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Light Screw Removal Tip
Saturday, June 20, 2009

The other night I decided to transfer the running gear of a MU2 GP20 into a MU2 C430 So76 shell. It should only take a few minutes except for the little screw that holds the light and wire in place. I don't have a slotted standard screw driver small enough to fit that screw. What I came up with was to cut the end off of a hairpin, with needle nosed pliers, open it up like a hex wrench and put that in the slot. It worked really well. I was able to use my regular small driver to reinstall the screw in the other loco.
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Odd...I figured just about any precision screwdriver set comes with one small enough to fit that screw.

Oh well, your idea is much more interesting!

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I couldn't find a screw driver that would work and improvised. What's odd about that?
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I couldn't find a screw driver that would work and improvised. What's odd about that?

Originally posted by Alco Fan-June 24 2009: 12:09:44 AM



I've just never come across a screwdriver set that didn't have a screwdriver small enough, that's all.

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