwards.....
Allow to harden for an hour or so.....
Then take add in the fuel tank weight, to align the holes for drilling, follow this as a guide, and drill the 3/32nds hole about a 1/2 inch deep. DRILL SLOW!
Then you will be able to take an turn in a 2-56 thread screw, WITHOUT taping...... Once you run the screw into the holes you just drilled, turn them loose and out of the holes, add just a touch of oil to the screw threads and then turn them back into the shell......This will keep the epoxy from "biting" onto the screw, incase you EVER have to remove it!
HTH
~John
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Posted - September 22 2012 : 09:37:31 AM
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Thanx guys
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Posted - September 22 2012 : 10:54:30 PM
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You can get 2-56 screws at any Radio Shack or hardware store, if that's what was used. Or were they self-tapping?
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Edited by - NickelPlate759 on September 22 2012 10:58:05 PM
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Posted - September 23 2012 : 08:28:16 AM
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I found 2 screws in my "junk "box....I just thought they had to be special..
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