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DCE1A9D1-1A4F-457C-9D0F-1678CFD6D146The last  3 weeks I have been slowly adding all of my MTH engines to the DCS Wi-Fi app.  37 added with about a half a dozen to be added.  The other day I had added the GP60M I had bought back in September.  I coupled it up to the cars on the track and proceeded to run the consist around the track.  The engine got part way through the first curve and uncoupled.  Neither one of the couplers had opened.  I coupled them up again and noticed that the engine coupler was quite a bit higher than the one on the car and seemed to be pointed upward.  After a closer examination, I found  the rear pilot was bent upward which I assumed was forcing the proto coupler to angle upward.  I removed the pilot from the truck, straightened it the best I could and reinstalled it.  The pilot was pretty much straight but the coupler still wanted to point upward.  Found the coupler mount on the truck was bent.  Not a very easy thing to straighten.  I placed several pieces of electrical tape on the shaft of the coupler to build it up so it would be forced down by the upper part of the opening on the pilot.  Here’s a picture of the engine before I did the correcting, note that the steps aren’t parallel to the track. 

Larry

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