What applications are these MTL coupler sets for?

[OldEastRR]

Somebody should have archived the old MTL parts pages for all their coupler sets and conversions, for posterity's sake at least. Or for guys who find old parts in their inventory but don't remember what they were for.
So, for those who have a record of all the MTL couplers, what would MT 1113 and MT 1049 sets (old numbers) be for?

[davefoxx]

I googled “Microtrains 1113” and “Microtrains 1049,” and this information popped right up at different sources.





DFF

[NtheBasement]

MTL charts are here: https://micro-trains.com/index.php?route=information/information&information_id=9
Maybe I don't understand the issue.  The packages show what they fit, right?  https://www.ebay.com/itm/397789134212

[learmoia]

Maybe I don't understand the issue.  The packages show what they fit, right?  https://www.ebay.com/itm/397789134212

They sure Do!!.. 

[u18b]

Generally speaking.....

the 1049 was a coupler that fit in most Rapido coupler pockets.    So it fit a lot of locos.

[OldEastRR]

They sure Do!!.. 

If you still have the package ...

[Chris333]

If you still have the package ...

Or the internet.

[bbussey]

If you still have the package ...

The URL that @NtheBasement provided has both the coupler diagrams with full dimensions in Imperial and Metric, as well as the spreadsheets stating the vintage equipment each vintage conversion kit fits. Equipment of recent manufacture takes either #1015/2016 or #2001/2004, with or without the coupler box.

Those diagram sheets and spreadsheets have been available in digital form since at least the 1990s, and available in print form well before MTL was split off from Kadee in the 1980s.

[NtheBasement]

If you still have the package ...

Ah, but how else do you know its a MT 1113?

[nkalanaga]

Labels on the drawer of your "small parts" box?

[OldEastRR]

Ah, but how else do you know its a MT 1113?

Well, on these old "pocket fit" couplers, which fills the entire space where the Rapido coupler and spring were, the part number is printed on the part  that fits there. These couplers are the old T-shank type with a spike on the end that fitted to a spring inside the box.