Finishing off a 5" Gauge Simplex Loco

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Stilldrillin:
Hi Stew.
Just clocked in. Brought me flask and sandwiches. :thumbup:

I'll try to keep quiet, and out of the way......... :)

Defor.

sbwhart:
I was trying to avoid stripping the engine down untill i'd had the steam test done, but after a study I think fitting the pump in arriund the wrong streacher would only lead to more complications, so decided to strip it down gald i did as one or two other areas I'm not happy with showed up, far better to get it right than try and limp allong.

Her's a few pics of the stripped down loco.

The linkage is comming out as well, but that will be in a couple of weeks.

And the boiler and supper heater.

Stew

Stew

sbwhart:
:update: :update: :update: :update: :update:

Finished of the pump piston

Then whilst I waited delivery of a 5/8"*26 BSB tap and die decided to strip out the streachers for modifying, and uncovered a load of problems, the linkage has bin made as rough as a bears arse, not only is the finish crap, loads of things have been bodged to fit, the coupling rods should articluate but they are locked solid, screws missing etc etc etc, its such a bag of crap that I decided the only thing to do was to strip it down and build it back up fixing things as I go, it looks like I'll have to remake/rework lots of parts.

This is it stripped down.

I've got more to do to get it running than I thought

:(

Stew

Rob.Wilson:
Dam shame Stew ,,,,,,,,,,, well at least it will be done correctly and run allot better by the time you have finished :thumbup:

Rob

Stilldrillin:
Stew.

So sorry to learn it's not as good as hoped. :(

Why does nobody do anything correctly, as we would like it to be? :doh:

David D

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