Friday 31 January 2014

Bits and Pieces

Parts and fittings for modifications and repairs are arriving from Stanley Specialists J R Goold Vintage Steam Engineering. Today's delivery was valves and pipe fitting for installing:

A Steam Enema - live steam line to blow the fuel vapouriser clear when it gets clogged with bits of carbon - a problem throughout last season.

The new Pilot Fuel Tank - replacing the original one which developed a hairline fracture last year. Work hardened 100 year old brass and 2-3 gallons of pilot fuel (very pure petrol or Hexane) at 20-30 psi is not a good combination.