AMERICAN FLYER® REPAIR CLINICS

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# 1: REPAIRING AMERICAN FLYER® SMOKE UNITS--STANDARD, & FRANKLIN

# 2: LINK-COUPLER (LC) TO KNUCKLE-COUPLER (KC) CONVERSION INSTRUCTIONS

# 3: CONTROL & ACTIVATION OF THE LIONEL/AF RAILSOUNDS DIESEL HORN & BELL

# 4: CONVERTING LC GP-7 TRUCKS TO KC GP-7 TRUCKS

# 5: PHASING TRANSFORMERS

# 6: TRANSFORMER TESTING AND SAFETY SUGGESTIONS

# 7: SOME SOLDERING TIPS

# 8: SERVICING THE AMERICAN FLYER CHUGGING TENDER MECHANISMS

# 9: TRACK CLEANING FLUIDS

# 10: WIRING DIAGRAMS FOR AM. FLYER STEAM ENGINE  

 # 11: REPAIRING & REBUILDING STEAM-ENGINE DRIVE-WHEELS

# 12: IMPROVING THE MTH 785 COAL-LOADER PERFORMANCE

  # 13: RE-ATTACHING DIECAST SIDEFRAMES TO KNUCKLE-COUPLER TRUCKS

# 14: WIRING DIAGRAMS FOR AM. FLYER DIESELS 

# 15: WIRING DIAGRAMS FOR AM. FLYER HO ENGINES 

# 16: ALUMINUM PASSENGER CARS:  REMOVING THE FLOORS  

# 17: CHROME-PLATING  AM.  FLYER SHELLS  

# 18: IMPROVING PERFORMANCE OF THE  FLYONEL  ERIE  PA

# 19: RE-STRINGING THE 644/944 CRANE 

# 20: THAT  "FASTER-IN-REVERSE" SYNDROME 

#21: WIRING THE AIR CHIME WHISTLE CONTROLS

#22: BULBS-- WHAT BULB IS USED WHERE ?

#23:  SERVICING THE AF REVERSE UNITS   

#24:  RESTRINGING THE 785 COAL-LOADER   

#25:  PULLMOR DIESEL WHEEL ARRANGEMENT   

#26:  REPLACING THE MIKADO SMOKE UNIT  
            (Courtesy of Phil Kosin)

#27:  785 COAL LOADER WIRING  

#28  760 HIGHWAY FLASHER WIRING  

#29  AC GILBERT QUARTERING TOOLS   

#30  BUILDING A CLOSED FROG SWITCH  
             (T. Robichaud; from Bristol S-Gaugers website)  

#31  IMPROVING "FLYONEL"  DOCKSIDER & NORTHERN SMOKE OUTPUT  
            (Courtesy of Harwood Owings)

#32:  752 & 752A  COAL LOADER WIRING  

#33: REPLACING  FLYONEL  ELECTRONIC  E-UNITS  
 

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Our mail-order and retail "S"-only  location:  6 Storeybrooke Drive;   Newburyport, MA  01950
Tuesdays through Thursdays, & Saturdays, 2-5 PM, EST. 

Our all-gauge retail location, located in   Bo-Mar Hall;  Rte 1;  Wells, Maine
Open 10 AM - 5 PM,  7 days per week !
(Closed Wednesdays,  November through March)
(NOTE that we are not present in this location; it is a multi-dealer co-op in which we have sales space.)

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