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Jan 1, 2009 9:45 am
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... the saddle ... dome to ... whoe ... sorry not sure what happened but pictures there now cheers Graham...
Hi Ben, Regarding track, I use PECO SM32 flexitrack, it's really nice quality and the points are beutifully made and work very well too. It has some flex in it...
I have two Sl1's one with reg and oiler and meths firing. The other with uprated Cylinders and meths firing. Id like to swap them round but im lost when it...
to swap the cylinders as a complete unit should be pretty simple really, undo the four bolts holding the base to the frames, make sure the cylinder is in line...
 Cheers but what about the Spring that holds the cylinder on the port face, need i move that or leave it? ... From: spug103@... <spug103@...> Subject:...
you can leave it, or to lap the port faces, which alot of people do, undo the bolt and spring, seperate the port and cylinder, then lap on a surface plate or...
 Cheers mate, I think i will leave the cylinders as normally I start things like that and come putting it together lots of bits are lost!   Cheers  ...
you can leave it, or to lap the port faces, which alot of people do, undo the bolt and spring, seperate the port and cylinder, then lap on a surface plate or...
thats a great little runner graham the burner obviously works really well with the amount of steam it was making, i tried to film mine but my camera will only...
Looks like the burner is working great! What sort of a length of run do you get with the gas burner fitted? Also did you fit any mesh around the burner or just...
Nice one, sits on the safty well and looks to make plenty of steam. Ian B ... From: shoey_51 <shoey_51@...> Subject: [MSS_and_Early_Mamod_Steam_Railway]...
just the further the previous question is the gas burner in the same stage of design as the previous photo? if not any chance of posting a new one please? also...
 Runs really well graham, Well done ... From: shoey_51 <shoey_51@...> Subject: [MSS_and_Early_Mamod_Steam_Railway] MSS running on home made Gas burner ...
... Hi Jon I find that the valve controls the speed very well and makes it a more usable loco and as to very slow running its still not the best but it is a...
... stage ... Ben it is the same design but I didnt cut the slots as deep and I filed off the sets on a junior hacksaw so the slots are a lot thinner as well ...
... Alan it depends on whether the loco is pulling a load or running on its own pulling a load it uses more steam and shorter run time I havent timed a run so...
Dis you make it the same length as the one in  Ausy book Ian B ... From: shoey_51 <shoey_51@...> Subject: [MSS_and_Early_Mamod_Steam_Railway] Re: MSS...
poor little thing hope you are going to give it a good home. looking forward to seeing it looking better with some TLC ... From: Ben Watson <spug103@...> ...
... nice little loco should do up well. that meths burner was I believe quite common for a while and there are still some that popup on ebay occasionally ...
Graham, I haven't had much luck with the meths burner on my MSS, I've got a couple of loco's that cam with a gas burner and I think it's made me lazy! I found...
my three wick burner from dream steam worked straight out of the packet, im lucky i suppose, alan d said i would probibally have to trim the wicks but i didnt...
Alan I havent had much luck either with meths burners as well. I bought a couple from IP a couple of years back and they ran out of puff quite quickly as it...
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