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Sunday, 28 February 2016

Maintenance Update (condensing, skimming, cladding, shunting)

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Monday 22nd On Saturday, Gil had been struggling to fit a bracket under the cylinder block to carry the steam heating pipe. He gave up in e...
Sunday, 21 February 2016

Maintenance Update (pony pads, lagging, glasses, wax)

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Wednesday 17th Bruce and John T continued work on the pony underkeeps. The pads had been soaking in oil for about 10 days, but the second u...
Sunday, 14 February 2016

Maintenance Update (pony again, pit, bearings)

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Monday 8 th Bruce had emailed me and mentioned that it would be a good idea to check the gap on the rubber  shock-absorber housing. The gap...
Sunday, 7 February 2016

Maintenance Update (beam, pin, oil, bridge)

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Wednesday 3rd John G began the day by stamping an identifier on each of the underkeep straps and then painting them black (see photo). Afte...
Sunday, 31 January 2016

Maintenance Update (paint, pin, pony)

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Wednesday 27th Gilbert made a flat metal template to the same diameter as the new bush, such that when the pony frame is heated (to exp...
Sunday, 24 January 2016

Maintenance Update (swage, reaming, rock)

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Tuesday 19th I popped down for a while to complete the four boot scrapers. Wednesday 20th Bruce brought in the piece of test pipe...
Sunday, 17 January 2016

Maintenance Update (brushing, rocking, manipulating)

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Peter Radford alerts us to … " I thought "you and yours (within 2807 circles)" might like to know that there are some nic...