MTH 20-3110-1 Atlantic Broken Pilot Truck

Is it plastic or cast?  Looks like the long coupler T-Bar.

@Jon G posted:

Is it plastic or cast?  Looks like the long coupler T-Bar.

The part is plastic.

Is this the part?  The top is slightly trapezoidal.

That is not correct.  It should be a metal pin with head, and spring, washer, clip.  Some one used a coupler T as a repair.  Look at your other steam engines to see what it should look like.  G

@GGG posted:

That is not correct.  It should be a metal pin with head, and spring, washer, clip.  Some one used a coupler T as a repair.  Look at your other steam engines to see what it should look like.  G

This is my only Premier steam engine. My others are RailKing (L-1 Mikado and starter set 2-8-0) and mount differently. I managed to get it back together using super glue to fix the broken piece, but ideally I would like to repair it properly.

@GGG posted:

That is not correct.  It should be a metal pin with head, and spring, washer, clip.  Some one used a coupler T as a repair.  Look at your other steam engines to see what it should look like.  G

Bumping this thread because I never got around to fixing this properly.

Where can I get the proper mounting hardware for the pilot truck? Part numbers? MTH doesn’t have an exploded view for this particular engine.

Any help is appreciated.

@jaketrainz posted:

Bumping this thread because I never got around to fixing this properly.

Where can I get the proper mounting hardware for the pilot truck? Part numbers? MTH doesn’t have an exploded view for this particular engine.

Any help is appreciated.

You don’t have to use that T-bar pin. I’ve fixed plenty of those with these parts: available at mthpartsandsales.com ….these are common Premier centering pins, and conical spring,…..assembly is pretty self-explanatory…..

Pat

@harmonyards posted:

You don’t have to use that T-bar pin. I’ve fixed plenty of those with these parts: available at mthpartsandsales.com ….these are common Premier centering pins, and conical spring,…..assembly is pretty self-explanatory…..

Pat

Thanks. What about the e-clips themselves? I don’t seem to have any spare ones.

Any e-clip, even one from a hardware store, will work fine.