Last night a coupler came off my Lionel Sunoco tanker car Is this coupler repairable or do I need to replace it and/or the truck too?
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You can probably reattach it with epoxy. If that fails, you can buy a clip-on coupler from parts dealers who have postwar parts. You do not need to replace the truck.
Spread one side frame until you can pop the axles out from that side. Remove the wheels/axles/coupler and you will see how the coupler can be reattached.
I think I will try epoxy for starters then if that does not work try one of your other suggestions. Thanks for the advice
I have a 16-wheel depressed-center flatcar with a similar coupler arrangement where one coupler broke off in a similar manner when the car slid out of its box while I was taking it down from a closet shelf.
It sat on my test track yard for many years till I was re-assembling a postwar 6119 work caboose from an estate sale that had been factory equipped with only one coupler, (the other truck having none), and decided that it needed to have couplers on both ends in my world. From Brasseur Electric Trains I obtained a coupler (part no. 480-025):
that is fastened to a sheet-metal stamping that simply clips over the existing axles on the truck. Now for the first time in its life, said work caboose can now couple to other equipment at both ends.
In a flash of inspiration I increased the order to two pieces to effect the repair of the 16-wheeler flat in the manner which you'll probably find yourself doing as a permanent solution to your problem.
---PCJ
Did 2 just the other night with JB Quick. Worked great.
