MTH has purchased several sets of diesel molds from Weaver (widely believed to include the SD40-2, U25B, and VO-1000). In the process of adapting them for their use, MTH sometimes alters the mounting arrangements. I have never tried to swap E-8 shells, but I did take apart Weaver and MTH VO-1000's to see if I could swap the shells. They did appear to be basically the same casting, but a couple of the mounting pillars had been changed and there were some other minor changes that would have made the swap a lot of work. I gave up. Hopefully you will have better luck with the E-8's, but I'm passing along my story as a cautionary note.
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