It was a fine day for a steam up yesterday. I ran my Roundhouse Russell for the first time this year. I also ran a recently acquired Regner Vincent. It was not the first run in my possession but on the last run it ran very jerkily and needed a lot of help to keep going on my relatively level track. I eventually realised that I seem to have lost the O ring on the filler cap to the steam oil reservoir. I made a new one out of some black rubber gas pipe of almost the correct ID and we were back to smooth running again.
http://youtu.be/b8wo3-vwk1I
Indecently does anyone know where on the loco the serial number might be and at what pressure I should expect the safety valve to lift?.
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Regner just provide a generic boiler certificate so I do not think there is any serial numbers (not seen one on any of my 3 Regners). There are no specific Vincent instructions but I've attached a copy of the Konrad/Willi ones that came with my Vincent, which has the Vincent Chain addendum (NOTE: The Vincent actually runs OK with the chain slacker than those instructions recommend, and lubricating it with steam oil seems to be better than the recommended 3 in 1 oil).
The Vincent is designed to work at 3 Bar and the Safety Valve operates above 3.5 Bar.
I find the 'O' rings on my Regner fittings (safety valve/lubricator cap/boiler drain plug) have a habit of sticking to the loco when removing those fittings after a run.
Your Vincent runs along nicely. On mine (plus my Lumber Jack) I find the gas well outlasts the boiler water so I need to keep topping up the boiler - the sight glass's are a bit hit or miss sometimes.
Chris Cairns
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The Vincent is designed to work at 3 Bar and the Safety Valve operates above 3.5 Bar.
I find the 'O' rings on my Regner fittings (safety valve/lubricator cap/boiler drain plug) have a habit of sticking to the loco when removing those fittings after a run.
Your Vincent runs along nicely. On mine (plus my Lumber Jack) I find the gas well outlasts the boiler water so I need to keep topping up the boiler - the sight glass's are a bit hit or miss sometimes.
Chris Cairns
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Now getting used to this Loco. Today was a pull test. The loco happily pulled 18 assorted wagons without any sign of strain. Later two more went on and the loco managed well. In all the loco ran for about 35 minutes with this load with three top-ups (or should it be tops -up).
Short video here.
http://youtu.be/NSdPiQrMfpw
Short video here.
http://youtu.be/NSdPiQrMfpw
Regards Graham.
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