tac foley
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Last time we ran my lovely old 'Earless' at the village show in early July, I noticed that it had a blow-by from the left-hand piston rod. Impressive to see, and very realistic, but in a model it's a waste of steam and therefore, power.
I've ordered a set of replacements from C2B, and, of course, I'll do both sides, seeing as how the loco is one of the first series, and has been run many hundreds of times since that happy day over at Steve's little hut near Newport.
Any handy tints and hips on carrying out the job would be much appreciated, if anybody here has actually done it [apart from Matt, who has doubtless done dozens
]. I note also that the replacement ring set includes a couple for the valves, and I'm reminded of the long discussion that Tag had with a guy and his sad-running Accucraft Forney. He noted that being honed to a zillionth of a millimeter it was unlikely that they they would ever wear out, and there is no sign of them doing so on my loco. Leave well alone, d'ya think?
tac
I've ordered a set of replacements from C2B, and, of course, I'll do both sides, seeing as how the loco is one of the first series, and has been run many hundreds of times since that happy day over at Steve's little hut near Newport.
Any handy tints and hips on carrying out the job would be much appreciated, if anybody here has actually done it [apart from Matt, who has doubtless done dozens
]. I note also that the replacement ring set includes a couple for the valves, and I'm reminded of the long discussion that Tag had with a guy and his sad-running Accucraft Forney. He noted that being honed to a zillionth of a millimeter it was unlikely that they they would ever wear out, and there is no sign of them doing so on my loco. Leave well alone, d'ya think?tac
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