O-4-0 Electrical Pickup Plunger Springs

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My  9 year old 0-4-0 Porter is having problems with the electrical pickup plunger springs.  I have heard about replacing them.  How hard are they to change out, and what type new springs should I use. 

Thanks in advance,  Joe

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Joe
On one of the On30 forums somebody replaced these with kadee coil coupler springs. I will try to find an post it.
Alan

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Joe
Here is the thread I was thinking about on the spring/pluger .
http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=21037

But I be warned these little critters are hard to get back together once apart.Several folks have said you might be better off sending it back to bachmann let them repair it.
Alan

[HHRR]

Alan,

Thanks for the link and advice.  After reading about the difficulty of reassembly, I think I'll send it to Bachman to repair.

Joe