9F
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Post by 9F on Oct 22, 2011 16:30:44 GMT
Hi Baggo,
Can you tell me please has the boiler been fitted to the Black 5 and has it performed well, also was a new superheater supplied, or did they use the old ModelWorks one. I may have to go down a similar route one day!
Thanks
Rob.
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Post by baggo on Oct 22, 2011 16:44:39 GMT
Hi Rob, Yes, the boiler was fitted and the loco was running again with no problems with the new boiler. We haven't seen the owner for a while now though! Helen made it to exactly the same dimensions as the original so it fitted in perfectly. I think it was put back with the original Modelworks superheaters. The old boiler had to be cut in half to get some dimensions for the firebox and it was pretty frightening what was revealed inside  John |
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Post by 9F on Oct 22, 2011 17:10:19 GMT
Thanks for that I think!
Had mine tested to 2X NWP, last month, all OK.
Wil have to wait and see what happens when I get some heat into it, will have to hold my breath and maybe some other bits!
There must be some good un's about, they can't all be Friday afternoon jobbies can they!!!
Next Easter is the time I am aiming for completion.
Rob.
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Post by baggo on Oct 22, 2011 17:30:31 GMT
Hopefully, this was just a particularly bad one although others have failed in various places. Make sure you keep an eye on it when you do steam it and don't stress it by raising steam too quickly or running the water low. Good luck!  John |
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Post by dragracer1260 on Jan 29, 2012 14:38:27 GMT
The old boiler had to be cut in half to get some dimensions for the firebox and it was pretty frightening what was revealed inside Any more info on this John?, any pictures anywhere ? regards Nick |
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Post by baggo on Jan 29, 2012 20:12:50 GMT
Hi Nick, I took a few at the time. Our boiler inspector was going to clean it all up and take some more but I don't think he did in the end unfortunately. Basically, there was very poor penetration of the solder through the joints on the flanged plates and the stays. The boiler was also a poor steamer, probably due to the thickness of the tubes reducing the gas area considerably. The new Western Steam boiler, although made to the same design but with normal thickness tubes, steams so much better. You can see how bad our water is at Coalville! Attachments:
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Post by baggo on Jan 29, 2012 20:13:57 GMT
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Post by klendo on May 5, 2012 18:39:05 GMT
Pardon the language but Jimminy Cricket thats shocking.. May just as well of used UHU or Araldite... Even a 1st year apprentice could do better than that garbage..
Thanks for the post
Modified by Tel in response to a complaint.
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