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igy569 · Last edited by igy569 on Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:24 am; edited 1 time in total

Here is the 35 I won on Ebay recently.

This is as it appeared right out of the box...

This it all apart, so I could figure out what I need.

It needs a heater, power cord/cord restraint, trunnion screw/spring, stack, all the gaskets. The mounting screws for the steam chest are stripped, so I have to replace those, I will most likely have to settle for brass, cause I don't see any way to to get nickel plated brass screws for it.
Suggestions?
I will need to sandblast and repaint the firebox. The base is badly damaged where someone pried the twist nails out, so I think I may need to make a new one. Its solid pine, so it should not be too hard to reproduce, and Rog sent me the UL image, so I can replace that.

Here are all the nickel plated bits polished up. Most of it shined up pretty well. All of the stuff I thought had no plating, it was just a LOT of thick sticky crud.

More to come later!

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redryder · Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 2:31 pm Post subject:

Jensen may have all the correct screws available.
Give our friend Dorita a call and she will most likely get you dialed in correctly !

Gil
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igy569 · Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 2:35 pm Post subject:

tmuir · Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 2:45 pm Post subject:

Interesting, the whistle looked like it had gold paint on it just like mine.
I hope when my polish arrives mine cleans up as well as yours.
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IndianaRog · Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 3:37 pm Post subject:

Owen, if Dorita doesn't have nickel plated screws to fit...there are two options I have used:
1) brush on a thin coat of solder on brass screw heads and polish with a dremel...looks just like old nickel plate
2) get stainless steel screws of the same size...my local hardware (ACE) carries such things...they don't look quite the same as nickel, but not bad and in a spot like that they won't be noticed.

Personally I would go brass with a coat of solder...looks most realistic if nickel plated brass isn't available.

Rog

ps...dang that thing cleaned up nicely!!!
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Les · Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 3:48 pm Post subject:

Looking good so far and here's hoping you can get the appropriate parts.

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igy569 · Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 10:47 pm Post subject:

IndianaRog · Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:22 pm Post subject:

Owen, all you have to "plate" with the solder are the screw heads...then use a wad of steel wool handy to wipe them after solder application while solder is still liquid. Polish with your Dremel and voila, old looking nickel but really solder coated.
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johnreid · Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:40 pm Post subject:

Plate the screw heads and while still hot wipe with a damp cloth, it is shiny and little or no polishing is required. Takes a bit of experience but works great. Flux helps too.
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robertosala · Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 2:09 am Post subject:

That is a good tip guys.
Cheap alternative to nickel plating.
Thanks for sharing it.

Rob.

igy569 · Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:06 pm Post subject:

A bit more progress...

Here are the firebox for the 35 and a model 5 cast base I am doing over for another project.

Sand blasted clean.

Here are the parts freshly painted. The blue paint on the 5 base actually matches the color I found on the underside of the base. So I am guessing this is more what the color looked like when these engines were new...

More to come as I move along with this.
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logoman · Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:15 pm Post subject:

I can see that this is going to be beautiful!

IndianaRog · Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:31 pm Post subject:

Both those projects are going to look great Owen...you are really getting good!
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Les · Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 5:57 am Post subject:

They look much better.

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Bugsy · Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 6:29 am Post subject:

You are getting good at that, Owen!

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