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superheater

chris hall — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:36:22 GMT

Hi all, I have recently recieved my superheater tubes from Blackgates and have some questions I am hoping you can help with. I am not sure if any of you are

Re: Injector

Wilfred L Baker — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:12:10 GMT

Point taken about the pump in the tender Wilf ... From: Kevin Bennett To: sweetpea-loco@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 11:17 AM Subject:

Re: Injector

Brian Sinfield — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 17:58:14 GMT

Hello Dan; I got your email and I replied to it. However, my computer crashed big time at that time, and I din't hear back from you, so I am wondering if you

Re: Injector

Dan Keen — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:35:58 GMT

Hi Chris, As long as two out of the three systems you have for getting water into the boiler work on the day of the annual steam test you will satisfy the test

Re: Injector

Chris Parsons — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:48:24 GMT

Hi all, Thank you all for your interest and responces to the issue of my proposed injector sitting. To repeat the issue, IF I move the the hand pump to the

Re: Injector

bill purvis — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:26:21 GMT

... Duncan was referring to the pump output - he has a pump in the tender. Bill -- +---------------------------------------+ ...

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Kevin Bennett — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:17:30 GMT

Hi Wilf, This is a slightly unfortunate use of the phrase "pressurised connections". If you move the hand pump from the loco to the driving truck/tender the

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john_pagett@... — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:16:26 GMT

Wilf, I think he wants the hand pump in the tender, so that feed will be pressurised. Cheers, JohnP

Re: Injector

Wilfred L Baker — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:25:31 GMT

Why do you need pressurised connections between tender & loco. It is just a water supply Not pressurised. If some boiler inspectors hear about this they will

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Chris Parsons — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 08:16:54 GMT

Thank you Duncan for you ideas. I will look into the availability of this pipe. There is a local 'shop' that sells all types of pressure fitting for

Re: Injector

duncanwebster — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:25:03 GMT

Good stuff for pressurised connections between tender and loco is airline pipe. I used 4mm OD polyurethane, the yellow stuff, it is much more flexible than the

Re: water gauge

IAN BARKER — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:52:00 GMT

Thanks for that Wilf i have dug it out tonight funny it in there but not in the book, Ian B ... From: Wilf Subject: [sweetpea-loco]

Re: Injector

Chris Parsons — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:51:41 GMT

Hi to both Nigel and Bill Thank you both for your most interesting and helpful responses to my enquiry I like the idea of removing the handpump and then using

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NIGELBALL@... — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:30:36 GMT

Hi All Did mine differently to this, Water from tender to injector on left side where hand pump should be. Hand pump in tender to boiler via additional third

Re: Injector

bill purvis — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:57:32 GMT

... I too found the axle pump to be inadequate. It was then bored out and a bigger ram fitted, but still couldn't keep up. I fitted an injector and that has