The 6250 I just bought is totally missing the contact shoes for the couplers. All that remains is a square hole through the bottom of the truck casting, with a two fingered brass contact spring visible through the square hole.
Do you have a drawing that you can share showing the pieces needed, assembly order, etc.?
Thanks!!!
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Sounds like the pressure spring is there. It is not a contact spring.
All you need are:
shoe
backing plate
rivet
First remove the collector assembly from the truck (2 screws).
Keep track of the insulation and spacers.
You have to slip the backing plate under the pressure spring.
Put in the shoe/rivet from the outside and clinch.
Solder a lead to the rivet.
These are the same parts that are used on an operating car pickup, and go together the same way.
Make certain you have the shoe orientation correct.
Here's a drawing from Olsen's. Need to solder coupler wire to rivet.
C W Burfle posted:Sounds like the pressure spring is there. It is not a contact spring.
All you need are:
shoe
backing plate
rivet
First remove the collector assembly from the truck (2 screws).
Keep track of the insulation and spacers.
You have to slip the backing plate under the pressure spring.
Put in the shoe/rivet from the outside and clinch.
Solder a lead to the rivet.
These are the same parts that are used on an operating car pickup, and go together the same way.
Make certain you have the shoe orientation correct.
Got it! Now for the challenge of the riveting once again 
Gigantic press ready to crush the life out of a wee rivet .... 
BTW, slight topic diversion, that was the neatest motor I have seen from Lionel so far - top and bottom thrust bearings, really cool. And (screw) removable side frames - yay! And it runs smooth after enough hours of play time to wear grooves in the collector rollers!
Flat side of the shoe to the outside, is what I read......
See Jagrick's comment in your other thread. If you don't have a slide shoe anvil, it is well worth the investment.
Funny story: at one point, I was having a problem with the slide shoes splitting in two almost every time I tried to install one. I don't know how many shoes I destroyed. After I while I figured out that my anvil was distorted slightly and the part that went into the shoe's slot was just a bit to wide. Cleaned up the anvil, and the problem went away.
if you need help repairing the engine give me a call. i have all the tools. my number is 440-943-4482 thanks
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