Victor - The ongoing saga...is concluded! (See p.7)

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:05 pm

Yeah emm don't know how to post a link but his web address is
www.wendoverlightrailway.co.uk
go to the how to page, there should be a page titled painting millie or something like that. There is also a page about how he repainted his single fairlie, the instructions are fairly good (well I managed to use them!)

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:06 pm

woh appears the address has come up as a link, hope it works....

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:24 pm

Thanks for that Chris, I've been looking for Keith's latest website for a while, he makes a good job of it.

steamyjim · Post by **steamyjim** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 7:42 am

OOOOOOOH, so thats his website

Been on it before...didn't know who he was

MTA · Post by **MTA** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:22 pm

Getting back on topic....

I bought a scraper, and low and behold my bits from IP Engineering arrived too!

I now have:

Buffer beams with multi level, centred couplers.

A cylinder upgrade kit.

and a chassis spacer for the meths burner.

Chris Cairns · Post by **Chris Cairns** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 3:20 pm

As I've said in another posting, I hope you are going to use a lubricator as those 'O' pistons need a constant oil supply.

I'm currently running in my IP Jane after fitting a gas burner (which was wider than the spacer provided for the meths burner) and that is needing lots of oiling to keep running.

MTA · Post by **MTA** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 4:08 pm

I may have to Chris, the add on one that PPS do apparently don't work very well. I may fit a Roundhouse one in the cab...

Maybe I shouldn't judge a book by its cover

One of the gland nuts has not been machined properly, therefore it does not screw onto the threaded end cap!!

Bloody furious at the moment, I have just sent an email to IP about it

Will keep you all posted

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 4:21 pm

I've had good experience with I.P's customer service, once there wasn't enough chain in my four wheel drive set, so they sent me a whole new set free of charge! Saves me £5 on my new simplex, as I'm using the remainder of the chain and the sprockets on that!

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 6:47 pm

Aye, whenever I have a problem with something from IP they have been very good at sorting it out

ACLR · Post by **ACLR** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 7:08 pm

yessame here have been very prompt in supplying missing bits as well

ACLR · Post by **ACLR** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 7:37 pm

Si you have propted me to check my kit that arived this week
and its all fine the nuts screw on

MTA · Post by **MTA** » Fri Jan 25, 2008 6:34 pm

My PPS order has arrived, including a regulator and meths burner

Had nothing back from IP though about the gland nut

MTA · Post by **MTA** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 3:12 pm

Getting slightly annoyed now.

I have had nothing back from IP concerning the mal-machined gland nut, and I think the blanking plug from the PPS regulator kit is missing

steamyjim · Post by **steamyjim** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 3:25 pm

I didn't get a blanking plug with my kit from PPS Si

MTA · Post by **MTA** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 4:57 pm

steamyjim wrote:I didn't get a blanking plug with my kit from PPS Si

Did you get instructions though? I didn't, although Graham has posted one up on the Mamod forum for the IP regulator

steamyjim · Post by **steamyjim** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 4:58 pm

No, didn't get any instructions with it

MTA · Post by **MTA** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 5:02 pm

How odd...

So, do I pull out the old steam pipe? Or pull out the pipe in the old regulator block that is not fed from the boiler and plumb the new steam pipe into that hole?

Anyway, I plan to do what Graham did to Marvin and fit a Roundhouse lubricator. Purely because of Chris' statement of giving the cylinders a constant supply of oil owing to the 'o' rings.

steamyjim · Post by **steamyjim** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 5:09 pm

Id pull the pipe out and bend another pipe for it

Ill ask my grandad to see if he will make you a blanking plug

Probally not until after STIA though

MTA · Post by **MTA** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 5:25 pm

How did you fit yours then?

Chris Cairns · Post by **Chris Cairns** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 5:26 pm

Seems incredible that you get a kit with no instructions, particularly as you are now asking what to do with the old steam pipe.

You could remove the old steam pipe from the middle of the boiler, and then solder the right sized screw into the top of the fixed pipe in the centre of the boiler.

The steam pipe supplied with the regulator kit should now go into the reverser/regulator at the front of the loco. This is where you need to make a decision. If fitting a lubricator then that will need to be fitted between the cab mounted regulator and the reverser/regulator valve at the front. This will need some silver soldering if using the Roundhouse lubricator.

Hopefully Graham will read this shortly and explain what he did with his MSS loco which he fitted with a lubricator and regulator.

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