Restoring "Butch" 5" 0,6,0 tank loco
Mar 23, 2024 17:40:49 GMT
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Post by Doug on Mar 23, 2024 17:40:49 GMT
Getting ready for steam again. So my butch hasn’t steamed for quite a few years so I am dismantling it and getting it ready, last time it ran it had a few issues and some design problems so I am upgrading the sight glass and valves, I have a commercial sight glass and some globe valves I made from castings changing them should make things a bit safer as they all have captive spindles I am also swapping the check valve balls for silicon nitride ones. All in it should make for a less leaky system.
Obviously the old check valves are a bit rough after several years of sitting.
Also dismantled the loco to get the boiler off
All the blackhead fittings are larger than my new ones so lots of adapters need to be made.
Had to strip the blackhead as every thing touches everything else (very tight) also had to strip and rebuild the regulator and flatten the valve surface to try stop any leaks, oh and it had seized solid so not great.
Anyway just a few fittings and a pressure test away from a rebuild. So I can have a good run this at the track year.
Obviously the old check valves are a bit rough after several years of sitting.
Also dismantled the loco to get the boiler off
All the blackhead fittings are larger than my new ones so lots of adapters need to be made.
Had to strip the blackhead as every thing touches everything else (very tight) also had to strip and rebuild the regulator and flatten the valve surface to try stop any leaks, oh and it had seized solid so not great.
Anyway just a few fittings and a pressure test away from a rebuild. So I can have a good run this at the track year.