We had one and a bit fell off!!

KeithT

KeithT

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This afternoon I replaced the coupling on the tender of the little Tenderlok LGB22150 and also removed the gearbox coverplate.
When I turned it back upright after replacing everything the little plastic bit shown in the photo fell out.
Can anyone tell me where it comes from?
I can't find the link to the strip down drawing.
The markings on the cutting board are 1cm.
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Thanks Mike
I have traced the bit from the diagram (part number 20 on the drawing) but I don't know its purpose and by the looks of it I must have lost 3 because there should be 4 of them!!!
 
Keith,
the piece is a blanking plate. LGB uses motor blocks for multiple purposes. On some with valve gear the slot in the block is to mount mouldings to attach the valve gear. Normally only two are required on the generic motor block. If not refitted on assembly then you will notice an open slot in the side of the motor block.
 
If you don't know where it goes and the tender operates without it, you probably don't need it.
A short but humorous story from many years ago; I had a VW Beetle. I came out of work one day and a kidney shaped tank, about eight inches long was hanging by it's rubber hose almost to the ground. I had no clue as to where it came off. So I pulled it off the hose and threw it in the back seat. I drove home in a snowstorm. Three hours when it usually took 45 minutes. The next day I called the mechanic that serviced the car for me and asked him about it. He told me that if the car was still running, not to worry about it. I still chuckle when I think about it. :rolf:
 
Madman said:
If you don't know where it goes and the tender operates without it, you probably don't need it.
A short but humorous story from many years ago; I had a VW Beetle. I came out of work one day and a kidney shaped tank, about eight inches long was hanging by it's rubber hose almost to the ground. I had no clue as to where it came off. So I pulled it off the hose and threw it in the back seat. I drove home in a snowstorm. Three hours when it usually took 45 minutes. The next day I called the mechanic that serviced the car for me and asked him about it. He told me that if the car was still running, not to worry about it. I still chuckle when I think about it. :rolf:
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One thing we can be sure about Dan ..........................it wasn't the radiator top-up bottle! :rolf::rolf::rolf:
 
Madman said:
If you don't know where it goes and the tender operates without it, you probably don't need it.
A short but humorous story from many years ago; I had a VW Beetle. I came out of work one day and a kidney shaped tank, about eight inches long was hanging by it's rubber hose almost to the ground. I had no clue as to where it came off. So I pulled it off the hose and threw it in the back seat. I drove home in a snowstorm. Three hours when it usually took 45 minutes. The next day I called the mechanic that serviced the car for me and asked him about it. He told me that if the car was still running, not to worry about it. I still chuckle when I think about it. :rolf:
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That's German engineering for you - there were probably 6 more!!
An engineer friend used to say the Germans never used 1 flange where 7 would do...... :D
 
Tim Brien said:
Keith,
the piece is a blanking plate. LGB uses motor blocks for multiple purposes. On some with valve gear the slot in the block is to mount mouldings to attach the valve gear. Normally only two are required on the generic motor block. If not refitted on assembly then you will notice an open slot in the side of the motor block.
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Thanks Tim :bigsmile:
 
odd -same bit with me
i recognized the bit as one i found it on the floor by the bench and had no idea where it came from
but i had been tinkering with an old 2017 a few weeks back
so now i know too
 
All I can is AAARRRRGGGG! I'm glad I don't build cars like that.................................
 
Bit replaced, thanks for the info everyone.:thumbup:
 
minimans said:
All I can is AAARRRRGGGG! I'm glad I don't build cars like that.................................
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No need, Paul. If you are restoring a classic British sports car I would imagine that the bits were already pre-missing at the factory.
 
Dtsteam said:
minimans said:
All I can is AAARRRRGGGG! I'm glad I don't build cars like that.................................
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No need, Paul. If you are restoring a classic British sports car I would imagine that the bits were already pre-missing at the factory.
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Or, like the Morris Marina - hardly a sports car, hardly even a car,- tested by Which! magazine that was found to have a disc brake on one front wheel and a drum brake on the other!!!:impatient: I think that was also the car which had a piece of string in the drum brake. They don't make 'em like that nowadays, or do they?
 
Saw a Sticker on the back of a Jag once..............
The parts falling off this vehicle are of the finest British manufacture...............................
 
minimans said:
Saw a Sticker on the back of a Jag once..............
The parts falling off this vehicle are of the finest British manufacture...............................
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:D :D :D Been there, done that.
 
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